A Glider

29/10/2008 (Wednesday)

a) Corner Playing and Individual craft
The kids chose their play. Meanwhile the girls coloured their own butterflies. I assisted Zi Jun and Jin Shan to tie the rubber band on their wings. They are the Eagles in our Role-Play.
Quiz
Jin Shan : What is a quiz?
T : Quiz is asking questions and answering them.
* I pasted a few pictures on the board and asked the kids to guess which aircraft was invented first.
* The first was hot air balloon.
* The second = “The Ornitopher”. Jin Shan labeled it. It looks like a huge bird. The pilot
controls the big wings in order to fly.
The third was the Glider. Ze Yan labeled it. A glider flies from a high place. Today’s glider included engine to speed the process.
The fourth was the passenger Aeroplane. The Boeing 747 is so big that it can carry 500 people. It has 4 jet engines.
The fifth was the Cargo Aeroplane. Guessed by Jin Nan.Some planes have opened nose while some have opened tail to load the goods. The kids guessed that it can load more than 1000 boxes…..Wow!
The sixth was the Sea Aeroplane whereby Xin Ru labeled. We flipped Ze Yan’s Encyclopedia and saw information of it. It has stands for the plane to land and fly on the water. It is used for rescue purpose.
The seventh was the Jet Aeroplane. It was guessed by Zi yang. Yes…..it can fly very fast and is usually used for military purpose. A jet has no propellers.
They remembered the inventor of aeroplanes. They were Wright brothers. Jin Shan was awesome as he could remember that they started off with a bicycle business and justn continued by saying that they wanted a flying machine. So, they invented aeroplane after many experiments.

b) A Glider Craft
The kids cut the paper into a sharp triangle shape. It looks similar to boomerang but boomerang can fly on its own and the edges are rounded. However, a glider’s edges are sharp.
Next, the kids decoarated their gliders.
They cut the straw into half and sandwiched the glider between the two short straws. They enjoyed flying the glider.

c) Performance Practice.
They worked hard to practise the Musical Dance and the Role-Play.
Eugene was absent. So, Max substituted him for a while. The kids are getting more comfortable. Could see their laughing face when they obseve their friends’ performances….although they seem to be unattentive.