Our Tongue

Wednesday (10/06/2009)

a) Experiment: Guessing the tastebuds
· They learnt names of 4 tastebuds: sweet, sour, bitter and sour.
· Food: sugar, salt, mayonnaise and coffee.
· They learnt that these tastebuds are strongest at their place. Thus, when we eat something sour but we taste with the tongue tip, it would take a while to identify the taste. It would be faster if its on the tongue side.
· After experiment, we labelled the places of the tastebuds on a tongue diagram.

b) Basketball Practice
· The kids requested for a game.
· Before playing, we rcapped the Sports Spirits.
· We also practised some Cheerleading steps as the girls had to be independent.
· During the match, the kids were more independent and could even recognise any mistakes made by their opponents.
· Before the match starrted, I played a music background and the kids pretended to run on the court waving to the audience. Then, they shook hands with the other team.
· During the break, the Cheerleaders performed their short dance. Throughout the game, they also cheered for Thunderstorm and Twister.