Tuesday (06/09/2011)
a) The Lantern
Teacher: Why do you make lanterns?
Ying Qiao: It’s Lantern Festival.
Teacher: Why do you eat mooncakes?
Tzen Yu: Without Chang Er, there won’t be mooncakes.
Teacher: Who is Chang Er?
Rei: Chang Er is the Moon Godess. She swallowed some medicine and flew to the moon.
b) The Legend of Chang Er.
• Once upon a time, there were 9 suns in the sky. People suffered! Hou Yi; a good archer negotiated with the suns. They didn’t want to leave the sky. Thus, Hou Yi shot down the 9 suns. It was Chang Er who suggested not to shoot down the 10th. Sun. People need a sun for many good things. Chang Er and Hou Yi married. Jade Emperor awarded Hou Yi with 2 elixir pills. They kept it ear the ceiling safely. News spread and a bad guy came to steal the pills. To avoid that, Chang Er swallowed them and started flying out of the window and then to the moon. Hou Yi couldn’t chased her. Chang Er reached the Moon and vomited some pill out which legend said it turned into a Jade rabbit. Until today, the rabbit pounced making elixir pill but failed. Thus, Chang Er remained on the Moon. Hou Yi asked Jade Emperor’s permission to meet Chang Er but he became the Sun God. People believe that they only meet up on this day of “Lantern festival”.
c) Video Clip.
• We watched examples of Chang Er’s legend. We also watched The Lantern Festival in China which come in different shapes.
• The kids discussed on what activity to do.
Shawn: Can we colour pictures of Chang Er and Hou Yi?
• As the kids are doing lanterns in the morning, we shall be baking “Pig Mooncake” and a short storybook.
Our Pomegranate friends！
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Friendship.
Monday (05/09/2011)
a) Friendship.
• We learnt the definition of “friendship”.
• A friend always helps us when we need assistance. A friend always encourages us. A friend forgives us and guides us doing the right things. A friend plays with us and shares with us.
• This is to welcome new friends from 5 year-old Red Bean class joining Pomegranate
b) Song: New Friends Found.
• A song getting to know one another better as well as dancing around having fun!
• The kids paired up as a boy and a girl. They sang and dance to the song. They watched my demonstration.
“We walk to the left, And we walk to the right,
And we walk, and we walk, And we walk alright,
With a heel and a toe, And a half turn around,
With a heel and a toe, And a new friend found!”
c) Guess who am I?
• The kids closed their eyes while I chose a kid to stand behind a very thin cloth. They guessed from the shadow. Well, some were so excited that they peeped at the process. They were so good at guessing who stood behind the cloth…..:) now, they know their friends’ name and features better.
d) Let’s clean together!
• The class is rather messy with pencils and books unorganized. Thus, we did job segregation. Some in-charged of the stationery, some wiped the walls, some wiped the door, some arranged the storybooks and some assisted me to clear the materials and posters of previous theme; “Let’s Play, Let’s Exercise!”
• Before going home, I asked the kids to think about new topics that they would like to learn for their new theme.
a) Friendship.
• We learnt the definition of “friendship”.
• A friend always helps us when we need assistance. A friend always encourages us. A friend forgives us and guides us doing the right things. A friend plays with us and shares with us.
• This is to welcome new friends from 5 year-old Red Bean class joining Pomegranate
b) Song: New Friends Found.
• A song getting to know one another better as well as dancing around having fun!
• The kids paired up as a boy and a girl. They sang and dance to the song. They watched my demonstration.
“We walk to the left, And we walk to the right,
And we walk, and we walk, And we walk alright,
With a heel and a toe, And a half turn around,
With a heel and a toe, And a new friend found!”
c) Guess who am I?
• The kids closed their eyes while I chose a kid to stand behind a very thin cloth. They guessed from the shadow. Well, some were so excited that they peeped at the process. They were so good at guessing who stood behind the cloth…..:) now, they know their friends’ name and features better.
d) Let’s clean together!
• The class is rather messy with pencils and books unorganized. Thus, we did job segregation. Some in-charged of the stationery, some wiped the walls, some wiped the door, some arranged the storybooks and some assisted me to clear the materials and posters of previous theme; “Let’s Play, Let’s Exercise!”
• Before going home, I asked the kids to think about new topics that they would like to learn for their new theme.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Rocket Launch!
