Craft: Athlete Number

Wednesday (03/06/2009)

a) Le Xin’s Birthday
l Everyone was happy because we were celebrating Le Xin’s birthday. A very nice one with fruits, a chocolate cake as well as some tidbits.
l We sang a birthday song and thanked Le Xin’s parents. We took photos together and sang the song “You Are Special”.

b) Song: I Feel Good
l This is the Cheerleader Song, a familiar one that most people would have heard. It’s the NTV7’s theme: “I Feel Good”.
l First, we read through the lyrics and the kids explained. There was a line: “It’s so nice like sugar and spice”. They asked the meaning of “spice”.
l Then, we sang together with the music. The kids love it so much that even the boys started dancing…..imagining themselves as the Cheerleaders too.

c) Craft: Athlete Number.
l The kids took 2 pieces of paper and started decorating their numbers, names and also the group’s name. One for the front, another for the back. We didn’t want to use cloth as it would be difficult to colour. Then we slipped the paper into small plastic bags.

d) Why do we sweat?
l There’s lots of blood capillaries under our skin. When we feel hot, our body would evaporate. The blood capillaries will be nearer to our sin and encourage the evaporation of water which we call sweat from us. Besides, water; some other proteins and salt would also be discharged from our skin pores.
l That’s the reason why we sweat and get sticky. After sweating, we need a lot of water and sometimes even little salt to replace the loss and energize our body again.
l We sweat more when we exercise. We also sweat when we are sleeping and resting.