The Dinosaur Film

08/07/2008 (Tuesday)

a) Let’s play dinosaurs!
The kids got excited with the dinosaur toys. They shared among themselves. Today I also brought in picture puzzles for them. ZY and YP tried fixing them. XR, SYu and SJ still prefer playing with cooking tools. Meanwhile, I called the kids individually to complete their incomplete exercises from The Space Book. These kids required more personal attention.

b) The Dinosaur Dance.
Then, we sang a song and created the dinosaurs’ dance movements. Take a look:
“Dinosaurs are dancing,
“d”, “d”, “d”……..
“Dinosaurs are dancing,
“d”, “d”, “d”……..
“d” is the sound of D.
Sometimes, we hopped; we ran and we crawled. They also created the sounds.

c) Toy: The Hatching Egg.
I introduced a new toy called “The Hatching Egg”. They had to put many tiny dinosaurs in the egg. Then closed the egg with its top part. Next, they turned the egg slowly. The egg started hatching and opened up slowly. They continued turning until a tiny dinosaur fell. Then its another person’s turn. I asked them, “What do you think is the colour of a dinosaur’s egg?” They were quiet. “Has anyone seen the egg?” ZY, JN, EG, “Nobody”. Thus, the egg can be of any colour!

d) More dinosaurs!
After tea break, the kids read some dinosaurs’ names. As they read, they discussed the Chinese names. YZ asked, “Why are most of their names end with saurus?” I answered, “It is related to dinosaur……saur”.They enjoyed looking at the pictures and laughed at the fuuny names. Their favourites were Camarsaurus, Ankylosaurus, T-Rex and Stegosaurus.

e) The Dinosaur Film.
The kids gathered down to watch the “Dinosaur” film. They were very excited. They kept discussing while watching. I allowed them as long as they did not interrupt the others. Example:
Zyg : The dinosaur egg broke because many dinosaurs tried stealing it.
Teacher : No, the egg is ready to hatch.
YZ : Why did the male monkey dislike the baby dinosaur?
YW : Now, the baby dinosaur has grown up. His friends are the monkeys.
ZY : The comets exploded.
M : The land is too hot. No more trees and animals. They are dead.
JN : That is a meat-eater dinosaur!
As they watched, they identified the plants and animals found at that time. This is useful as we will be making a Jurassic Park in the class very soon. We will continue watching tomorrow.