Submarine and team work

Friday (25/03/2011) a) Organising files. • Kids organised their worksheets of this theme into their plastic folders. These will be shown to parents on parents’ day (26/03/2011) b) Submarine craft (part 2) • The kids and I discussed of whether to leave the top part of the box open or closed. The kids preferred closed because that’s how a submarine looks like. Qian Joe suggested that we make doors so that the explorers in the submarine can push open the door. A great idea! • The kids had to make the box stand strong. To do that, we pasted the ends and corners of each box. I only showed the kid once but the 6 years old were really determined to do the task. I reminded them that “teamwork” is our focus. Those who could tolerate and work together got the chance to handle the first submarine. The few good examples are Zhi Feng, Jun Yu, Zheng Yuan, Yun Xin, Qian Joe, Xing Tong and Chia Yen. The others finally understood the meaning of “teamwork” and started behaving well which gave them an opportunity to work on our second submarine. Meanwhile, I guided the 5 years old to make the submarine top portion. We used Tzen Yu’s box and school’s box. The kids applied glue to the boxes surface and the kids were quite alright with it. They didn’t mind the sticky feeling. Then they pasted their favourite colour paper onto the surfaces. They worked in team. When there’s extra length of colour paper, the kids learnt to trim the balance. The mended gap of holes with small pieces of colour paper. This trained their patience and interpersonal skill. • 6 years old did a great job. At first the box kept falling off but Wee Hong thought of a smart idea by placing chairs against the box. That made the kids box stood still. The others pasted determinedly; so neat and nice; like an adult’s work. 