Many scholars have agreed that early childhood is a crucial stage in terms of a child’s physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. Therefore, all stakeholders must ensure quality early childhood education for our future generation by promoting essential skills and content, especially in preparing children to cope and live with the new norms after COVID19 struck worldwide. COVID-19 has changed Child Care and Education. Designing Mind: Construction of a 3D Model of UMS Clock Tower for Preschoolers specially targeted for early childhood by addressing needs from stakeholders such as teachers, parents, children, and academia. Traditionally, general objectives of teaching and learning geometry as identifying names, recognizing basic properties of geometric shapes, and matching real objects. However, young children often only experience standard geometrical shapes in stereotypical ways, with no rotation or reversals. This invention introduces a new approach in teaching and learning early Geometry for preschoolers to nurture designing matters and designing minds amongst kids. This approach was implemented with parents in teaching Geometry to preschoolers through book, synchronous online method and ICT resources via designing a virtual model.

Authors : 
Dr. Connie Cassy Ompok & Dr. Nur Suhaidah Sukor
Faculty of Psychology & Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Prof. Madya Dr. Abdullah Bade
Faculty Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah