A birthday present

10/03/08 (Monday)

(i) Corner Playing and Colouring
This morning at the playground, I played the game “Eagle after little chicks” with my kids. The active ones are JS, JN, LX, JW and kids from other classes. ZY preferred to stay indoor doing drawing.
In the classroom, we continued our colouring of “tiger” and “giraffe” which were brought forward from last Friday. ZY, ZJ, JW, JH, M and ZY chose to colour the tiger while JN, LX, SYu and SJ coloured the giraffe. Meanwhile, only JS opted for toys which I allowed. Today, he played with the train and enjoyed himself.
(MI: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Body-Kinesthetic, Spatial skills)

(ii) Song and Art
Next, they gathered in front to sing a song on “Hokey Pokey”.
They learnt about their left and right position. Most of them did not know their left and right position. They sang with actions and were jumping everywhere. The lyrics are as below:
Hokey Pokey

Put your left hand in,
Put your left hand out,
Put your left hand in,
And you shake it all about,
And do the hokey pokey,
And turn yourself around,
That is all about!

Then, I introduced them water colour, palette and brushes. They were excited because they often do colouring using colour pencils and crayons only. Each kid waited for their turn patiently so as to print their left and right hand on a cardboard. Their fingers were quite fragile as they were curious. Furthermore, they loved the feeling of cold wet paint being on their palms. The printed paper was to be given to M, whose birthday is tomorrow. While printing their palms, they learnt about the number of fingers they have. Immediately, they sang their favourite song, “Five Little Ducks” and “Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed”. ZY, SYu, M, ZY, LX, JN, WY sang independently. Our new friend, SJ needed some guidance.
(MI: Logical-Mathematical, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Body-Kinesthetic, Musical, Spatial skills)



(iii) Phonics : “ed”
After tea-break, we did phonics on “ed” in the Computer Room. They learnt the sound of the letters and also the “ed”. Words learnt were “red, bed, Ted, fed and wed”. They also read the relevant. Sentences. Example: This is Ted. He has a red bed. Then, they sang the song. M, JN, SYu, ZY, JW, ZJ, YZ, WY were able to grasp faster while JH, ZYg, LX, SJ and JS needed some prompting.
(MI: Linguistic, Intrapersonal, Musical skills)

(iv) Birthday present: Animal pictures
Next, we drew animal pictures which were to be given to M as his present. To boost the kids’ confidence, I did the flash cards with them. They were independent with the English vocabulary while prompting was needed for Bahasa Malaysia’s names. The pictures gave them better ideas. They were also encouraged to look at posters and storybooks in the classroom.
JH required encouragement to start before he could proceed with drawing. Consistent encouragement will help him to perform better. LX has shown slight improvement by drawing other shapes besides circle. WY always loved “Ben Ten” but today, he added a tiger next to “Ben Ten” which was a good sign. He even coloured the pictures determinely. JW, ZY, ZYg, SYu were independent. Meanwhile, SJ, ZJ and JS needed some praise and guidance to continue drawing and colouring.
(MI: Intrapersonal, Spatial, Body-Kinesthetic and Linguistic skills)