Pteranodon: The Flying Reptile

12/08/2008 (Tuesday)

a) A boyfriend or a girlfriend?
* The kids were laughing at these two words. I explained that they are just normal friends who are boys or girls.
* U shared a story of my fiend, a man called Roy.
* He has a shelter home for the handicapped and orphans. His noble heart has given many hopes to lost children.
* The kids were amazed with Roy’s great deeds.
* SYu said she went to an Orphanage Home before. YZ asked whether we can visit one which is nearby our Kindergarten.
* They liked the idea of performing their “Stegosaurus Story”to the orphans.
* T : I love the idea. Now, we will have audience for our Role-Play.
Let’s check with the school first about this matter.

b) Poem: The Shoe-House
* We recited this poem as the old woman not only raised her own children but also orphans.
* Then we discussed some vocabularies: broth, bread, whipped, bed. In fact, some kids realized how much their parents love them as they were not whipped before.

The Shoe-House
“ There was an old woman,
Who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children,
She didn’t know what to do;
She gave them broth,
Without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly,
And put them to bed.”


c) Pteranodon: The Flying Reptile Discussion
* It existed during the third period of Dinosaurs’ World.
* It’s length was 1.80 meter. It’s height also 1.80 meter. It weighed about 17kg similar to many 5-year-old child.
* It had a big brain and good eyesight. It was a meat-eater. In fact, they even eat dead bodies of their own species.
* It had no tail and sharp teeth. Its body looked just like humans.It had hollow and light bones unlike people.
T : What’s the colour?:
YP : Must be brown.
ZYg : The beak is yellow.
YZ : It must have a tail.
T : A very short tail. (He was not convinced. He checked his book and agreed with me.)

d) CD: The Flying Giant.
* The kids watched ZYg’s CD. They were amazed at how Pteranodon walked. It really looked like humans. They had colourful head and very thin wings to fly.
* They learnt its sound which they could role-played in their drama.
* It flew beautifully and down to the sea to catch fish. However, it had to be carful not to be caught by Elasmosaurus and Lieuplorodon.
* It flew around searching for new homes.It could see many dinosaurs from the high sky.

e) Introduction: Role-Play
* The kids got into their positions.
* SYu and YP introduced themselves and our drama.
* They learnt to stand properly and to speak confidently.
* They were more confident than before.