Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Mid Autumn Festival
Mid Autumn festival is usually a family celebration, where members of the family will gather and enjoy eating mooncake while gazing at the moon and children will parade around the neighnorhood with lantern. This is our fish lantern which the children made at the school. Happy Mid Autumn Festival to all and do enjoy the varieties of mooncakes available !!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Eid Mubarak ( Hari Raya Aidilfitri)
I would like to this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends " Selamat Hari Raya" while for others who don't celebrate, hope that you are enjoying long weekend and drive safely. This week we made a raya card and mosque. The card was in a shape of a weaved ketupat except that we didn't do weaving as the younger children will find it too difficult to weave so we have cut-out green and yellow squares for them to paste. For a picture of a mosque, we used black sugar paper ( for mounting), orange colour paper, orange glass paper and some colour pencils. Best of all, we had a raya feast on Wedsnesday. The children were treated to a scrumptious Malay delicacies such as dodol, murtabak, roti jala, satay, kuih-muih, lemang, ketupat and many more. Selamat Hari Raya!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Frogs
I hope all is well. Before I begin, I'd like to apologise for not updating as I have been so so busy. So kindly bear with me and I promised to post up all the activities which the children have done for the past few months. I would also like to welcome Tan Kai Zhen, Verolyn Lim and Oliver Ong to Fingertips. Thank you for choosing Fingertips.
Croak! Croak! Croak !"Frogs" has been our theme for the month of May. "Frogs" is especially appropriate for the toddlers and kindergartners because they are fascinated with animals and are often highly motivated to explore their immediate environment.
The overall purpose of this unit is to help my students learn about the metamorphosis and the development of this amphibian species. Photos of this metamorphosis were laminated and and hung at the children eye level.
We have also planned various lessons and activities of this unit to help children to develop related concepts as they gain an appreciation of ways frogs help our environment. The children also had direct observational experiences and cared for this amphibian even though just for half an hour. I managed to get a frog ( well I wouldn't have the guts to catch it, but my hubby) for the children to observe and much to the children excitement, I had to let the frog go.
They also have had opportunities to express themselves through creative work in art, music and movement activities.
Croak! Croak! Croak !"Frogs" has been our theme for the month of May. "Frogs" is especially appropriate for the toddlers and kindergartners because they are fascinated with animals and are often highly motivated to explore their immediate environment.
The overall purpose of this unit is to help my students learn about the metamorphosis and the development of this amphibian species. Photos of this metamorphosis were laminated and and hung at the children eye level.
We have also planned various lessons and activities of this unit to help children to develop related concepts as they gain an appreciation of ways frogs help our environment. The children also had direct observational experiences and cared for this amphibian even though just for half an hour. I managed to get a frog ( well I wouldn't have the guts to catch it, but my hubby) for the children to observe and much to the children excitement, I had to let the frog go.
They also have had opportunities to express themselves through creative work in art, music and movement activities.
Frogs templates were colored and each child has to glue the frog's body part using their own creativity.
Frogs' egg - bubble painting
Tadpole - side of the hand painting
Frogs' egg-I made these basil egg jelly for the children
We decorated our school with origami frogs.
We made these frog tin to store our origami stars.
We made frog headband to wear for our singing sessions. We sang and enjoyed our "8 Little Speckled frogs" instead of "5 Little Speckled Frog".
Books that we used for this topics are as below:
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Family Picnic ( 19th June 2010 )
We enjoyed a great day out picnic by the seaside and have had an enjoyable alfresco meal. All thanks to the parents who contributed a variety of foods to share. The weather was lovely with beautiful clear skies. I've been worrying that it might rain and we had to cancel the picnic. The children were looking forward to this gathering more than anyone else. If it rains, this picnic will be at my house ( much to the childrens' relief).
One of the main reasons, I had this organised (apart from mingling with all families) was because children just love outdoors particularly eating outdoor. It's different and it's a great escape from the confines of the house. It is also great for the parents to take some time off to enjoy quality time with the children.
Finally I'd like to thank all parents who turned up for this gathering despite the hot and humid weather. May this picnic memory will linger in our childrens' memory forever. I, myself, will do. Cheer!
One of the main reasons, I had this organised (apart from mingling with all families) was because children just love outdoors particularly eating outdoor. It's different and it's a great escape from the confines of the house. It is also great for the parents to take some time off to enjoy quality time with the children.
Finally I'd like to thank all parents who turned up for this gathering despite the hot and humid weather. May this picnic memory will linger in our childrens' memory forever. I, myself, will do. Cheer!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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