Let’s hunt!

Wednesday (17/03/2010)

a) Recap and pratice
* the kids recapped on the words related to this theme. They also chose their particular flashcards and shared a sentence or two about them. Qian Joe, Devin, Chun Kit, Zhi Feng, Shi Jie were actually independent….wow! The others have also improved. Hopefully, they would be more independent during the presentation to 4-year old class, next week.

b) Guessing the tools
l To write, we need a pencil and a paper. What about people of the past? I introduced them the years 2010, 1900, 1500, 1000, 800, 0, 500 BC and also 1200 BC.
l They learnt that humans only existed after dinosaurs period.
Shi Jie: They write on the cave wall.
Chun Kit: On the sand. Yun Wen: On the tree.
Teacher: What were the writing tools?
Kids: Rod, sticks or wood, stones, bones.
Shi Jie: Some stones are softer than others.
l After hunters hunted the animals, they recycled the bones to write. Some wrote on the wall, some on the sand, while some on the animals skin.

c) Let’s hunt!
l The kids had to find as many different stones or rocks as possible and experiment with them. Some wrote on the schools’ little cave wall, some on big rocks. They were curious. Some searched for sticks and tried writing on the sand. Some needed my help to carry the heavy rocks.
l I also brought other tools which the kids experimented with.
Rod: Screwdrivers and a fork.
Wood: Chopsticks, sate sticks.

d) Analysing。
l We carried 3 different rocks and each kid had a small stone in their hands.
l In the classroom, they each demonstrated to show their friends. 1 rock which was the clay brick (for construction) was more difficult to write on. Another rock which was made from cement was easier to write on. The kids found that even it was harder than the brick but it was easier to see the written words. Why? They had to think about that ….as scientists.
l Then, each kid was given a colour chalk and they found it easy to write on the rocks. They even coloured on them. However, they forgot to try on the wood. J …….to be continued.