Hula Hoops and Ribbons

Wednesday (13/07/2011)

a) Girlny’s skeleton.
Chun Kit: Teacher,can we dig and see if the freshwater turtle has become skeleton?
Teacher: Living things flesh take time to deteriorate. It might take a few years. Since Girlny is small, it probably takes a shorter period.

b) Hula Hoop new step dance.
 We discussed on new styles which we watched from the video clip yesterday. The kids volunteered to show the styles. There was spinning 2 hoops by Jun Yu, spinning on neck by Rei, spinning on hands by Chun Kit and a few more.

c) Let’s dance Hula!
 We synchronized the steps without music. First, the kids stood in the hoop far from one another. Then, they turned the hula on the floor while clapping. Next, swayed the hula from left to right. Next, driving it. Then, hopped into it to spin. Next, hop over to friends’ hoops. Finally, individual practice while the rest standing behind moving their hoops.

d) The Ribbon Dance.
 As we didn’t have enough hulas, we had a small discussion. The girls agreed to do ribbon dance. So I taught them a few basic steps. These included:
- spinning in small circles, spinning vertically, spinning horizontally, flipping sideways and finally forming flowers.
 Finally, with some music background, we did the dance at the school hall. We used “Rio” music and also “We are the champion” by Crazy Frog.

e) Discussions.
 What’s the purpose of the dance. Just for fun or for other objectives. The kids were thinking when someone suddenly said, let’s perform. But on what occasion?
 Wee Hong suggested a mini sports event at thematic brainstorming session last month. Some kids preferred funfair. Thus, we might organize one of these and then do the dance performance.