The Sand Play

Thursday (14/03/2012)

a) Words recap
* Each kid recapped words they have learnt: Malaysia, map, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Petronas Twin Towers, Pisa Tower, tourist, river, sports care, grape farm, pizza, fashion, globe, gondola, Genting Highlands and many more.

b) Gondola Boat Origami.
* Practice makes perfect! The kids could only play at sand for a while yesterday due to the drizzle. Thus, each was given a recycled paper again and they folded more independently.
* Instructions: Fold a rectangle paper into half and unfold it again to get the crease. Fold each side to the middle of paper along the creased line. Fold the angles to get small triangles so as to meet the creased line. Repeat for second triangle. Fold it for every 4 angles. Then fold the sides to the middle along the creased line. Unfold the paper to get an origami gondola boat.

c) Outdoor play.
* Kids get to choose to play on the sand or on the slides. A pail of water was place below the slide so that the gondola can sail to the water surface.
* At the sand, it was challenging for kids to imagine how to dig a long river. They dug in separate groups for 3 pits and filled in water. They looked more like lakes. Finally, Shawn came and dug a deep straight pit combining 2 earlier lakes. Eventually, kids followed his footsteps and we dug a long river successfully. Hiro and Wei Lok prefer to fill the pits wit water. When ready, the kids sailed their gondola paper boat. Yee Xuan even suggested a Pisa Tower while Ying Qiao a building. Shawn added on a mountain. It was fun!

d) Malaysian Folktale.
* People go around the world to collect different things. Christopher Columbus sailed around the world to determine the Earth shape. Leonardo went around countries to get more ideas. Barney went around the world to share stories with kids. Allan Robert went climbing towers of the world. I prefer to collect stories of the world.
* The Clever Mouse deer.
“ A cow heard a crocodile’s cry because it was under a fallen tree. It asked for the cow’s help. The cow did so but crocodile quickly bit the cow’s leg. The cow cried and the clever mouse deer came along and asked what happened. The cow explained the scenario. The clever mouse deer came up with an idea. “Mr. Crocodile, can you show me how the fallen tree trap you?” The crocodile let go the cow and crawled under the fallen tree. The silly crocodile was once trapped again! Morale: Be grateful to peoples’ help. Never have evil thoughts.