The Clapping Song

Friday (29/05/2009)

a) The Clapping Song
· We read the song line by line. The kids tried interpreting them.
· Then, we tried singing that song. Its from the Barney. The kids loved it. We tried singing along with the CD. The kids tried a few times until they got the rhythm.
· A few kids volunteered to show the moves for the songs. We thought that Foo Soon’s movement was quite nice. It involved jumping and clapping.

b) Game
· We queued in 2 lines. Each has his or her partner.
· For the first few lines, we moved our body funnily. Then, we clapped our hands against one another. After finishing the song, we changed a different partner. The game continues. Its exciting as the kids need to be alert all the time!

c) Our Jersey
· We discussed on a team’s identification. Jersey is one of them. Each kid would have to think of a number. Eugene suggested that every mother can help to sew their kid’s number. Some said that we can write on a cloth and pin to our t-shirt. I asked the kids to think of more ideas for next week’s activity.

d) Drawing: Basketball
· Most of them drew their most memorable moment during the game. They even write their friends’ names. They would explain to mean the maning of it.
· Some would look at my drawings for ideas.
· All of them labelled the vocabulary.