The Chain Whisper

Thursday (04/03/2010)
a) A firefighter's qualities
We played Chain Whisper. This was to highlight the importance for a firefighter being focus and alert at all time.
The message was “Firefighters put out fire!” hmm...it was quite a challenge for the kids to whisper quietly to their friends.....haaaa. At certain points, I could hear their passing of message.
The first few kids got it correctly until the fifth kid added some Mandarin into the sentences and the rest hear the Mandarin version. Then, some looked at me puzzledly as it was supposed to be in English. Finally, the last few kids received the different version. There was rhymes in the message. It ended as Pa ku po. The kids each took turn to say what they heard of and they had a good laugh and understood where the errors went wrong. :)
b) Recapped of key words.
Their recognition got better. At times, I questioned them the meaning and they were able to explain.
Continuation of Firefighter craft.
* The kids continued with their colouring. Then, each took a basket so that they could cut the craft parts and placedthem carefully into the basket.
Those who finished, quickly pasted the puzlles together to form a paper firefighters. A few kids required more prompting such as Yan Shan, Natalie, Chia Yen, Kwong Yong, Wee Hong and also Zhi Feng. However, they were quite persistent at cutting the shapes. Natalie and Yan Shan needed my guidance to cut.