On the 4th, the New Taipei City Government Family Education Center held the "So Happy" Parent-Child Learning Camp at the Indigenous Wulai Warm Care Service Cooperative, inviting indigenous families from the Zhongzhi Tribe in Wulai to join in the fun.
The camp’s instructor team has been active since its establishment in 2013 and is now entering its sixth year. It is the only national team of indigenous family education instructors. At each camp, indigenous instructors wear traditional attire and are dedicated to developing a variety of unique courses. They also incorporate the nation’s first set of indigenous family education picture books, parent-child movement activities, DIY crafts, and board games to engage families.
Through indigenous family education picture books—such as the Atayal story *Fly, Rainbow Blanket!*; the Amis story *Coming Home for the New Year!*; the Paiwan story *Dream of a Home*; and the Bunun story *I Love Our Homeland*—the instructors explore core family values and meanings through family rituals. For the DIY board games, they modified the “Rummikub” number tiles and integrated the five love languages from the game of love, adapting them to various scenarios so participants can learn positive interactions and communication within the family.
Director Cao Xiaoyuan of the New Taipei City Government Family Education Center said, “Through the positive parenting courses, we hope to guide participants to reflect on their own parenting styles.” During the event, Dad Chen shared, “I used to respond to my child’s misbehavior with scolding, but through this camp, I learned to positively understand the motivations behind my child’s actions and to grasp the reasons behind their mistakes.” Another mom expressed, “After this course, the biggest change I want to make is to speak kindly to my child.”
(China Times)