Wednesday (29/09/2010)
a) Kids’ sharing.
· Some kids brought stuffs to share. Among: Yun Xin brought a Mickey and Minnie DVD, Xing Tong brought “Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and 7 Dwarfs”, Zhe Qing brought “a phonics book, Animal Stories and Dumbo”. I shared with them my Peter Pan pictures and DVD.
· Woohhh….. so many cartoon characters. The kids even started showing me their clothes pictures including “Pooh, Spongebob, Tom and Jerry, Ultraman and Ben 10”.
Teacher: Wow…..there are so many cartoon characters and many more too. Where do most of them live?
Wee Hong: Disneyland. Zhi Feng: I have been to Disneyland. I can bring the photos.
Wee Hong: There were Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Mascots and I took photos with them.
Chun Kit: They even perform songs and drama.
· Everyone was so excited because most of us have not been there including myself but we can learn about them. Qian Joe asked if Foo Soon could also bring his Disneyland photos to share with the class. Of course, Foo Soon agreed.
b) Treasure Hunt.
· As we are still unsure which story to venture into, thus we are now learning to know the other Disney cartoon characters. To play this game, I had pasted 10 scrolls of cartoon pictures in Phonics room. We were unable to play at the hall as there was Wushu class.
· The kids were grouped in pairs of their choice. Then they crept quietly into Phonics class to hunt the treasure scrolls.
· Some were under the tables, under the chairs, behind the curtains, on the high wall and etc. Everyone was so happy. They opened the scroll and shared with the class on the stage. There were characters such as “Nemo”, “Little Mermaid”, “Cinderella”, “Pooh” and also “Donald Duck”.
c) Hiding the treasure.
· Each kid took a paper randomly and rolled the paper. Then, they bind the scroll with a green binder. The class was divided into 2 groups. Some chose to hide in Phonics class, some in the classroom. The rules were: i) waiting patiently while friends hid the treasure, ii) No peeping, iii) Hunting them quietly with focus.
· After discovering them, we talked a little about the characters.
· Yun Xin was so excited about her DVD that she wanted to share with her school friends at 5.30 during Watching Time.
Our Pomegranate friends！
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Our Stage
Tuesday (28/09/2010)
a) Flashcards
· We reviewed words learnt in previous theme as to assist in assessment.
b) Individual performance.
· I reviewed with the class their ideas of yesterday. We focused on vocabulary “performers”. They included: dancing (lion dance, Michael Jackson’s dance), singing, musical instruments, magic tricks, fashion shows, story-telling, jokes, black light and also drama.
· Zheng Yuan brought his ABC book which consisted Power Rangers’ picture. The kids were excited and I reminded them that we need to have more resources of books, posters or even CDs before making decision on where to start. Furthermore, they couldn’t tell me the story of Power Rangers.
· The kids were excited to choose the colourful costumes. Their choices are not restricted.
· Yun Xin was excited to sing us a song, “The Rainbow Song”. Zhe Qing continued by playing piano of Rainbow Song. Chia Yen requested her friends to accompany her to sing. This time, they sang with ribbon props.
· Wee Hong was enthusiastic to perform as Michael Jackson. He put on a black suit and danced beautifully…..wooooh!
c) Group performance.
· Devin, Wei Jeen, Chun Kit, Zhi Feng, Qian Joe chose to perform as thieves and policemen. Later, they also performed Wushu. The girls did too.
· Jun Yu wanted to perform magic tricks and said he was not ready. Thus, I hope would take part on the stage soon. Zheng Yuan, Soon Yu, Natalie and also Shawn preferred to be spectators although they were constantly encouraged.
· Finally, I turned on the song, “Zip A Dee Doo Dah” and the kids walked on the stage fancifully for fashion show!
d) A Brief Discussion
· I consistently reminded them to find resources of what we would like to learn.
· It’s indeed an exciting theme to venture into!
a) Flashcards
· We reviewed words learnt in previous theme as to assist in assessment.
b) Individual performance.
· I reviewed with the class their ideas of yesterday. We focused on vocabulary “performers”. They included: dancing (lion dance, Michael Jackson’s dance), singing, musical instruments, magic tricks, fashion shows, story-telling, jokes, black light and also drama.
· Zheng Yuan brought his ABC book which consisted Power Rangers’ picture. The kids were excited and I reminded them that we need to have more resources of books, posters or even CDs before making decision on where to start. Furthermore, they couldn’t tell me the story of Power Rangers.
· The kids were excited to choose the colourful costumes. Their choices are not restricted.
· Yun Xin was excited to sing us a song, “The Rainbow Song”. Zhe Qing continued by playing piano of Rainbow Song. Chia Yen requested her friends to accompany her to sing. This time, they sang with ribbon props.
· Wee Hong was enthusiastic to perform as Michael Jackson. He put on a black suit and danced beautifully…..wooooh!
c) Group performance.
· Devin, Wei Jeen, Chun Kit, Zhi Feng, Qian Joe chose to perform as thieves and policemen. Later, they also performed Wushu. The girls did too.
· Jun Yu wanted to perform magic tricks and said he was not ready. Thus, I hope would take part on the stage soon. Zheng Yuan, Soon Yu, Natalie and also Shawn preferred to be spectators although they were constantly encouraged.
· Finally, I turned on the song, “Zip A Dee Doo Dah” and the kids walked on the stage fancifully for fashion show!
d) A Brief Discussion
· I consistently reminded them to find resources of what we would like to learn.
· It’s indeed an exciting theme to venture into!
What Is Performance?
Monday (27/09/2010)
a) Brainstorming: Performance.
Teacher: What is performance? Have any of your family members performed before?
Chun kit: I saw Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse performing at Disneyland.
Zhi Feng: They were very funny. They also have fancy fashions.
Devin: We can change from a clock to a house.
Jun Yu: I saw magic show in Taiwan. There were also many games there.
Teacher: If inviting people to participate in a Game Show, that could be performance. However, Funfair is not. Well done!
Wee Hong: We can dance. Animals can perform too.
Qian Joe: We can act like cartoons.
Wei Jeen: We can sing.
Yun Xin: Some people tell stories.
Xing Tong: Can we do phonics songs?
Kwong Yong: We can share like what we did during Firefighter Sharing with other classes.
Zheng Yuan: Some people tell funny jokes.
Teacher: What about different music instruments?
Wee Hong: Yes, guitar. Zhe Qing: I can play the piano.
Qian Joe: Last year, we did Black Light.
b) Summarizing.
I shared with the kids performance which I took part when I was still a student. They tried guessing. Some included the choir group, dance and also performance.
Thus, performance include fashion show, singing, dancing, acting in drama, jokes, story-telling, magic show, musical performance and Black Light among others.
c) Decoration.
Teacher: We need to do some spring cleaning and decorations.
In the morning, the kids managed to do spring cleaning for half of the class. Thus, we continued the other half.
Among, we carried the baskets of toys from the school porch after being dried under hot sun. Then, we organized some of the recycled items properly. Sometimes, we the kids brought some recycled items and because we had extras, we kept them in boxes. However, they took up some space. To avoid messiness, we brought them to the store room.
Some kids took down the previous decoration from Notice Board.
Some kids assisted to label the items in the class such as whiteboard, fan, radio, shelf, Notice Board, toys, English, Bahasa Melayu and Chinese storybooks.
d) The Stage.
Teacher: Where do we perform?
Devin: On a wooden platform.
Kwong Yong: Let me draw on the board.
They didn’t know the name. It is called “the stage”.
