07/05/2008 (Wednesday)
(a) Story-telling: A Grand Old Tree
Today, WY's mother brought over some books on Trees and Death; so as to help the kids understand more about it. Max's mother too lent us a book on death. I started the class with a story on "A Grand Old Tree". The kids learnt that trees are just like us; the grow form little seeds into taller plants and prosper into big trees before dying. They saw how the Grand old tree's roots absorbed water from the ground. They saw how the tree's flowers grew and later bore fruits. The tree provided homes for many animals including squirrels, birds, eagles, ladybirds and many more animals. After many years, it started whithering its leaves and died. Upon its death, some animals will made homes in its strong trunks including raccoons.
(b) Colours Vocabulary
Next, the kids learnt to identify words of colours. These included white, black, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple and blue. Then, they matched the colours to the words. I gave them a colouring paper of "Humpty Dumpty". SYu, SJ, ZY and JN were among the independent ones who could identify the words and colours.
(c) Let's use water colour!
After tea break, the kids coloured their Carnation Flower. They used the brush to sprinkle the colours on them. Prior to that, they placed newspaper on their tables to avoid stains on the tables. They had to be careful not to sprinkle near their face or shirt. They chose their favourite colour. Some even mixed the colours. They enjoyed themselves as they seldomused water colour. They left the flowers to dry and were quite beautiful.
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