Science, technology and art merge at the iconic House of Wisdom’s pavilion at the 12 th Sharjah
Children’s Reading Festival where the futuristic social and cultural hub is fuelling the
imagination of young girls and boys through highly immersive and interactive workshops in an
engaging learning environment.
At the series of sessions hosted yesterday (Tuesday, May 25) at Hall 5 in Expo Centre Sharjah,
the futuristic library led children on an exploration into the science behind chemical reactions
through a fun and easy ‘Glowing Lava Lamp’ experiment and built up their charade game skills
by scanning and unlocking images and figures behind QR codes.
After a reading session of the award-winning Beautiful Oops! which explores how every mistake
is also an opportunity to make something beautiful, the young ones transformed their ‘blunders’
to create imaginative characters and creatures.
Oobleck experiments, VR escape room, slime-making, Arabic calligraphy and lots more
lined up at the House of Wisdom pavillion in SCRF 2021!
Music, wellbeing, and literature are the focus of the workshops scheduled for Wednesday, May
26, where children will learn about musical instruments, improve mindfulness through ‘Mandala’
art, and analyse the shape, size, colour and textures of things around them through an
engaging art activity session.
On Thursday (today), May 27, children will learn the art of sending secret messages to friends
and family using a low-tech science experiment while they will master a series of tasks to make
their way out of the ‘Virtual Reality Escape Room’. Sensory play will be emphasised in the
‘Slime Making’ session.
The weekend activities on Friday, May 28, will commence with a ‘Record Your Own Song’
session, activities to improve visual and fine motor skills, and an introduction into the beautiful
world of ‘Arabic Calligraphy’.
The House of Wisdom’s carefully curated edutainment programmes will conclude on Saturday,
May 29, with ‘The Oobleck Experiment’, a classic science experiment; a tech-based ‘Light Up
Card’ interactive activity; and a ‘Scenery Painting’ session that uses mask tape and paint along
with a Linocut printing program and designing Tote Bags workshop.