Enhancement Components
Each year the department includes extracurricular workshops that nurture the students as individuals and, in turn, benefit their design process.
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Nature Walk
FIT Students have journeyed with children out into nature to learn about the environment.
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Teaching Assistants
Through a unique educational program called Discover Together, students work as teaching assistants for the Pre-Kindergarten program in the local community.
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Storytelling
Twice a year, FIT Toy Design students participate in a storytelling event with children from a local school. A professional storyteller share’s traditional stories and the children write and illustrate a book with the help of Toy Design students.
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Nutrition
A Nutrition component, engaged students with a clinical nutritionist, who taught seven sessions on the health and eating habits of young people. Students then designed toys to educate children about food, with the nutritionist acting as consultant.