Devin: We can hop into the bus and get to the Hokkien Association stage.
Wei Jeen: We can always perform downstairs.
Zhe Qing: We can make a stage from chairs.
Yun Xin: We can make our own stage from tables.
Qian Joe: They are dangerous.
Finally we found lower tables and worked together to make a big stage. We labeled it. Some kids assisted to sweep the floor.
Every kid has to think of what they can perform and to share with the class. They are encouraged to bring any storybooks or CDS and then, we would decide which topic we will venture into first. Wow!
a) Brainstorming: Performance.
Teacher: What is performance? Have any of your family members performed before?
Chun kit: I saw Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse performing at Disneyland.
Zhi Feng: They were very funny. They also have fancy fashions.
Devin: We can change from a clock to a house.
Jun Yu: I saw magic show in Taiwan. There were also many games there.
Teacher: If inviting people to participate in a Game Show, that could be performance. However, Funfair is not. Well done!
Wee Hong: We can dance. Animals can perform too.
Qian Joe: We can act like cartoons.
Wei Jeen: We can sing.
Yun Xin: Some people tell stories.
Xing Tong: Can we do phonics songs?
Kwong Yong: We can share like what we did during Firefighter Sharing with other classes.
Zheng Yuan: Some people tell funny jokes.
Teacher: What about different music instruments?
Wee Hong: Yes, guitar. Zhe Qing: I can play the piano.
Qian Joe: Last year, we did Black Light.
b) Summarizing.
I shared with the kids performance which I took part when I was still a student. They tried guessing. Some included the choir group, dance and also performance.
Thus, performance include fashion show, singing, dancing, acting in drama, jokes, story-telling, magic show, musical performance and Black Light among others.
c) Decoration.
Teacher: We need to do some spring cleaning and decorations.
In the morning, the kids managed to do spring cleaning for half of the class. Thus, we continued the other half.
Among, we carried the baskets of toys from the school porch after being dried under hot sun. Then, we organized some of the recycled items properly. Sometimes, we the kids brought some recycled items and because we had extras, we kept them in boxes. However, they took up some space. To avoid messiness, we brought them to the store room.
Some kids took down the previous decoration from Notice Board.
Some kids assisted to label the items in the class such as whiteboard, fan, radio, shelf, Notice Board, toys, English, Bahasa Melayu and Chinese storybooks.
d) The Stage.
Teacher: Where do we perform?
Devin: On a wooden platform.
Kwong Yong: Let me draw on the board.
They didn’t know the name. It is called “the stage”.
Devin: We can hop into the bus and get to the Hokkien Association stage.
Wei Jeen: We can always perform downstairs.
Zhe Qing: We can make a stage from chairs.
Yun Xin: We can make our own stage from tables.
Qian Joe: They are dangerous.
Finally we found lower tables and worked together to make a big stage. We labeled it. Some kids assisted to sweep the floor.
Every kid has to think of what they can perform and to share with the class. They are encouraged to bring any storybooks or CDS and then, we would decide which topic we will venture into first. Wow!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
My Family Tree Craft
Thursday (23/09/2010)
a) Flashcards
l We recapped the words learnt and also checked with the kids their definitions.
l Then, we sang our favourite song, “Friends Are Special”.
b) My Family Tree.
l As some kids went for holidays 2 weeks ago, I had a challenging time to continue this craft project. The family relationship is like a tree because, it grows and some parts of it will eventually die. People will grow, age and die too while babies will grow up to be children. The cycle continues.
l I introduced vocabulary: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, sister, brother and me. Jun Yu’s photos were taken as examples.
c) My Family Tree Craft
l The kids took a paper each with a huge tree on it. They started pasting their family pictures drawn previously. They were all on “Heart” shapes. Only a few kids understood the instructions of arranging the pictures according to protocols. Among: Zhe Qing, Yun Xin, Xing Tong, Chia Yen, Zheng Yuan. The others preferred to mix everyone as a Happy Family.
l Then, the kids labeled vocabulary such as “father, mother, sister, brother”. Next, they coloured the tree and decorated them.
a) Flashcards
l We recapped the words learnt and also checked with the kids their definitions.
l Then, we sang our favourite song, “Friends Are Special”.
b) My Family Tree.
l As some kids went for holidays 2 weeks ago, I had a challenging time to continue this craft project. The family relationship is like a tree because, it grows and some parts of it will eventually die. People will grow, age and die too while babies will grow up to be children. The cycle continues.
l I introduced vocabulary: grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, sister, brother and me. Jun Yu’s photos were taken as examples.
c) My Family Tree Craft
l The kids took a paper each with a huge tree on it. They started pasting their family pictures drawn previously. They were all on “Heart” shapes. Only a few kids understood the instructions of arranging the pictures according to protocols. Among: Zhe Qing, Yun Xin, Xing Tong, Chia Yen, Zheng Yuan. The others preferred to mix everyone as a Happy Family.
l Then, the kids labeled vocabulary such as “father, mother, sister, brother”. Next, they coloured the tree and decorated them.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Legend of Chang Er
Wednesday (22/09/2010)
a) The Legend of Chang Er
· Why do we celebrate The Moon festival? We already knew the story of why we play lantrerns.
· I showed the kids pictures of Chang Er, Hou Yi, the jade Emperor and also the Jade Rabbit. They showed enthusiasm that they loved those pictures and have heard of the story before.
· I invited them to share the story but they were not able to. However, as I was telling the story; the kids added in the storylines of what they know about the story.
· There are many versions of this story but I shared with the kids the following version:
“Chang Er was a beautiful, kind and clever lady who lived on Earth. Hou Yi was a talented soldier of Jade Emperor in the Heaven. One day, there were 10 suns on Earth and many people suffered and were dying. Plants, animals also died and water was no longer in the river nor sea. Jade Emperor ordered Hou Yi, a good archer to shoot down 9 suns. He succeeded. As he was thirsty, he went down searching for water. Chang Er happened to be near him and offered him water. Touched by her kindness and beauty, they soon got married. However, Hou Yi was fearful because Change Er is not an immortal and will age and die. Thus, Hou Yi asked Jade Emperor for help and he gave him the “Everlasting Pill”. He brought it home and hid near the ceiling of his home. He wanted to surprise Chang Er. However, that night; Hou Yi went away for a task. Chang Er saw a light shining from the ceiling beam and out of curiosity; she climbed up to check. She was shocked to see an “Everlasting Pill”. At the same time, a thief came by and tried snatching the pill from Chang Er. To defeat herself, Chang Er swallowed the pill and started floating. At this time, Hou Yi came back in time. The thief fled away and Hou Yi chased Chang Er. When the window was opened, she flew all the way to the moon. Chang Er met Jade Rabbit and asked hime to make her another pill. Only with another pill, can she fly back to the Earth. As we know, she never succeeded. Hou Yi was so sad that he prayed and soon, he became the Sun God while Chang Er became the Moon Goddess. It was believed that on the 15th. Of Chinese Calendar 8th month; the moon is especially beautiful and bright because Hou Yi will meet Chang Er only at the day of the year.
b) Playing Lantern.
· The kids were excited and anxious at playing their lanterns at the school garden. I told them to be very careful as the recycled lantern was made from plastic bottle. Kids were not allowed to play with lantern nor fire alone at home as fire might occur.
c) Vocabulary Revision.
· We recapped words learnt throughout this theme. They were getting better. This time, I even asked them for words definition.
a) The Legend of Chang Er
· Why do we celebrate The Moon festival? We already knew the story of why we play lantrerns.