Thursday (25/08/2011)
a) The Insect Hunt
• This week is all about fun and play! Today, we visited Taman Rakyat in the morning. Reaching there, the kids were excited hunting for insects. They walked, ran and even climbed the hills. They brought various containers and also 2 nets. They found red ants, camouflaged spider, a red beetle, yellow beetles, butterflies, a cricket and a grasshopper landed on my t-shirt thinking that I’m a tree. The kids quickly caught it from my green t-shirt! Then, we adjourned to the huge that also has got foot reflexology path for us to walk and massage our feet. The kids walked on the path and “ouch…ouch…ouch”! but they still enjoyed it….:)
b) The Rocket Launch!
• Since 2 weeks ago, the kids and I had been busy making the bottled rockets. It really trained our motor skills. Some wings were umneven while some tops were quite slanting. I had to ensure that the rockets were at their best balancing level before launching.
• 20, 19, 18……..3, 2, 1 lifttop! Wow! It didn’t fly to the space but it flew high up towards the sky the highest probably being 2 storeys height. Some shot beautifully and vertically, some being nasty flying up and winding here and there……generally; all flew and the kids were amazed! So, was I….
• This is actually water rocket. We recycled a water bottle and then added 4 wings to add on balance. A cone top must be added so that it gives the momentum to shoot to the sky. First, we inserted some water. Then, the bottle mouth was locked to a small pump shooter. The kids and I pumped gas into the bottle for about 20 times. We could listened and see the bubbles from the water. The bottom part also bloated showing increased of pressure. Then, the kids released the bottle by pressing a handle and ….lifttop! The pump shooter was bought from an exhibition by the school a few years ago. This activity was actually requested by Weei Xiang when we first leant about “Sports and Games”. Xiang Wei said, “Real rockets have got big blast of fire” as what we watched from video clips last week.
c) The Angry Bird Mini Rehearsal.
• From the day we learnt dancing, the kids were already getting my permission to perform….but to whom is a question. Finally, the opportunity comes. We’re having a “Friendship Party” tomorrow and we have 1 hour. So, we decided to perform. The kids created their own dance patterns while we thought of the story together. I proposed this story as everyone is talking about “Angry Bird” everyday and everyone can dance the style they like. They chose to have Ribbon and Fan Dance, Ballet, Latin Dance and finally Hula Hoop Dance. Qian Joe volunteered as the “Angry Bird” who eventually changed as “Happy Bird”! ….:)
d) Video Clip: Our Body.
• We continued on this topic. We learnt about body parts, the skin and its importance. There is a skeleton that protects the organs within. The muscle moves the bones which enables us to work and move.
Kwong Yong: Why can the heart beat?
Yun Xin: Because it pumps blood.
• The heart is an important machine that pumps blood to all parts of body. Oxygen, Healthy food, exercise, enough sleep are among a few factors that contribute to a healthy heart and body.
• The brain is the boss of our body that tells us what to do. The red blood cells carries Oxygen while the white blood cells kills the bacteria. Our body is magical. Everyone can choose to have a healthy body.
e) Healthy Board Game.
• I drew a huge “S” and divided into boxes and wrote from 1 until 30. For a few boxes, the kids brainstormed on factors that make us healthy and otherwise. The positive factors can move forward a few steps. Example: 3 + 2 = 5. The negative factors will move backwards. Example: 25 – 2 = 23. We will learn more about it tomorrow.
a) The Insect Hunt
• This week is all about fun and play! Today, we visited Taman Rakyat in the morning. Reaching there, the kids were excited hunting for insects. They walked, ran and even climbed the hills. They brought various containers and also 2 nets. They found red ants, camouflaged spider, a red beetle, yellow beetles, butterflies, a cricket and a grasshopper landed on my t-shirt thinking that I’m a tree. The kids quickly caught it from my green t-shirt! Then, we adjourned to the huge that also has got foot reflexology path for us to walk and massage our feet. The kids walked on the path and “ouch…ouch…ouch”! but they still enjoyed it….:)
b) The Rocket Launch!
• Since 2 weeks ago, the kids and I had been busy making the bottled rockets. It really trained our motor skills. Some wings were umneven while some tops were quite slanting. I had to ensure that the rockets were at their best balancing level before launching.
• 20, 19, 18……..3, 2, 1 lifttop! Wow! It didn’t fly to the space but it flew high up towards the sky the highest probably being 2 storeys height. Some shot beautifully and vertically, some being nasty flying up and winding here and there……generally; all flew and the kids were amazed! So, was I….
• This is actually water rocket. We recycled a water bottle and then added 4 wings to add on balance. A cone top must be added so that it gives the momentum to shoot to the sky. First, we inserted some water. Then, the bottle mouth was locked to a small pump shooter. The kids and I pumped gas into the bottle for about 20 times. We could listened and see the bubbles from the water. The bottom part also bloated showing increased of pressure. Then, the kids released the bottle by pressing a handle and ….lifttop! The pump shooter was bought from an exhibition by the school a few years ago. This activity was actually requested by Weei Xiang when we first leant about “Sports and Games”. Xiang Wei said, “Real rockets have got big blast of fire” as what we watched from video clips last week.
c) The Angry Bird Mini Rehearsal.
