ZJ, the plane engineer!

27/08/2008 (Wednesday)

a) What my parents said…..
SYu : Teacher, my father said the Queen’s dress is rainbow colour.
Eg : My father said it’s orange.
JN : My mother said it’s yellow.
JS : My father said it’s black.
T : Good try, kids! Both the Queen and King’s dress and suit are yellow, a royal colour. Long
ago, citizens were not allowed to wear yellow outfit but then, they changed the rule. Yellow
is a happy colour.

b) The sun
SYu, SJ and ZY brought their toy sunglasses. We discussed about it.
T : Why do we wear sunglasses?
JN : To protect our eyes.
T : The hot sun has got a burning heat which could harm our eyes after 10 to 20 years if we don’t take care of our eyes. So, do not look into the sun directly. What do you need to do when you go swimming?
EG : Put lotion.
JS : It is oil.
Eg : No, it’s not oil.
T : I’ll bring some sample tomorrow. If we do not take care, we might get skin problem after many years.

c) A folded aeroplane by ZJ
ZJ : Teacher, look at this!
T : Wow, what’s this class?
Class: A small aeroplane.
T : Did you fold it yourself?
ZJ : Yes, teacher.
T : Can you fold for us to see?
* ZJ took a square paper and started folding. Everyone was looking at him attentively as if saying, “he is so clever!”…..haaaaa!
T : We talked a little about aeroplane 2 days ago. Do we have aeroplanes during “Merdeka”?
ZY : Yes. They do performances.
T : They carry big flags and carve words in the sky.
ZYg : Teacher, can we fold that?
* So, the kids were given a rectangle paper each. They folded into a triangle and cut the balance paper. They tried recalling ZJ’s way of folding. LX, J, JH, SJ, XR needed more prompting. At a point when JH couldn’t do, ZY guided him and everyone cheered for JH. Yes, that’s the spirit of MERDEKA.
T : So, is Merdeka fighting or working together?
Class: Working together!!
T : Bring it home and ask your parents, “How can we make the aeroplane fly faster?”

d) Kuih Melayu (Malay desserts)
*The last lessons, we talked about the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Today we focused on Malays. I showed some desserts or “kuihs” which made by the Malays.
* 4 types: karipap, kuih gulung, kuh cucuk badak and kuih kacang. The kids have seen karipap and kuih kacang before.
Class: Karipap has curry. It’s hot.
T : Chinese curry puffs have eggs and sometimes chicken meat. Kuih gulung is green and has sweet coconut in it. Kuih cucuk badak is even hotter than curry puff. It has chilli dry prawn and coconut. What is kuih kacang?
Eg : It has nuts.
T : Actually, green or red beans but it’s fried.
* The kids took turn to taste the different kuihs. They were enjoying them.
T : Look at this newspaper. What kuihs do they have?
JN : It’s a hotel.
Class: There is Chinese, Indian and Malay kuih.
T : Can we enjoy these before Merdeka?
Class: No.
T : So where can you buy these kuihs?
Class: From the market.
Zy : From Malay people.
* We sang Negaraku and they enjoyed trying…..trying……to stand straight! Haaaaa!