· I showed the kids pictures of Chang Er, Hou Yi, the jade Emperor and also the Jade Rabbit. They showed enthusiasm that they loved those pictures and have heard of the story before.
· I invited them to share the story but they were not able to. However, as I was telling the story; the kids added in the storylines of what they know about the story.
· There are many versions of this story but I shared with the kids the following version:
“Chang Er was a beautiful, kind and clever lady who lived on Earth. Hou Yi was a talented soldier of Jade Emperor in the Heaven. One day, there were 10 suns on Earth and many people suffered and were dying. Plants, animals also died and water was no longer in the river nor sea. Jade Emperor ordered Hou Yi, a good archer to shoot down 9 suns. He succeeded. As he was thirsty, he went down searching for water. Chang Er happened to be near him and offered him water. Touched by her kindness and beauty, they soon got married. However, Hou Yi was fearful because Change Er is not an immortal and will age and die. Thus, Hou Yi asked Jade Emperor for help and he gave him the “Everlasting Pill”. He brought it home and hid near the ceiling of his home. He wanted to surprise Chang Er. However, that night; Hou Yi went away for a task. Chang Er saw a light shining from the ceiling beam and out of curiosity; she climbed up to check. She was shocked to see an “Everlasting Pill”. At the same time, a thief came by and tried snatching the pill from Chang Er. To defeat herself, Chang Er swallowed the pill and started floating. At this time, Hou Yi came back in time. The thief fled away and Hou Yi chased Chang Er. When the window was opened, she flew all the way to the moon. Chang Er met Jade Rabbit and asked hime to make her another pill. Only with another pill, can she fly back to the Earth. As we know, she never succeeded. Hou Yi was so sad that he prayed and soon, he became the Sun God while Chang Er became the Moon Goddess. It was believed that on the 15th. Of Chinese Calendar 8th month; the moon is especially beautiful and bright because Hou Yi will meet Chang Er only at the day of the year.
b) Playing Lantern.
· The kids were excited and anxious at playing their lanterns at the school garden. I told them to be very careful as the recycled lantern was made from plastic bottle. Kids were not allowed to play with lantern nor fire alone at home as fire might occur.
c) Vocabulary Revision.
· We recapped words learnt throughout this theme. They were getting better. This time, I even asked them for words definition.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Lantern Decoration
Tuesday (21/09/2010)
a) Song.
We recapped the “Moon Festival” song together. This time, kids were more independent.
b) The lantern “tail”
· Kids listened to my instructions carefully. Each was given a long purple yarn. Then, they folded into half and another half and another half.
· Finally, they pasted one of the ends with cellophane tape so that they stick together.
c) The “Normal” lantern.
· Kids doing this lantern, had to cut the body of the recycled bottle until the line I marked. Then, they had to slip the straps under the rubber bands. It was not easy but I didn’t give them much help as I was guiding some kids. They were very persistent. Those kids were Yun Xin, Xing Tong, Zheng Yuan, Chia Yen, Qian Joe and Yee Xuan. Jun Yu, Zhi Feng and Natalie got more determined after showing them ways to insert the straps. Next, they decorated the straps with colourful stickers.
d) The “Aeroplane” Lantern.
· Here, the kids painted the wings of the plane. They could be as creative as possible. Only Zheng Yuan mixed 2 colours on them. The rest preferred 1 colour. They performed more efficiently as they are more confident with poster painting.
· Next, they decorated their lanterns. Some preferred it to be plain, some preferred it to be colourful.
a) Song.
We recapped the “Moon Festival” song together. This time, kids were more independent.
b) The lantern “tail”
· Kids listened to my instructions carefully. Each was given a long purple yarn. Then, they folded into half and another half and another half.
· Finally, they pasted one of the ends with cellophane tape so that they stick together.
c) The “Normal” lantern.
· Kids doing this lantern, had to cut the body of the recycled bottle until the line I marked. Then, they had to slip the straps under the rubber bands. It was not easy but I didn’t give them much help as I was guiding some kids. They were very persistent. Those kids were Yun Xin, Xing Tong, Zheng Yuan, Chia Yen, Qian Joe and Yee Xuan. Jun Yu, Zhi Feng and Natalie got more determined after showing them ways to insert the straps. Next, they decorated the straps with colourful stickers.
d) The “Aeroplane” Lantern.
· Here, the kids painted the wings of the plane. They could be as creative as possible. Only Zheng Yuan mixed 2 colours on them. The rest preferred 1 colour. They performed more efficiently as they are more confident with poster painting.
· Next, they decorated their lanterns. Some preferred it to be plain, some preferred it to be colourful.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Making Recycled Lanterns.
Friday (17/09/2010)
a) Flashcards
• We recapped words learnt throughout this theme.
b) Song: The Moon Festival
• First, we read through the lyrics and sang it together. Then, we interpreted it together. The kids wondered who Change Er was and I told them that she was the Moon Goddess and we would be learning more about her next week.
LYRICS:
To the moon (X2),
Let’s fly to the big round moon,
To the moon (X2),
Who lives in the moon?
Is it Chang Er or Hou Yi?
Is it rabbit or dragon?
Light the lanterns, light the lanterns,
Happy Moon Festival.
c) Lantern Craft
• First, I introduced the kids to the different patterns they could make. We used recycled 1.5 liter bottles for the craft. I used a blade to cut off the bottle top part and reminded them that it could only be done by adults as it is dangerous. Kids can choose to make normal ones or the flying ones. They could make just any patterns they want to.
• Kids took glass paper of their colour choices. They started cutting. Some were straps, some were triangles and some were squares. Some wrapped the bottle bottom with it so that it has different colour. It was challenging for the kids because the glass paper can be really sticky with glue on it. However, the kids were very determined at decorating their lanterns.
• Then, the kids took their pictures, drawn yesterday. They cut them into smaller pieces and decorated the bottle. I also prepared some Moon Festival pictures for them. Some preferred to decorate their lanterns with those pictures.
• It was so fun! They kept asking me if they could bring the lanterns home. Of course…..but upon completion.
a) Flashcards
• We recapped words learnt throughout this theme.
b) Song: The Moon Festival
• First, we read through the lyrics and sang it together. Then, we interpreted it together. The kids wondered who Change Er was and I told them that she was the Moon Goddess and we would be learning more about her next week.
LYRICS:
To the moon (X2),
Let’s fly to the big round moon,
To the moon (X2),
Who lives in the moon?
Is it Chang Er or Hou Yi?
Is it rabbit or dragon?
Light the lanterns, light the lanterns,
Happy Moon Festival.
c) Lantern Craft
• First, I introduced the kids to the different patterns they could make. We used recycled 1.5 liter bottles for the craft. I used a blade to cut off the bottle top part and reminded them that it could only be done by adults as it is dangerous. Kids can choose to make normal ones or the flying ones. They could make just any patterns they want to.
• Kids took glass paper of their colour choices. They started cutting. Some were straps, some were triangles and some were squares. Some wrapped the bottle bottom with it so that it has different colour. It was challenging for the kids because the glass paper can be really sticky with glue on it. However, the kids were very determined at decorating their lanterns.
• Then, the kids took their pictures, drawn yesterday. They cut them into smaller pieces and decorated the bottle. I also prepared some Moon Festival pictures for them. Some preferred to decorate their lanterns with those pictures.
• It was so fun! They kept asking me if they could bring the lanterns home. Of course…..but upon completion.
The Lantern Legend.