• From the day we learnt dancing, the kids were already getting my permission to perform….but to whom is a question. Finally, the opportunity comes. We’re having a “Friendship Party” tomorrow and we have 1 hour. So, we decided to perform. The kids created their own dance patterns while we thought of the story together. I proposed this story as everyone is talking about “Angry Bird” everyday and everyone can dance the style they like. They chose to have Ribbon and Fan Dance, Ballet, Latin Dance and finally Hula Hoop Dance. Qian Joe volunteered as the “Angry Bird” who eventually changed as “Happy Bird”! ….:)
d) Video Clip: Our Body.
• We continued on this topic. We learnt about body parts, the skin and its importance. There is a skeleton that protects the organs within. The muscle moves the bones which enables us to work and move.
Kwong Yong: Why can the heart beat?
Yun Xin: Because it pumps blood.
• The heart is an important machine that pumps blood to all parts of body. Oxygen, Healthy food, exercise, enough sleep are among a few factors that contribute to a healthy heart and body.
• The brain is the boss of our body that tells us what to do. The red blood cells carries Oxygen while the white blood cells kills the bacteria. Our body is magical. Everyone can choose to have a healthy body.
e) Healthy Board Game.
• I drew a huge “S” and divided into boxes and wrote from 1 until 30. For a few boxes, the kids brainstormed on factors that make us healthy and otherwise. The positive factors can move forward a few steps. Example: 3 + 2 = 5. The negative factors will move backwards. Example: 25 – 2 = 23. We will learn more about it tomorrow.
Welcome to our Funfair!
Monday (22/08/2011)
a) Preparation.
The kids go into their group. Altogether, there are 5 groups in-charged of 4 different games and he food.Game 1: The Maze, Game 2: Hello Taxi!, Game 3: Musical Candy and game 4: Hopscotch Pyramid.
Wee Hong, Soon Yu and Tzen Yu were in-charged of food and beverage. Wee Hong made some orange cordial drink while Soon Yu arranged the cups. Tzen Yu arranged the chocolate wafer.
“The Maze” arranged tables and covered it with black cloth as well adding on some toy insects under the table. “Hello Taxi” placed the toy car at its position. “Musical Candy” prepared a table with 2 plates to place the candies on the plates. “Hopscotch Pyramid” had the kids prepared 2 baskets; each containing 6 cups.
b) Welcome!
The 6 year-old kids were the first batch of players. Before starting, each group had got its representative to explain and another teammate to do he demonstration. They were quite independent. They have to get 4 stamps on their card in order to exchange for presents ie, orange juice and chocolate wafer. Everything went well except some kids got the same chops for playing the same game twice. Some were afraid to crawl through the tables; thus encouragement was needed.
Then, 5 year-old kids came by half an hour later. They were also happy. By this time, Pomegranate kids already know that they are not supposed to give 2 same stamps on the same card.
c) Enjoyment!
* Pomegranate kids got my permission to play each counter game. They were so excited and of course, they also drank some orange juice and ate the chocolate wafer. But they had to clear their games and toys before food and beverage. They even decided to invite 4 years old to our funfair.
a) Preparation.
The kids go into their group. Altogether, there are 5 groups in-charged of 4 different games and he food.Game 1: The Maze, Game 2: Hello Taxi!, Game 3: Musical Candy and game 4: Hopscotch Pyramid.
Wee Hong, Soon Yu and Tzen Yu were in-charged of food and beverage. Wee Hong made some orange cordial drink while Soon Yu arranged the cups. Tzen Yu arranged the chocolate wafer.
“The Maze” arranged tables and covered it with black cloth as well adding on some toy insects under the table. “Hello Taxi” placed the toy car at its position. “Musical Candy” prepared a table with 2 plates to place the candies on the plates. “Hopscotch Pyramid” had the kids prepared 2 baskets; each containing 6 cups.
b) Welcome!
The 6 year-old kids were the first batch of players. Before starting, each group had got its representative to explain and another teammate to do he demonstration. They were quite independent. They have to get 4 stamps on their card in order to exchange for presents ie, orange juice and chocolate wafer. Everything went well except some kids got the same chops for playing the same game twice. Some were afraid to crawl through the tables; thus encouragement was needed.
