Packing

Tuesday (09/01/2010)
a) A BIG family. b) Cookies c) The smoke alarm d) Recap…..colouring

a) A BIG family.
· As Chinese New Year approaches, the kids were so excited. Every kid in school was busy preparing for their “Tuan Nien Fan”. This morning, I assisted the kids at preparing their “Tuan Nien” Steamboat. Some cut the fishballs, some washed the vegetables and then cut them into slices. Some cut the crabmeat. Jing kai liked handling the sweet corns. Then the ingredients were poured into the 2 hot rice cooker to boil. Finally, each kid was given a bowl of noodles which was then added with the boiled soup and dishes. Hmmm….. just simply delicious!

b) Packing
· I explained about the charity sale to be held this coming Thursday. The 6-year old kids would be the seller and also cashiers. Meanwhile, the other kids had already contributed in many ways to assist the sale. Among them: cookies, tiger dance puppets, lion dance models and ornaments.
· The school agreed that we are selling 3 pieces of cookies for RM1.00. Thus, the kids took the empty plastic packets and packed 3 pieces into it; very carefully. Then, they folded and we cellophanetaped together. Altogether, there are 36 packets which means if we sell all of them, we can collect RM36.00. Meanwhile, we discussed about the price for our Tiger Dance puppet. Most agreed at RM10.00 while some at RM5.00 and 2 people at RM2.00. A real Tiger Puppet Toy is sold for RM40.00 at Jaya Jusco. Ours are hand-made by kids and myself. I shall discuss with the Principal and let the kids know the finalised price for the puppet. J

c) The Smoke Alarm.
· The kids are very excited about the Fire Station trip scheduled on this Thursday. I borrowed a Smoke Alarm circuit from a parent. Then, each kid got to look closely and touch it. I pressed the switch and the bell started ringing very loudly just like a real fire drill. Chun Kit and Jun Hong said some smoke alarms would spurt water when they detect heat or smoke. There are different types of smoke alarm. However, they would automatically warn us if there was fire.

d) Demonstration
· Foo soon volunteered to demonstrate the steps we should so if our clothes caught fire. “Stop, Drop and Roll”. Then when there is smoke, get low and crawl to a safe door. Look for the word “EXIT” or “KELUAR” if they were at public places and go quickly to a safe place. Xing Tong said, “But we don’t have smoke alarms in our houses.” This is an interesting thought which we would discuss very soon as well as we get the chance to ask the Firefighters. J
· The kids were given 2 different worksheets to colour and read the vocabulary. They were on “Stop, Drop and Roll” and “Get Low”.