Our Boss: The Brain

Tuesday (30/06/2009)

a) Revision: Word Recognitions
· We recapped some words included: artery, vein, heart, appendix, gastric, lungs, kidneys, urine, bladder, blood and immune.

b) Magical Performance
· Justin shared with me a book on magical tricks. Thus, I invited him to do the performance. He also invited his cousin, Eugene to assist him.
· There was a container with rice grains. The 2 boys held a golden cloth covering across the container. Meanwhile, I shake the rice and yup…..a ping pong ball appeared on the grains.

c) Our experience
· The kids got excited sharing about the magical performances they had been to. Foo Soon shared about his experience in Hong Kong, Wen Yue too, Yun Zhe, Jin nan, Le Xin, Jin Shan, Sharlene, Shu Wei and just almost all the kids have got experiences to share about.
· I told them about David Copperfield of how magnificent his magic was. People disappearing from one place to another across the ocean and it was a live performance at that time!
· Wow! However, the kids said there is no magic only tricks or jape.
· Thanks to our mighty brain.

d) Brain and memory
· When we first started writing, we scribbled, and then; it got better. The reason is because our brain has a better memory when we practised often. Practise makes perfect. Similarly, when we always behave politelty and say pleasant words, we will do it automatically because our brain has been trained to do that through practice.

e) Balancing Bricks
· The kids and I arranged the bricks on the floor. We took turns to walked on the narrow line slowly. The kids enjoyed themselves. They asked for more.
· The second round, they had to balance a bean bag and at the end of the journey, throw it into a hoop.
· Some walked steadily while some stumbled over it. They discovered that when stretching our hands, we could balance better.