In order to encourage Singapore's early childhood educators, students, parents and members of the public to creatively incorporate lively ideas into their teaching, the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL) launched the "2020 National Preschool Teaching Aid Competition - Creative Tabletop Activity" on 1 June 2019. In this competition, participants are required to design creative tabletop activities in local settings. The objective is to enable pre-schoolers to learn Chinese in a fertile environment, thus contributing to Singapore early childhood education.

        The National Preschool Teaching Aid Competition opened for participants to register from 3 August 2020. 300 entries were received in just five days. After a series of evaluations, the professional panel of judges selected 20 outstanding works. The award ceremony was held on 6 October 2020. Among the selected works, "Otter Moving", which highlights the importance of environmental protection, won the Most Outstanding Award. "HDB Adventures", themed to introduce children to the cultural practices of the four ethnic groups of Singapore, won the Special Creativity Award.

        SCCL will compile some of the tabletop activities into a book for the reference of early childhood educators and parents.

Dr Foo Suan Fong, SCCL Executive Director, delivering a speech

SCCL Executive Director Dr Foo Suan Fong presented the Most Outstanding Award to the winning team of "Otter Moving".

A recipient holding her prize-winning tabletop activity took a photo with the SCCL Executive Director Dr Foo Suan Fong.