Our Sock Puppet

Monday (18/10/2010)

a) Storybook: Am I as good as I look?
 Kwong Yong brought this book to share with us.
 A story about a baby snail who thought that it looked ugly with a heavy and hard shell to carry everywhere. Also, its eyes are not on the face but on the tentacles.
 It met many insects and envied them. The ant has 6 legs and could walk swiftly. The fish could swim in the water. The butterfly could fly high.
 Finally, it saw a tortoise and asked if the tortoise would like to be other animals. The tortoise said “No” as it felt that its shell could protect it from harm. It also kept it warm.
 As the little snail was thinking, it felt so sad and nobody could understand it. At this moment, a cat was chasing a butterfly. As it could fly high, it saw the slow snail which crawled very slowly. Finally, the snail got panicked and screamed to the little ant, “If only I could walk quickly like you, then I would be safe!” The ant screamed back, “Hide in your shell!”. The snail quickly listened to its advice and then was safe from the cat’s hunger. 
Moral: Everyone is special. When we feel sad, many small troubles will look very big. Thus, talk over our problems to parents and good friends. Listen and think wisely.

b) Hand and sock puppet.
 We recapped various puppets we did previously. They were stick puppets, finger puppets. There is also a string puppet which I made and there are also school hand puppets.
 Only a few brought socks for this activity As for the rest, I told them that if they still want to make sock puppets, then they can still bring it to school. Thus, who didn’t bring would use paper to make into hand puppet.
 For this stage, a lot of kids still need guidance. Thus, we did butterfly for this activity as it also relates to our story of Tinker Bell in Peter Pan.
 The butterfly parts: face, body, 6 legs, wings and antenna.
 I prepared a few recycled items and the kids could use them to be as creative as possible. Example: wire thread, straws, cloth, pieces of short ribbons. They were advised to use them wisely and share with their friends.
 Those who used paper would roll the paper and paste them. So that their hand would be inside the paper. Those who used socks, learnt to get use to the hand movement.
 Next, the kids drew the butterfly parts on a piece of cardboard. They coloured and cut them. Next, they used double sided tape to paste them. As for the eyes and antennas, they could use wire thread. As for the six legs, they could use short straws.
 Eventually, their puppets were ready and some started queuing behind the puppet theatre and tried to play with them.

c) Homework Task: My story.
• The kids were asked to think of a story about their butterfly character. They are welcomed to mix with their stick and finger puppets made last 2 weeks. They can also draw new characters and I will provide them straws to make as puppets.

d) Song: Following The Leader
• This is a song from Peter Pan’s Cartoon Movie and it is a very fun song. The kids were having a challenging time to sing the chorus but they turned out well. I aim to choose an interesting song for the kids to perform. I still need them to hint me about their most favourable one. 
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