Immersive exhibition to provide uniquely Filipino learning experience

THE MIND MUSEUM, in partnership with NutriAsia, has launched an immersive exhibition that is set to tour the Philippines.

- Bronté H. Lacsamana

The new touring exhibition, PlayTales: Reimagining Tomorrows, now at its first stop at the Mind Museum, aims to offer a uniquely Filipino learning experience for children ages five to 10. It contains a series of imaginative zones of familiar aspects of life in the Philippines, from planting to cooking to eating, as well as music and play.

“It’s scientifically proven that hand-body coordination is built in our brain because of thousands of years of evolution. It doesn’t happen so quickly. Digital [has been around] only for a moment. In the past 20 years, digital has accelerated, but we’ve had this brain for at least 200,000 years as Homo sapiens,” The Mind Museum’s managing director and curator, Maria Isabel Garcia, told BusinessWorld at the launch on June 6.

“That’s why [when] kids are disconnected from nature there are so many consequences,” she said, on the importance of tactile and experiential learning opportunities for the children of today.

According to Ms. Garcia, the goal of PlayTales is to show that better futures are possible and to promote science education, Filipino innovation, and cultural appreciation. The key is to do all of this in an environment that allows children to imagine and play.