Lecturers and college students of Haile Selassie Excessive Faculty, together with members of surrounding communities, participate in a domino competitors held at Haile Selassie Excessive Faculty on Friday, February 28, 2025.
IN a world the place video games are sometimes seen as a distraction, one organisation is popping the tables by utilizing dominoes to enhance maths expertise, reminiscence, and focus — and it’s seeing outcomes.
On avenue corners, in bars, and on yard patios, gamers passionately compete for the coveted “six love”. However beneath the floor of this recreation lies a extra critical aspect, one which conveys a message that’s something however enjoyable and video games.
The Nationwide Affiliation of Domino Our bodies (NADB) is spearheading an initiative to have interaction all professionals from various backgrounds, encouraging them to hitch the organisation and contribute to the game’s progress and improvement.
Performing president of NADB, Humbert Davis mentioned his organisation’s intention has at all times been to enhance the social and emotional well-being of all Jamaicans by means of engagement within the Character Schooling Programme, to offer strong psychosocial help, and foster improved faculty, dwelling, and wider group relations.
“For us, dominoes is not only a recreation — it’s a gateway to studying. It’s also an enhancement remedy for well being. We’re utilizing it [dominoes] to construct the nation, one individual at a time,” Davis advised the Jamaica Observer.
Davis says by means of workout routines that concerned visualising dots, strains, shapes, and patterns, individuals, particularly college students, are studying to suppose creatively and make connections.
He says the scholars realized to harness the facility of reminiscence by means of dominoes. They have been proven a set of three dominoes, then challenged to recall them from reminiscence after they have been eliminated. As they progressed, the variety of dominoes elevated, finally resulting in them enjoying a full recreation of dominoes from reminiscence, having memorised 12 dominoes.
“Our domino programmes function a novel part referred to as Choose Up, Match Up, and Retailer, which helps members develop important cognitive expertise,” Davis mentioned. “By matching and storing dominoes, college students enhance their vital pondering, sample recognition, and reminiscence. These expertise, in flip, improve their tutorial efficiency, resulting in greater grades on exams and a stronger basis for future success.”
NADB just lately sponsored a Faculty and Neighborhood Domino Programme at Haile Selassie Excessive Faculty. The occasion on February 28 introduced collectively college students, lecturers, and members of the encircling communities.
“It was a really profitable programme,” Davis mentioned. “The sport of dominoes is a robust instrument for cognitive improvement and social connection, and we’re thrilled to see its influence on the lives of Jamaicans. It’s superb to see how the sport can carry folks collectively, stimulate their minds, and supply a way of group and belonging.”
