Have you ever wondered how has your child progressed so far? Let me bring you to the learning journey for the month of January and February.
In term 1, the children were learning on the theme “Myself” which focuses on themselves. In the lesson ‘My name and your name’, the children were asked to say their names clearly and their friends have to remember and say their friends' names confidently. After they have managed to remember their friends' names, they were taught on the song: My name.
This is how the song goes:
Hi! My name is Peter Lim, Peter Lim, Peter Lim.
Hi! My name is Peter Lim, What is your name?
In this song, the children should say their name first followed by their friend’s name when the ball was passed on to the friend. They were then asked to create their own name tag by doing simple colouring using crayons on a water colour paper and then, they pasted different materials on to their name tags. In this month too, the children were learning about uppercase ‘I’ and lowercase ‘i’. A story called “Big I and little I” was read to them where they get to identify uppercase ‘I’ as big I and little I as lowercase ‘i’. Slowly, the children got to differentiate between uppercase and lowercase ‘I’. You can help to facilitate the children by teaching the children using their pointer finger to trace the letter ‘I’. Next, they were taught on the gender ‘boy’ and ‘girl’. They were taught on how a boy or girl should dress themselves up and the importance of knowing about the private part. They learnt how to respect one another and learnt about the ‘Do’s’ and ‘Don’ts.
Example: they should know that they cannot touch their own or others' private part. Besides knowing the letter ‘I’, they were also taught on recognizing the uppercase ‘B’ and lowercase ‘b’. In this lesson, they also learnt about matching a boy to a girl where they could do it on their own at the Math learning centre. This is the second song that were taught to them: I am a boy and you are a girl.
I am a boy and you are a girl
I am a boy and you are a girl
I am a boy and you are a girl
Would you want to be my friend?
I am a girl and you are a boy
I am a girl and you are a boy
I am a girl and you are a boy
Yes, I want to be your friend.
Next, a book called “Happy Birthday, Sam” was read to them where they learnt the concept of matching 1 to 1 correspondence using the birthday candles. At the end of this lesson, a song called ‘Cut the cake’ was being taught to them.
Clap your hands together,
Give yourself a shake (cha, cha, cha)
Make a happy circle
Then you cut the cake (Yeah!)
A rhyme called, ‘I can’ was also being taught to them.
This is how the rhyme goes:
I can run,
I can hop,
I can jump up high.
I can dance,
I can march,
But I cannot fly.
Next, the children learnt the action song - ‘I can walk’. The children loved to sing and did the actions as this song has different tempo of the actions.
First action song is ‘I can walk”. Next was ‘I can run’ followed by ‘I can jump’. The song was sung
the same way except that you need to change the word to 'run'.
I can walk.
I can walk very fast.
I can walk.
I can walk very slow.
I can walk.
I can walk very fast.
I can walk,
Either fast of slow.
Walking fast, walking slow,
Walking fast,
Fast or slow, here I go.
Lastly is ‘I can jump’
I can jump.
I can jump very high.
I can jump.
I can jump very low
I can jump.
I can jump very high.
I can jump,
Either high or low.
Jumping high, jumping low,
Jumping high.
High or low, here I go.
Well, you can do this song together with your child at home! It is so simple to do and your child will definitely love to do the actions. Finally, the children learnt to recognize the letter ‘C’ and ‘G’. In the lesson on ‘I can form the letters ‘C’ and ‘G’, children were taught to use their body movements to form these letters shapes. They were asked to brainstorm different ways of forming these letters shapes by using their body. The word ‘can’ and ‘girl’ were introduced to them in this lesson. At the end of this activity, they were able to express their creativity as they think of various ways to form the letters using their bodies. To tie in with the lesson, the children were asked to create their own plasticine action figures using plasticine. As they were creating the figurines, they were taught to flatten, roll using the rolling pin and twist the plasticine to make the moving figures. After they have completed their action figures, they placed it on a black plastic corrugated board.
Let’s us look at the photos captured during the process of making the action figures!
Leia and Celeste were making the hair for their figurines. Leia took black plasticine and started to roll while Celeste flattened it instead.
Leia were seen putting the purple plasticine that she has rolled to be the body for
her action figures and Celeste was busy rolling the pink plasticine.
Audrey chose brown plasticine and started to roll it in between her hands. Sze Wai had just finished putting the arms for her action figure.
Sze Wai took orange plasticine and started to roll it. Then, she twisted it to look liked the action figure was hoping.
Reyshaun was smiling watching Su Yu Tong placing the legs for his action figures while he was busy rolling his orange plasticine to make the other arm.
Finally, Su Yu Tong molded the blue plasticine to act as the button for his action figure. Then, he added more buttons to it.
Regina and Pei Jie were engrossed making their body for the action figures. Pei Jie was seen flattened down the plasticine while Regina put the plasticine in between her arms.
Chek Wan and Kerrine Ow were seen using their two little fingers to press the plasticine and joined the legs to the body. Chek Wan said, “Teacher Lia, I can jump!”
Vocabulary
words:
I
Can
Me
Boy
Girl
Name
Big
Little
Big
Candles
words:
I
Can
Me
Boy
Girl
Name
Big
Little
Big
Candles
