We Can Help The Earth

06/05/2008 (Tuesday afternoon)

a) Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
This afternoon, I relieved Teacher Hui Ping as she went for a medical check-up. I woke the kids up and told them to bring their matress bedsheet and pillows home. They have to bring a new bedsheet and their pillows again the next day. I later explained to them of the reason which was to prevent the "Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease". We have good and bad viruses in our body. When the bad viruses attack our immune system, we get weak easily. One of the sickness is Hand, Food And Mouth Disease. Now is the season. Thus, the kids learnt (a) to always wash their hands clean, (b) not to share their food or cups for fear of saliva exposure and (c) to bring new bedsheet two days once. They started checking their own hands, feet, tongue and elbows for red spots. They also checked their forehead for fever. Besides that, vomitting and diarrhea are also the signs. Wohh.....they started to be very cautious...which is good!

b) Global Warming
We went down to watch a video clip on Global Warming. It was an interactive story which brought the kids to an Earth Museum The kids learnt vocabulary included: forest, ocean, river, The Artic. In fact, they were very interactive. ZY: "We must not chop trees down!" JN: "We must not throw rubbish into the river." ZYg: "Turtles swallow the plastic bags mistaking them for jellyfish." LX: "Where are the monkeys' homes?"

c) Healthy daily habit
Then, they listened to a video clip song on "Can You Understand?"They enjoyed the cute cartoons. Besides that, they learnt some ways to help the earth: (1) Save the electricity, (2)Do not waste water, (3)Give away our clothes to charity, (4) Plant more trees, (5)Do not throw rubbish.

d) Song: Happy Mother's Day
I gave them a task. They had to remember to melody of the song, "Happy Mother's Day" from the video clip. This song was apoem they read this morning. So, they had to sing the poem into a song now...haaaa! They listened twice. In the classroom, I started the initial melody and they were quite good! We sang with lots of actions and they just love it! Shh...it's suppose to be a Mother's Day song. Parents, below is the lyric. Help your kids if they can't remember. Have fun!