Then, 5 year-old kids came by half an hour later. They were also happy. By this time, Pomegranate kids already know that they are not supposed to give 2 same stamps on the same card.
c) Enjoyment!
* Pomegranate kids got my permission to play each counter game. They were so excited and of course, they also drank some orange juice and ate the chocolate wafer. But they had to clear their games and toys before food and beverage. They even decided to invite 4 years old to our funfair.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Funfair Brainstorming
Tuesday (16/08/2011)
a) Discussion: funfair.
• The kids talked about their experience. Some mentioned about Genting highland while some shared about Giant funfair. Some remembered about the ABC Daycare Centre that organized Indoor Carnival Funfair. This would be our objective before completing our thematic lessons “Let’s Play, Let’s Exercise”!
• We watched a few video clips on Funfair to give kids ideas to stay unity, to stay focused and to organize the fair well.
b) The Games.
• The kids got excited to shared the ideas. They got so happy to talk about the games to have it. Finally, we decided 4 games.
• (1) Hopscotch and building a Pyramid Tower.
• (2) Biting a candy on the mouth from a plate and to walk on the crooked line while listening to music.
• (3) Box maze and shooting in a ball.
• (4) The taxi.
c) The Trial.
• It’s very important for kids to understand about the games before introducing to players. We tested the game first. We tried (1) and (2) only due to time constraint. The kids decided that building pyramid must only be with one hand. As for game (2), the kids decided that we can stopped the music three times.
a) Discussion: funfair.
• The kids talked about their experience. Some mentioned about Genting highland while some shared about Giant funfair. Some remembered about the ABC Daycare Centre that organized Indoor Carnival Funfair. This would be our objective before completing our thematic lessons “Let’s Play, Let’s Exercise”!
• We watched a few video clips on Funfair to give kids ideas to stay unity, to stay focused and to organize the fair well.
b) The Games.
• The kids got excited to shared the ideas. They got so happy to talk about the games to have it. Finally, we decided 4 games.
• (1) Hopscotch and building a Pyramid Tower.
• (2) Biting a candy on the mouth from a plate and to walk on the crooked line while listening to music.
• (3) Box maze and shooting in a ball.
• (4) The taxi.
c) The Trial.
• It’s very important for kids to understand about the games before introducing to players. We tested the game first. We tried (1) and (2) only due to time constraint. The kids decided that building pyramid must only be with one hand. As for game (2), the kids decided that we can stopped the music three times.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Rocket Theory
Monday (15/08/2011)
a) Theory Of Rocket
• Rocket theory was first found by the Chinese when they discovered black powder which they then made small little rockets for war purpose.
• Next, the Indians and also Europeans improvised them and thus, we have huge rockets to fly to the space.
• Rocket engine can also be found in Rocket car (already banned due to danger), Rocket Bike, Rocket jet and finally Rocket Missile which can kill millions by just a drop to any place on Earth!
b) Video Clips.
• We watched how Apollo 13 lift topped and also other rockets launch. There was a Countdown. The fire was so powerful and strong that thick smoke was produced. Kids said that it’s unsafe for anyone to be near the launching area.
• I showed the kids the inner part of a rocket. It has got “feul” and Oxygen compartment which would then channel to a combustion area. A rocket has got a few stages. As it reaches a certain height, it’s first part would be discharged as that area’s combustion has completed. Now, the discharge gives it more power to fly further up and change its direction. The second and third stage discharge will continue until when it finally reaches the Space. In Space, the astronauts in the rocket will usually be connected to their Mother Spaceship. Astronauts would usually do experiment and research in the space.
c) Dot to dot Rocket.
• We revised through numbers from 1 until 25. Kids were very independent. Then, they wrote their names and coloured the rocket! Their colouring has indeed improved!
d) Space Jam
• It’s a movie of human and cartoon mixture. It showed Michael Jordan’s dream as a young boy. Then, he grew up and became a Basketball Superstar. He decided to retire as it was very tiring after playing for so many years. He tried Baseball but he wasn’t very good. Meanwhile, in the Space Alien Funland; the monsters were very angry because their business was down and they needed new attraction. Thus, they decided to get Looney Tunes Cartoon to work for them. Loonet Tunes were hunted by the ferocious monsters. Looney Tunes hunted for Michael Jordan to help them. There was a bet. If Looney Tunes win in a basketball Match against the monsters, then they need not work at the Aliend Funland. Only Michael Jordan can help them…….will he? To be continued.
a) Theory Of Rocket
• Rocket theory was first found by the Chinese when they discovered black powder which they then made small little rockets for war purpose.
• Next, the Indians and also Europeans improvised them and thus, we have huge rockets to fly to the space.
