The Dice

Thursday (01/07/2010)

a) Storybook: Jungle Bullies
l This story is about bullies who finally became friends with the smaller animals.
l First, the elephant bullied the hippopotamus in the river and chased it away. Then, the hippo chased away a smaller lion lying on the path. The lion chased away a leopard in the tall grass. The leopard chased away a monkey lying on a big tree. The little monkey told its mother. Mother taught him to stand up for itself. The little monkey took a deep breath and talked to the leopard, “Hi, leopard. This tree is such a big one. Let’s share and be friends. Don’t bully me again.” The leopard thought for a while and said, “Okay, let’s share it.” They became good friends. The leopard had an idea and told the lion using the sma esentence. It was accompanied by the monkeys. Now, there are 4 good friends. The lion went over to talk to the hippo and all became good friends. Finally, they went to the river and hippo spoke to the huge elephant. Finally, they are all good friends and it was much more fun playing with friends than being alone.
l Morale: We should love people so that we have friends. If we were in trouble one day, good friends will help us. If we bullied people, we will be disliked and live lonely and in danger too. The kids love the story so much!
l This story is to inspire the kids for their own role-play as our last activity for the theme.

b) Craft: Dice
l A Board Game would be incomplete without a dice. First, a small card was given to each kid. They wrote “1,2,3,4,5,6” on the paper. Some preferred to draw dots. Then, they cut along the T-shaped line and fold it along the drawn pencil lines. It was quite challenging for the 5-year old kids. Then, they had to paste with cellophane tape so as to make a cube dice. Finally, they were proud of the produced result.
l Those who finished making the dice and counters, could play with a partner. They were excited because they played on their own designed Board Game. Meanwhile, some were guided to make the counters as they were absent or didn’t manage to complete them the day before.