The Society

Monday (18/01/2010)

(a) Flashcards
· Recapping words such as: pilot, firefighter, teacher, doctor, sailor, scientist.
· Later, we sang the song on “Five Little Firefighters” with action. Key words were highlighted to enhance the kids’ imagination.
· Words: helmet, pole, mask, siren, hose and dog.

(b) We are constructors!
· I introduced the word “society” Chun Kit asked for the meaning. I hinted them that Barney said, “People helping people is what the world is about”……..haaaa……they tried guessing.
· Society is about people near and far. Everything we do is related to one another.
· Example: the recent Earthquake in Haiti has gathered the help of firefighters, policemen, doctors, soldiers, reporters and so on. I reminded the kids to ask the meaning of Earthquake.
· Thus, we imagined ourselves constructing a town. We took Klang as an example.
· We used clay because Qian Joe suggested that we play with clay to make the Fire Truck wheels. As we had used cardboard for that, thus; we used his idea for this activity.
· First, we sketched on the board. We placed the Fire House in the middle of the map.
· Questions prompted: How can the Fire Truck move? What other buildings can you find around the Fire house.
Zhe Qing: Can we have flowers and trees? Teacher: That will be the park.
Xing Tong: can we have the playground there? Teacher: Of course.
Chia Yen: Can we sell cakes there. Teacher: That’s the cake shop.
Chun Kit: Can we have lots of snakes? Teacher: Hmmm…..the zoo! Good idea!
Kwong Yong: …and the elephants. Shi Jie: ….and the dogs. Older Xing Tong:….and cats.
Zhi Feng: My house. Jun Yu: Shops. Teacher: Don’t forget schools, children.
Kwong Yong: …and also basketball court.
· Thus, the kids started having fun with the natural clay…all only brown in colour.

(c) The Process
· Zheng Yuan thought that he could only make round balls. I prompted him that he could arrange the small balls from small to big as a caterpillar. Haaa…….he made two and we even added antennas J
· Zhe Qing made 2 butterflies next to her grandmother’s house. Chun Kit and Kwong Yong made many snakes. Wei Jeen made a “roti canai” shop. Zhi Feng made a lot of eggs to be sold in a shop….that’s cute! Xin Tong made a big flower as a florist shop. Next, Shi Jie made the school with a slide. Jun Yu made a caterpillar and also some snakes. Then, they assisted at constructing the roads. Qian Joe said that there should be a triangle or roundabout…….great idea!
· We placed all their creative products on a hard board as if it is the ground!

(d) Touching up the Fire Truck.
· Meanwhile, Foo Soon chose Devin to assist him at finishing the Fire Truck craft. Jing Kai joined along. They used poster colour to paint the burning house and cut the flames out from a cardboard.