• Rocket engine can also be found in Rocket car (already banned due to danger), Rocket Bike, Rocket jet and finally Rocket Missile which can kill millions by just a drop to any place on Earth!
b) Video Clips.
• We watched how Apollo 13 lift topped and also other rockets launch. There was a Countdown. The fire was so powerful and strong that thick smoke was produced. Kids said that it’s unsafe for anyone to be near the launching area.
• I showed the kids the inner part of a rocket. It has got “feul” and Oxygen compartment which would then channel to a combustion area. A rocket has got a few stages. As it reaches a certain height, it’s first part would be discharged as that area’s combustion has completed. Now, the discharge gives it more power to fly further up and change its direction. The second and third stage discharge will continue until when it finally reaches the Space. In Space, the astronauts in the rocket will usually be connected to their Mother Spaceship. Astronauts would usually do experiment and research in the space.
c) Dot to dot Rocket.
• We revised through numbers from 1 until 25. Kids were very independent. Then, they wrote their names and coloured the rocket! Their colouring has indeed improved!
d) Space Jam
• It’s a movie of human and cartoon mixture. It showed Michael Jordan’s dream as a young boy. Then, he grew up and became a Basketball Superstar. He decided to retire as it was very tiring after playing for so many years. He tried Baseball but he wasn’t very good. Meanwhile, in the Space Alien Funland; the monsters were very angry because their business was down and they needed new attraction. Thus, they decided to get Looney Tunes Cartoon to work for them. Loonet Tunes were hunted by the ferocious monsters. Looney Tunes hunted for Michael Jordan to help them. There was a bet. If Looney Tunes win in a basketball Match against the monsters, then they need not work at the Aliend Funland. Only Michael Jordan can help them…….will he? To be continued.
The Rocket Balloons.
Friday (12/08/2011)
a) Vocabulary Recap.
We recapped on words learnt example players, basketball, score, team, cheerleader, dance and etc.
b) Flying Equipments.
Teacher: What are the things that can fly?
Class: Birds, helicopter, aeroplane, rockets balloons and etc.
Teacher: Why can an aeroplane fly?
Qian Joe: Because it has wings.
Weei Xiang: Because it has feathers.
Tzen Yu: Because it has engines.
Planes and other vehicles could fly due to the engines. They fly well because of wings that help at balancing. Birds can fly also due to their vacuumed bones which are light.
c) Air and Balloons.
Teacher: Why can some balloons fly?
Qian Joe: It has a string tie to it.
Tzen Yu: It uses Helium gas which is light.
* Different gas has different weight. The bicycle gas pump as well as our CO2 gas blown out is heavy thus, the balloons can’t fly.
* A few kids came up in front to blow some balloons and they can’t fly.
* Wee Hong mentioned that he has seen some advertisement balloon promoting the banks.
d) The Rocket Balloons.
* Each kid was given a long balloon and then they pumped it using the air pump. It wasn’t easy and so, I had to help them too. Then, they raised their hand up in the air and released the long balloon. It flew really quickly and it was so fun!! It looked as if they are real rockets!
* Hopefully, through this activity; the kids will be motivated to bring 2 empty 1.5litres bottles for our Bottle Rocket Outing next week.
a) Vocabulary Recap.
We recapped on words learnt example players, basketball, score, team, cheerleader, dance and etc.
b) Flying Equipments.
Teacher: What are the things that can fly?
Class: Birds, helicopter, aeroplane, rockets balloons and etc.
Teacher: Why can an aeroplane fly?
Qian Joe: Because it has wings.
Weei Xiang: Because it has feathers.
Tzen Yu: Because it has engines.
Planes and other vehicles could fly due to the engines. They fly well because of wings that help at balancing. Birds can fly also due to their vacuumed bones which are light.
c) Air and Balloons.
Teacher: Why can some balloons fly?
Qian Joe: It has a string tie to it.
Tzen Yu: It uses Helium gas which is light.
* Different gas has different weight. The bicycle gas pump as well as our CO2 gas blown out is heavy thus, the balloons can’t fly.
* A few kids came up in front to blow some balloons and they can’t fly.
* Wee Hong mentioned that he has seen some advertisement balloon promoting the banks.
d) The Rocket Balloons.
* Each kid was given a long balloon and then they pumped it using the air pump. It wasn’t easy and so, I had to help them too. Then, they raised their hand up in the air and released the long balloon. It flew really quickly and it was so fun!! It looked as if they are real rockets!
* Hopefully, through this activity; the kids will be motivated to bring 2 empty 1.5litres bottles for our Bottle Rocket Outing next week.
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