Thursday (16/09/2010)
a) Flashcards.
• We reviewed the words together as we are almost completing this theme.
b) The Legend.
Teacher: Every year, at Moon Festival; we carry lanterns. Why?
Qian Joe: Because it’s fun!
Chun Kit: Because it’s beautiful.
Yun Xin: Because to pray.
• Many years ago, in China; there was a horrible draught. The hot weather had destroyed the crops, people died especially the elderly and young ones.
• The King thought hard and decided to pray the Heaven God for blessing. To do this, all the citizens were told to light lanterns at their homes and on the night, everyone prayed together. It looked beautiful. Seeing what the people had done, the God gave rain to the people ad the country. Crops grew healthily, water filled the stream again and everyone was in joy and healthy once again.
• Thus, on the 15th. Day of the Chinese Eight Month; people would pray the Moon Goddess and play lanterns for blessings.
c) A World Celebration.
• Chinese people around the world will celebrate this festival together. Different countries’ cultures might differ a little.
• In Taiwan, they have meat barbecue.
• In Vietnam, they have dragon dance.
• In Malaysia, we have variety of mooncakes including durian and sambal mooncake…haaaa.
d) Picture decoration.
• Who lives in the moon? Some people say it’s a rabbit, some say it’s the moon Goddess; Chang Er. When I drew her image with two bunches of hair tied on top of her head; they started believing that the hair shadow could be the rabbit’s ears. Nobody knows for sure because it’s a shadow reflection on the moon from the Earth.
• The kids had to decide what pictures they want for their lanterns. Some suggestions included stars, moons, rabbits, the Moon Goddess, the King and anything pretty.
• They just loved drawing. Thus, we shall start making the lantern tomorrow.
a) Flashcards.
• We reviewed the words together as we are almost completing this theme.
b) The Legend.
Teacher: Every year, at Moon Festival; we carry lanterns. Why?
Qian Joe: Because it’s fun!
Chun Kit: Because it’s beautiful.
Yun Xin: Because to pray.
• Many years ago, in China; there was a horrible draught. The hot weather had destroyed the crops, people died especially the elderly and young ones.
• The King thought hard and decided to pray the Heaven God for blessing. To do this, all the citizens were told to light lanterns at their homes and on the night, everyone prayed together. It looked beautiful. Seeing what the people had done, the God gave rain to the people ad the country. Crops grew healthily, water filled the stream again and everyone was in joy and healthy once again.
• Thus, on the 15th. Day of the Chinese Eight Month; people would pray the Moon Goddess and play lanterns for blessings.
c) A World Celebration.
• Chinese people around the world will celebrate this festival together. Different countries’ cultures might differ a little.
• In Taiwan, they have meat barbecue.
• In Vietnam, they have dragon dance.
• In Malaysia, we have variety of mooncakes including durian and sambal mooncake…haaaa.
d) Picture decoration.
• Who lives in the moon? Some people say it’s a rabbit, some say it’s the moon Goddess; Chang Er. When I drew her image with two bunches of hair tied on top of her head; they started believing that the hair shadow could be the rabbit’s ears. Nobody knows for sure because it’s a shadow reflection on the moon from the Earth.
• The kids had to decide what pictures they want for their lanterns. Some suggestions included stars, moons, rabbits, the Moon Goddess, the King and anything pretty.
• They just loved drawing. Thus, we shall start making the lantern tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
My Recycled Painting.
Tuesday (14/09/2010)
a) My Story.
· The kids were excited to take their television set. Everyone’s story was about Mother Theresa except Jun Yu who did about his holidays; as he went for holidays our lessons about Mother Theresa. Jun Yu said he wanted to draw about his holiday srather than about Mother Theresa; which I allowed. He was excited to share about the porcuppine fish (soft thorns, teacher), stingray, shark and also jellyfish. He was in Taiwan with his family.
· As for the others, I had a 1 to 1 session with them guiding them with the story before coming in front of the class to present for their friends. They were quite dependent at telling the story and encouragement was needed.
· Then, we practiced the storyline together. I used present tense so that it’s easier for the kids to grasp. Among the lines: “Mother Theresa was a kind person. She was caring like Care Bears. She liked helping poor people. She gave food to them. She liked helping kids with no mother. She liked helping sick people. She put them in a small hospital. She liked helping handicapped people. Thank you, Mother Theresa. You are our HERO!” And we sang “Heal The World” for her. J
b) Sharing and Painting.
· I took out the kids’ work on the recycled newspaper similar to the gift given to Aunty.
Teacher: Who can share with our new friends, what these are?
Xing Tong: They are recycled newspaper.
Yun Xin: Wow…the newspaper has hardened.
Qian Joe: They looked like stones.
Xing Tong: We want to bring home for family.
Shawn: What about us? What are we going to do?
· I introduced the painting colour. Purple, white, orange and green.
· The 4-year old kids wanted to paint their own pictures. Thus, each was given a cardboard and I guided them at drawing. Then, they started painting.
· The kids were very excited when it comes to painting.
· Some, even mixed colour and the outcome was very nice.
Wee Hong: How can we get pink?
Yun Xin: My father said “red and white”.
Teacher: Purple and white gives us light purple.
a) My Story.
· The kids were excited to take their television set. Everyone’s story was about Mother Theresa except Jun Yu who did about his holidays; as he went for holidays our lessons about Mother Theresa. Jun Yu said he wanted to draw about his holiday srather than about Mother Theresa; which I allowed. He was excited to share about the porcuppine fish (soft thorns, teacher), stingray, shark and also jellyfish. He was in Taiwan with his family.
· As for the others, I had a 1 to 1 session with them guiding them with the story before coming in front of the class to present for their friends. They were quite dependent at telling the story and encouragement was needed.
· Then, we practiced the storyline together. I used present tense so that it’s easier for the kids to grasp. Among the lines: “Mother Theresa was a kind person. She was caring like Care Bears. She liked helping poor people. She gave food to them. She liked helping kids with no mother. She liked helping sick people. She put them in a small hospital. She liked helping handicapped people. Thank you, Mother Theresa. You are our HERO!” And we sang “Heal The World” for her. J
b) Sharing and Painting.
· I took out the kids’ work on the recycled newspaper similar to the gift given to Aunty.
Teacher: Who can share with our new friends, what these are?
Xing Tong: They are recycled newspaper.
Yun Xin: Wow…the newspaper has hardened.
Qian Joe: They looked like stones.
Xing Tong: We want to bring home for family.
Shawn: What about us? What are we going to do?
· I introduced the painting colour. Purple, white, orange and green.
· The 4-year old kids wanted to paint their own pictures. Thus, each was given a cardboard and I guided them at drawing. Then, they started painting.
· The kids were very excited when it comes to painting.
· Some, even mixed colour and the outcome was very nice.
Wee Hong: How can we get pink?
Yun Xin: My father said “red and white”.
Teacher: Purple and white gives us light purple.
Monday, September 13, 2010
I Can Read.
Monday (13/09/2010)
a) The leftover.
· During the teabreak, someone left half piece of a bun on the table and nobody admitted doing that. The kid was advised to be brave and just put the bun away. As we had just learnt about Mother Theresa helping the unfortunate ones last week, I thought that the kids would have a better understanding about food importance. After giving chances and chances to admit, nobody turned up.
· Thus, the class was not allowed to drink their favourite herbal tea for the next 3 days because unity means a class. The kids have to be more responsible and more caring towards their other friends.
b) Flash Cards game.
