Do you know them?

21/02/2008 (Thursday)

(i) Today, I started the class with flash cards. Among the wild animals were leopard, snake, hippopotamus, tiger and gorilla. Each kid shared their ideas on these animals. Their remarks included:

“Godzilla is bigger than Gorilla. / Teacher, what is leopard in Chinese Language? / Does a tiger eat people? / Is that a python snake? / What about turtles? Can we find them in a safari?”
(MI: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalist, Linguistic, Body-Kinesthetic, skills)

(ii) Then, we played a game on “Simon says do this.” I modified the game. The main person would say, “Simon, Simon; what are the (elephants / gorillas/ ducks / crocodiles / snakes) doing?”
(MI: Interpersonal, Body-Kinesthetic, skills)

(iii) I divided them into 2 groups namely “student” and “teacher”. They were supposed to read the flash cards independently. Successful readers gained points for the “student” group while I gained points if they needed guidance. They won happily!
(MI: Interpersonal, Logical-Mathematical skills)