Dinosaurs

Wednesday (16/03/2011)

a) Dinosaurs puzzle
• I brought in 6 hand-made dinosaur puzzles. The class was divided into 2 groups. The 5 year-old observed while the 6 year-old assembled them first. At first, it was tough but then, when a kid was successful, the others got better ideas. Then we changed roles. The 5 year-old kids dound it a little more challenging but they were okay after that.

b) Do I know?
• As half of the class already learnt about dinosaurs in Chinese last year; thus I tested them. Those puzzles were among pictures of T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Spinasaurus and Apatosaurus.
• I also brought in a posters of dinosaurs. The kids guessed those that ate meat and plants. The meat eaters had got sharp teeth, bigger mouth and looked really fierce such as Megalosaurus and T-Rex; the fiercest of all dinosaurs. Velociraptor were the smartest and they moved very fast.
• The plant eater had friendlier mouth with smaller teeth wile some had sharp beak. They were Protoceratop (Barney’s friend), Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus. Apatosaurus being the largest and it prouduced sound like thunder when it moved. Stegosaurus protected itself by changing its plate colour that looked like volcano. The kids said Ankylosuarus protects itself like how puffer fish does…..true…..using its spikes!

c) Puppet Crafts
• The kids preferred making little puppet crafts to puzzles. They said they like having them talking to each other. I did a demonstration and they laughed at the story…..haaaaa!
• Each kid was to choose at least 2 pictures of dinosaurs. Then, they coloured them, labeled them and pasted to a small cardboard. Next, they pasted a short straw so that their little finger can be inserted through it. It was quite a easy craft and most of them made 3 puppets.