· We recapped words that we learnt throughout this theme. Among: Malaysia, malay, happy, sad, people, world, school, family, angry, unity and monitor. I also tested them the meaning for participation.
· Then, kids chose their favourite flash card. They sat randomly. I sang our favourite songs and once I stopped, they have to grab a kid and then teach the partner the word. They take turns. When they finished, they would sit down. When everyone sat down, I played another round. We played for about 5 rounds. Some kids came to ask me about their flash card word again.
c) Decorating our mini TV.
· Most kids had already drawn their small pictures comprising TV buttons and any other of their favourite pictures. Today, they cut and decorated their plain TV cardboard.
· Next, they also made the TV antenna by pasting paper onto the TV set. Those who finished, were advised to think of their storyline.
· 5-year old kids had to write the word “television” as a label.
d) Recycled Lantern.
· I reminded the kids to bring 1.5litre empty bottle for making a lantern. We hope to make on Wednesday. We are awaiting for everyone’s bottle before the craft.
a) The leftover.
· During the teabreak, someone left half piece of a bun on the table and nobody admitted doing that. The kid was advised to be brave and just put the bun away. As we had just learnt about Mother Theresa helping the unfortunate ones last week, I thought that the kids would have a better understanding about food importance. After giving chances and chances to admit, nobody turned up.
· Thus, the class was not allowed to drink their favourite herbal tea for the next 3 days because unity means a class. The kids have to be more responsible and more caring towards their other friends.
b) Flash Cards game.
· We recapped words that we learnt throughout this theme. Among: Malaysia, malay, happy, sad, people, world, school, family, angry, unity and monitor. I also tested them the meaning for participation.
· Then, kids chose their favourite flash card. They sat randomly. I sang our favourite songs and once I stopped, they have to grab a kid and then teach the partner the word. They take turns. When they finished, they would sit down. When everyone sat down, I played another round. We played for about 5 rounds. Some kids came to ask me about their flash card word again.
c) Decorating our mini TV.
· Most kids had already drawn their small pictures comprising TV buttons and any other of their favourite pictures. Today, they cut and decorated their plain TV cardboard.
· Next, they also made the TV antenna by pasting paper onto the TV set. Those who finished, were advised to think of their storyline.
· 5-year old kids had to write the word “television” as a label.
d) Recycled Lantern.
· I reminded the kids to bring 1.5litre empty bottle for making a lantern. We hope to make on Wednesday. We are awaiting for everyone’s bottle before the craft.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
"Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri"
Thursday (09/09/2010)
a) Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
* Tomorrow is a public holiday because it is the Malay New Year.
* I brought in some toy pictures of Malaysia's main 3 races.
* The Muslims wore Baju Melayu, Kurung and also Baju kebaya. The Chinese wore Samfu and Cheongsam while The Hindus wore Sarees and the Indian male clothes.
* Chinese celebrates "Gong Xi Fa Chai" while the Hindus celebrate Deepavali.
* A few kids kept saying "Am pu ne neh" when we talked about the Indians. I shared with them that the phrase is very unpleasant and is usually said to scare naughty children. I told them to tell their parents or anyone who said that phrase that it should be Indians and they are as beautiful as everyone. All humans have got red blood, don't they?
b) Video Clip.
* So, how do the Muslims' celebration look like? Do they sing songs like Gong Xi Fa Chai?
* The video clip played the Hari raya song. It was very nice and the kids were attentive looking at their celebration.
* Their delicacies include "ketupat with chicken rendang and also kuihs". They play fireworks like the other races. They receive "Green packets" instead of "Ang Pows". They wear new and beautiful clothes. They go visiting and pay respects to the elderlies, family members and also friends of all races.
* Understanding will enable kids to respect the different races even more. It's not only about holidays.....
c) Memory.
* As yesterday was Wushu day, we didn't get the chance to watch any video clip about Mother Theresa. So, we did that today. Before watching, I got the kids to explain about Mother Theresa to Zheng Yuan who just got back from holidays.
* We saw black and white documentary about the late Mother Theresa. She was rather old but was still working diligently to help around. She had negotiation with leaders of the world to stop war. She had trainings with her nuns. She was very humble. She inspired many people including the late Princess Diana and the Pope. She was awarded the Noble Prize and she reminded that love is very important. She said, "To improve the world, go home and take good care of your family". She was indeed a great Heroin.
d) TV Craft Continuation.
* The kids were excited when they saw my TV with Mother Theresa's short movie.
* Yesterday they drew 5 mini pictures. Today, Devin assisted me to give each kid a TV frame. They inserted their mini picture film through the TV frame. Next, they queued up to take some cellophanetape from me to paste and join the films together.
* we shall continue decorating the TV frame next Monday as we didn't have enough time.
a) Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
* Tomorrow is a public holiday because it is the Malay New Year.
* I brought in some toy pictures of Malaysia's main 3 races.
* The Muslims wore Baju Melayu, Kurung and also Baju kebaya. The Chinese wore Samfu and Cheongsam while The Hindus wore Sarees and the Indian male clothes.
* Chinese celebrates "Gong Xi Fa Chai" while the Hindus celebrate Deepavali.
* A few kids kept saying "Am pu ne neh" when we talked about the Indians. I shared with them that the phrase is very unpleasant and is usually said to scare naughty children. I told them to tell their parents or anyone who said that phrase that it should be Indians and they are as beautiful as everyone. All humans have got red blood, don't they?
b) Video Clip.
* So, how do the Muslims' celebration look like? Do they sing songs like Gong Xi Fa Chai?
* The video clip played the Hari raya song. It was very nice and the kids were attentive looking at their celebration.
* Their delicacies include "ketupat with chicken rendang and also kuihs". They play fireworks like the other races. They receive "Green packets" instead of "Ang Pows". They wear new and beautiful clothes. They go visiting and pay respects to the elderlies, family members and also friends of all races.
* Understanding will enable kids to respect the different races even more. It's not only about holidays.....
c) Memory.
* As yesterday was Wushu day, we didn't get the chance to watch any video clip about Mother Theresa. So, we did that today. Before watching, I got the kids to explain about Mother Theresa to Zheng Yuan who just got back from holidays.
* We saw black and white documentary about the late Mother Theresa. She was rather old but was still working diligently to help around. She had negotiation with leaders of the world to stop war. She had trainings with her nuns. She was very humble. She inspired many people including the late Princess Diana and the Pope. She was awarded the Noble Prize and she reminded that love is very important. She said, "To improve the world, go home and take good care of your family". She was indeed a great Heroin.
d) TV Craft Continuation.
* The kids were excited when they saw my TV with Mother Theresa's short movie.
* Yesterday they drew 5 mini pictures. Today, Devin assisted me to give each kid a TV frame. They inserted their mini picture film through the TV frame. Next, they queued up to take some cellophanetape from me to paste and join the films together.
* we shall continue decorating the TV frame next Monday as we didn't have enough time.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Mother Theresa
Wednesday (08/09/2010)
a) Mother Theresa.
· There are many Heroes in this world and Mother Theresa was one of them.
· I showed them the portrait of her. She was born to a family of 3 siblings. Her father passed away when she was 8 years old. They were Bosnians. At the age of 19, she left her family and became a nun. She went to India, studied English and later became a school teacher. Her school was surrounded by many poor people, sick people, orphans, handicapped ones and there was a lot of poverty. At the weekends, Mother Theresa would be volunteers to help these unfortunate people. Later, she decided to leave her job and be a full time missionary.
