The Rubber Band Tricks.

Tuesday(08/05/2012)

a)      The Rubber band Trick.

l       Shawn shared his magic rubber band trick with his friends.

l       First, take a rubber band and make it into an “8” figure when inserting into two hands.

l       Then, place a small piece of square paper on the left palm on the rubberband. Close both palms. Blow softly into the palms (as if a magical spell) and open the palms facing slightly downwards before facing upwards again. The piece of paper will beon the right palm. Hiro and Wei Lok manage to learn the trick well!

l       I shared with them another rubber band trick. Choose either hand. For me I chose my right hand. Make into “peace” fingers i.e.….number 2. Insert a rubber band into those 2 fingers. Pull it away with the other hand. Now, there is a big “O”. Inset all 4 fingers of the right into the hole. Then, let go your left hand so that the rubber band now envelopes the 4 fingers on your right. Open all the four fingers. If successfully, the rubber band is on the fourth and fifth finger of your right. A number of kids were able to do this trick!

b)      Rehearsing Instructions.

l       This time, we rehearsed game instructions at the Magical Castle itself. We had the “Happy Face Poster” and “Snake and Ladder game” almost ready. Later, after rehearsing, the kids helped at writing the numbers and also drawing snakes on the ladder!

c)       The Story Of Holland: Hans Brinker

l       This is one famous story of Holland. Some believed is a true story while some said it was a folktale. Holland is a city in Netherlands. Netherlands is known as the land below sea level. Thus, a long time ago, the wall built to protect people from the sea was very important.

l       A boy went visiting his good friend and he came back almost late at night. He was so happy spending time with his friend that he forgot about the time. He quickly walked and ran home along the quiet street. He could hear the winds and ……something else! It was water dripping from a very small hole though the brick wall! There was nobody to ask help from but he realized that the hole would be bigger and eventually, Holland will be flooded! He quickly inserted his lttle finger through the hole stopping the leak! He was there the whole midnight until early morning. He groaned not because of pain but because of the coldness! A passeby heard his graon and quickly rescued him in that morning! From that day onwards, people have called him a “hero”!