· She had only 2 dollars when she journeyed her passion in India. Her good deeds soon caught many people’s attention and all donated money and items for her. Soon, she had more helpers and today, her Missionary Centres are about 170 around the world assisted by about 4000 nuns.
· Mother Theresa had heart problem at old age but never stopped at helping around. She passed away at 87 and her centres are being run by her trained nuns.
· The kids were amazed of Mother Theresa’s strong spirit! Thank you, Mother…. :)
b) The Good Values.
She was very brave and persistent at helping the unfortunate ones.
Good actions attract good events such as donations and charity by the caring ones.
She always learns. She even took up Nursing training which equipped her with the important knowledge.
She instilled HOPE into the unfortunate ones.
She teaches us to love every human being. When we judge people, we don’t have time for love.
c) A Mini Television.
The purpose of this activity is to encourage the kids to relate the important points of a story to the HERO; Mother Theresa.
They will then learn to speak their thoughts from their drawn picture.
Each kid was given 2 straps of paper. They had to draw pictures related to the story of Mother Theresa. They drew the poor people, the orphans, the sick ones, the handicapped ones and also Mother Theresa.
The 4-year old kids were guided with pictures. They could add drawings on the pictures.
Tomorrow, we shall continue at decorating the mini television.
a) Mother Theresa.
· There are many Heroes in this world and Mother Theresa was one of them.
· I showed them the portrait of her. She was born to a family of 3 siblings. Her father passed away when she was 8 years old. They were Bosnians. At the age of 19, she left her family and became a nun. She went to India, studied English and later became a school teacher. Her school was surrounded by many poor people, sick people, orphans, handicapped ones and there was a lot of poverty. At the weekends, Mother Theresa would be volunteers to help these unfortunate people. Later, she decided to leave her job and be a full time missionary.
· She had only 2 dollars when she journeyed her passion in India. Her good deeds soon caught many people’s attention and all donated money and items for her. Soon, she had more helpers and today, her Missionary Centres are about 170 around the world assisted by about 4000 nuns.
· Mother Theresa had heart problem at old age but never stopped at helping around. She passed away at 87 and her centres are being run by her trained nuns.
· The kids were amazed of Mother Theresa’s strong spirit! Thank you, Mother…. :)
b) The Good Values.
She was very brave and persistent at helping the unfortunate ones.
Good actions attract good events such as donations and charity by the caring ones.
She always learns. She even took up Nursing training which equipped her with the important knowledge.
She instilled HOPE into the unfortunate ones.
She teaches us to love every human being. When we judge people, we don’t have time for love.
c) A Mini Television.
The purpose of this activity is to encourage the kids to relate the important points of a story to the HERO; Mother Theresa.
They will then learn to speak their thoughts from their drawn picture.
Each kid was given 2 straps of paper. They had to draw pictures related to the story of Mother Theresa. They drew the poor people, the orphans, the sick ones, the handicapped ones and also Mother Theresa.
The 4-year old kids were guided with pictures. They could add drawings on the pictures.
Tomorrow, we shall continue at decorating the mini television.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Nick Vujicic
Tuesday (07/09/2010)
a) Flashcards Recap.
· We recapped words learnt throughout this theme.
· Then, we sang our favourite songs: Friends and Heal The World with actions. It was fun!
b) Circle Time: Handicapped.
· Some people are handicapped due to accidents, sickness while some are natural from birth. We learnt “lucky” and “not lucky”. The kids realized that they are lucky.
· What are the types of handicapped we can see?
Class: Some with only 2 hands, some with only 2 legs, some with only 1 hand and 1 leg, some with no hands or even legs, some are mute, some are deaf and some are blind.
Kwong Yong, I saw a man with only 2 legs.
Wee Hong: I have seen a man on a wheelchair.
c) Mini role-play
Teacher: How do you communicate if you are mute?
· Devin pretended to be the mute boy. He had to tell them “I am hungry” using sign language. However, Qian Joe was more convincing to deliver that message.
· Wee Hong used sign language to say that “I am sick”. Yun Xin guessed
· Zhi Feng drew on the board instead of using sign language. He drew a ball to tell his friends, “I want to play a ball”.
· Then, Shawn volunteered himself. He lied down and I tied his both arms. He tried sitting down on the floor. He managed to sit up straight and used his body to stand up straight.
· Then, Wee Hong volunteered himself and I tied his arm to his hand hand. Thus, he has only left arm and leg to sit and stand. It wasn’t easy but he did it persistently.
Teacher: When, we have fall down, what should we do?
Class: stand up!
Teacher: If you have troubles, what can you do? Is crying a good way?
Class: No. Tell mother, teacher or friends.
d) Video Clips: Nick.
· Some handicapped people chose to be beggars or lived in a dependent situation. However, some chose to be starong and independent.
· An example is by Nick Vujicic a man with no hands nor legs except a small left thumb toe…..that’s all.
· The kids watched the video clip. They thought it would be scary to be that handicapped but Nick was with smiles all the way because he is very optimist. He could play football with his head, he could swim, he could drive the speedboat and many other things that normal people could do…..wow! Plus…he is now a motivator that goes around the world to share his inspiring stories. Many people hug him.
Teacher: Which part of his boy is not handicapped?
Yun Xin: His brain. He has a good brain and he chooses to be clever.
· We also watched another video clip of how a handicapped girl can use her mouth and two fingers hand to draw. As normal people, we shouldn’t use our mouth to draw as it would be dangerous. However, the handicapped girl has no choice but to be very careful and steady with her drawing. She drew very nice and well!
a) Flashcards Recap.
· We recapped words learnt throughout this theme.
· Then, we sang our favourite songs: Friends and Heal The World with actions. It was fun!
b) Circle Time: Handicapped.
· Some people are handicapped due to accidents, sickness while some are natural from birth. We learnt “lucky” and “not lucky”. The kids realized that they are lucky.
· What are the types of handicapped we can see?
Class: Some with only 2 hands, some with only 2 legs, some with only 1 hand and 1 leg, some with no hands or even legs, some are mute, some are deaf and some are blind.
Kwong Yong, I saw a man with only 2 legs.
Wee Hong: I have seen a man on a wheelchair.
c) Mini role-play
Teacher: How do you communicate if you are mute?
· Devin pretended to be the mute boy. He had to tell them “I am hungry” using sign language. However, Qian Joe was more convincing to deliver that message.
· Wee Hong used sign language to say that “I am sick”. Yun Xin guessed
· Zhi Feng drew on the board instead of using sign language. He drew a ball to tell his friends, “I want to play a ball”.
· Then, Shawn volunteered himself. He lied down and I tied his both arms. He tried sitting down on the floor. He managed to sit up straight and used his body to stand up straight.
· Then, Wee Hong volunteered himself and I tied his arm to his hand hand. Thus, he has only left arm and leg to sit and stand. It wasn’t easy but he did it persistently.
Teacher: When, we have fall down, what should we do?
Class: stand up!
Teacher: If you have troubles, what can you do? Is crying a good way?
Class: No. Tell mother, teacher or friends.
d) Video Clips: Nick.
· Some handicapped people chose to be beggars or lived in a dependent situation. However, some chose to be starong and independent.
· An example is by Nick Vujicic a man with no hands nor legs except a small left thumb toe…..that’s all.
· The kids watched the video clip. They thought it would be scary to be that handicapped but Nick was with smiles all the way because he is very optimist. He could play football with his head, he could swim, he could drive the speedboat and many other things that normal people could do…..wow! Plus…he is now a motivator that goes around the world to share his inspiring stories. Many people hug him.
Teacher: Which part of his boy is not handicapped?
Yun Xin: His brain. He has a good brain and he chooses to be clever.
· We also watched another video clip of how a handicapped girl can use her mouth and two fingers hand to draw. As normal people, we shouldn’t use our mouth to draw as it would be dangerous. However, the handicapped girl has no choice but to be very careful and steady with her drawing. She drew very nice and well!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Being Handicapped
Tuesday (07/09/2010)
a) Flashcards
We learnt through words that we learnt throughout this theme. Among: care, happy, angry, sad, afraid, friends, balloon, Malaysia, flag, “Merdeka”, Malay, Chinese, Indian and world.
b) Unity
l We continued with our “Malaysia Book” by reinforcing the words “Unity”. Then, the kids pasted the word and coloured them. I also reinforced the word “flag” and reintroduced the Malaysia map as we had new 4-year old friends.
l Then, the kids coloured a small Malaysia flag above the Malaysia map.
c) Storybook: The Boy At The Window.
l It was a story about a pair of siblings. Jack and Jane always walked along the pathway and whenever they passed by a house with a small window, a boy would be throwing things at them. Sometimes, he threw his toys, sometimes, balls of paper and sometimes water.
l Jack and Jane got angry and started calling the boy unpleasant names such as “Ya…Ya…Ya… and silly boy!”
l Their mother heard them upon fetching them one day. Their mother was angry and asked them the reason why they used unpleasant words. Their mother explained that that boy’s name was Mark and he was a disabled or handicapped boy who sat on a wheelchair.
l Realising that they made a mistake, the kids visited Mark the next day with some toys and food. Now, the three kids are good friends.
d) Discussion
Teacher: Why did the boy throw things at people? How would you feel if someone throws things at you? How should we make friends? What can you do? What other types of handicapped people can you think of?
Devin: Last time, I threw things at passers-by. Today, I have improved. I don’t do that anymore.
Yun Xin: Throwing things at people is not the correct way to make friends.
Chun Kit: We should talk nicely to make friends.
Wee Hong: I have seen a wheelchair before.
Wei Jeen: I saw an uncle with only an arm and a leg, selling durians.
Wee Hong: Some people walked using a wooden stick.
* We learnt that some people are unfortunate. These are handicapped people but they must learn to be independent because we have to stand up strong again, every time when we fall down. Wei Jeen’s example was awesome. I shared with them about my father who had to use a wheelchair due to his weak body.
e) Our precious body.
l Chun Kit helped me to get an encyclopedia about “Our Body”.
l We saw skeletons surrounding our organs.
l If we run carelessly, we might fall and break our skulls. We might even break our legs and arms and ended up being handicapped. Every kid touched their body’s skeletons.
Devin: What do you call people who can’t talk?
l They are “mute” people. Some are already mute since birth while some is due to throat problem or bacteria causes.
l Deaf people have to wear an equipment to help them listen clearer.
l Sign language is important to help mute and deaf people to communicate with the society.
l Thus, we are lucky to be healthy. We must eat healthily and take good care of ourselves. We must appreciate our family’s hard work and love.
a) Flashcards
We learnt through words that we learnt throughout this theme. Among: care, happy, angry, sad, afraid, friends, balloon, Malaysia, flag, “Merdeka”, Malay, Chinese, Indian and world.
b) Unity
l We continued with our “Malaysia Book” by reinforcing the words “Unity”. Then, the kids pasted the word and coloured them. I also reinforced the word “flag” and reintroduced the Malaysia map as we had new 4-year old friends.
l Then, the kids coloured a small Malaysia flag above the Malaysia map.
c) Storybook: The Boy At The Window.
l It was a story about a pair of siblings. Jack and Jane always walked along the pathway and whenever they passed by a house with a small window, a boy would be throwing things at them. Sometimes, he threw his toys, sometimes, balls of paper and sometimes water.
l Jack and Jane got angry and started calling the boy unpleasant names such as “Ya…Ya…Ya… and silly boy!”
l Their mother heard them upon fetching them one day. Their mother was angry and asked them the reason why they used unpleasant words. Their mother explained that that boy’s name was Mark and he was a disabled or handicapped boy who sat on a wheelchair.
l Realising that they made a mistake, the kids visited Mark the next day with some toys and food. Now, the three kids are good friends.
d) Discussion
Teacher: Why did the boy throw things at people? How would you feel if someone throws things at you? How should we make friends? What can you do? What other types of handicapped people can you think of?
Devin: Last time, I threw things at passers-by. Today, I have improved. I don’t do that anymore.
Yun Xin: Throwing things at people is not the correct way to make friends.
Chun Kit: We should talk nicely to make friends.
Wee Hong: I have seen a wheelchair before.
Wei Jeen: I saw an uncle with only an arm and a leg, selling durians.
Wee Hong: Some people walked using a wooden stick.
* We learnt that some people are unfortunate. These are handicapped people but they must learn to be independent because we have to stand up strong again, every time when we fall down. Wei Jeen’s example was awesome. I shared with them about my father who had to use a wheelchair due to his weak body.
e) Our precious body.
l Chun Kit helped me to get an encyclopedia about “Our Body”.
l We saw skeletons surrounding our organs.
l If we run carelessly, we might fall and break our skulls. We might even break our legs and arms and ended up being handicapped. Every kid touched their body’s skeletons.
Devin: What do you call people who can’t talk?
l They are “mute” people. Some are already mute since birth while some is due to throat problem or bacteria causes.
l Deaf people have to wear an equipment to help them listen clearer.
l Sign language is important to help mute and deaf people to communicate with the society.
l Thus, we are lucky to be healthy. We must eat healthily and take good care of ourselves. We must appreciate our family’s hard work and love.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Smile
Friday (03/09/2010)
a) Song and game.
• To warm-up, we sang the song, “Heal The World” using sign language; so that our new 4-year old friends could learn as well.
• Then, we played the “scissors, stone, cloth” game using our hands. The rhyme is a s follows:
“How are you, today? How are you, today?
I am fine, thank you. I am well, thank you. I am happy, thank you.
1,2,3,4,5……go.”
b) Storybook: Smile
• There are many countries in the world. Thus, there are many races with different colour skin. They speak different languages yet live in harmony and peacefully.
• This book showed faces of different races kids. The class was amazed to see some of them having fair skin, brown kin like us, pink skin, very dark skin and yellowish brown skin.
• More interesting, “Hello” is spoken differently in different languages. Example: “Salam” in Arab; by Malaysians too, “Bonjour” in France, “Konichiwa” in Japan, “Sawatika” in Thai, “Namaste” in India; by Malaysian Indians too and “Ni Hao” in China; by Malaysian Chinese too.
c) Respecting cultures.
• In order to continue our Malaysia Book, the kids need to know the meaning of this.
• Muslims in Malaysia do not eat pork. In fact, they can’t touch a dog. If they do, they need to wash that body contact quickly.
• Some Chinese don’t eat beef. Every race has different unique ways to say “Hello”. Example: Muslims would bend and lower their body towards the older people such as father. The kids would then take the father’s hand placing to their face and say “Salam” or “Assalamualaikum”. Then. The hands are parted and bring towards one own’s heart as a respect.
• Chinese usually shake hands while Hindus sometimes place their hands together (like prayers) and greet people. It is this respect brings different races together.
• We did a short demonstration in the class. Some were Muslims, some Chinese while some Hindus.
d) Book continuation.
• The kids continued to colour the pictures of various races. Then, they cut and pasted under the title, I Love Malaysia.
• The 4-year old kids needed more guidance.
a) Song and game.
• To warm-up, we sang the song, “Heal The World” using sign language; so that our new 4-year old friends could learn as well.
• Then, we played the “scissors, stone, cloth” game using our hands. The rhyme is a s follows:
“How are you, today? How are you, today?
I am fine, thank you. I am well, thank you. I am happy, thank you.
1,2,3,4,5……go.”
b) Storybook: Smile
• There are many countries in the world. Thus, there are many races with different colour skin. They speak different languages yet live in harmony and peacefully.
• This book showed faces of different races kids. The class was amazed to see some of them having fair skin, brown kin like us, pink skin, very dark skin and yellowish brown skin.
• More interesting, “Hello” is spoken differently in different languages. Example: “Salam” in Arab; by Malaysians too, “Bonjour” in France, “Konichiwa” in Japan, “Sawatika” in Thai, “Namaste” in India; by Malaysian Indians too and “Ni Hao” in China; by Malaysian Chinese too.
c) Respecting cultures.
• In order to continue our Malaysia Book, the kids need to know the meaning of this.
• Muslims in Malaysia do not eat pork. In fact, they can’t touch a dog. If they do, they need to wash that body contact quickly.
• Some Chinese don’t eat beef. Every race has different unique ways to say “Hello”. Example: Muslims would bend and lower their body towards the older people such as father. The kids would then take the father’s hand placing to their face and say “Salam” or “Assalamualaikum”. Then. The hands are parted and bring towards one own’s heart as a respect.
• Chinese usually shake hands while Hindus sometimes place their hands together (like prayers) and greet people. It is this respect brings different races together.
• We did a short demonstration in the class. Some were Muslims, some Chinese while some Hindus.
d) Book continuation.
• The kids continued to colour the pictures of various races. Then, they cut and pasted under the title, I Love Malaysia.
• The 4-year old kids needed more guidance.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Friends' Thumb Printing.
Thursday (02/09/2010)
Suddenly, I felt that the 5-year old kids have grown up. Since the presence of 4-year old kids, they have shown loving care and tenderness towards them. They understand that their 6-year old friends have to adjourn to another class as to prepare them for Primary Studies. That explains a lot how adults influence kids in every way including myself as a teacher.
a) Warm up: Friends Song.
* We did this as a warm up and sang while dancing. This time, the kids were more independent.
b) Why are friends important?
* Yesterday, we learnt that when friends work together, we become very strong. When we are alone, we are weaker and have to be very independent. Although being independent is good, we still need friends. Why?
Yu Xuan: They can help us.
Yun Xin: We can play together.
Zhe Qing: They make us happy.
Qian Joe: they care for us.
Teacher: They also listen to our problems and make us feel better.
c) "We Are Friends" thumb printing.
* Friends are everywhere. All Malaysians are friends. people around the world are also friends. Of course, we have to be careful that some strangers could be criminals.
* However, everyone in the class are our friends.
* The kids were given a sheet of paper with the title" We are FRIENDS."
* The kids would use their thumb to do finger printing. I showed them how to draw pictures from the print. They could draw faces, fish, birds, flowers or even trees.
The kids have to stamp on their friends' paper and then I shall help them to label their names on the friends' paper.
* Five years old could understand the instruction better and went around stamping their friends' paper. Meanwhile, 4-year old kids needed guidance. They were more interested at stamping their paper...:) Thus, I guided them along.
* Zhe Qing, Devin, Chun Kit and Zheng Yuan added scenery for their pictures and I encouraged the others to do so.
* The kids still needed more guidance to decorate their thumb printing picture.
* This paper would be stapled together in our Malaysia Book.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Friends are SPECIAL
Wednesday (01/09/2010)
a) Friends’ Song
This song is to welcome our 5 new friends from 4-year old class. They are Rei Ng, Yu Xuan, Xiang Wei, Shawn and also Soon Yu. However, Rei only studies half day.
The lyrics:
Friends are special,
So important they make the world go round,
We like helping one another in school or on the playground,
Friends are there to help each other,
When one is feeling sad,
Being friends is very special,
Be a friend and you’ll be glad.
b) Step dance.
· This song comes with action step dance. First, we swayed our body sideways with clapping hands. Then we joint hands together and walked sideways like a crab. Next, we crossed our legs a few times. Finally, we jumped and showed face expressions. It was really fun!
c) The Hungry Wolf.
· There was a hungry wolf that lived in a jungle. It could hear many kids playing nearby. It would attack and eat up kids who have no friends; that would be alone. Thus, this game requires the kids to listen to my instructions clearly. Then, they must quickly get into the number that I mentioned and sit down once completed. Initially, I became the world. Then, I chose a few kids be a wolf. The world has to try breaking the strong joint of the kids. Only good friends would hold hands tightly.
· The rhyme was:
“ Hungry wolf is coming! Hungry wolf is coming!
Save your life! Save your life!
Get into 2!” or “Get into 3” or “Get into 5” etc.
· Initially, the kids got confused at counting. However after 4 rounds, they got better at counting. They even knew calling for partners to complete the que.
d) Getting to know you.
· We sat in a big circle and interviewed our new friends.
Yu Xuan: I am a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat. I like eating grapes. My favourite colour is purple.
Soon Yu: I also don’t eat meat. I like pink. My favourite food is mushroom.
Xiang Wei: I eat meat. I like blue colour. I like carrots.
Wei Jeen: I also like carrots.
Shawn: I can eat meat. I like colourful colours like rainbow.
· Then, we sang the “Rainbow” song for our new friends.
a) Friends’ Song
This song is to welcome our 5 new friends from 4-year old class. They are Rei Ng, Yu Xuan, Xiang Wei, Shawn and also Soon Yu. However, Rei only studies half day.
The lyrics:
Friends are special,
So important they make the world go round,
We like helping one another in school or on the playground,
Friends are there to help each other,
When one is feeling sad,
Being friends is very special,
Be a friend and you’ll be glad.
b) Step dance.
· This song comes with action step dance. First, we swayed our body sideways with clapping hands. Then we joint hands together and walked sideways like a crab. Next, we crossed our legs a few times. Finally, we jumped and showed face expressions. It was really fun!
c) The Hungry Wolf.
· There was a hungry wolf that lived in a jungle. It could hear many kids playing nearby. It would attack and eat up kids who have no friends; that would be alone. Thus, this game requires the kids to listen to my instructions clearly. Then, they must quickly get into the number that I mentioned and sit down once completed. Initially, I became the world. Then, I chose a few kids be a wolf. The world has to try breaking the strong joint of the kids. Only good friends would hold hands tightly.
· The rhyme was:
“ Hungry wolf is coming! Hungry wolf is coming!
Save your life! Save your life!
Get into 2!” or “Get into 3” or “Get into 5” etc.
· Initially, the kids got confused at counting. However after 4 rounds, they got better at counting. They even knew calling for partners to complete the que.
d) Getting to know you.
· We sat in a big circle and interviewed our new friends.
Yu Xuan: I am a vegetarian. I don’t eat meat. I like eating grapes. My favourite colour is purple.
Soon Yu: I also don’t eat meat. I like pink. My favourite food is mushroom.
Xiang Wei: I eat meat. I like blue colour. I like carrots.
Wei Jeen: I also like carrots.
Shawn: I can eat meat. I like colourful colours like rainbow.
· Then, we sang the “Rainbow” song for our new friends.
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