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2017 Term 1 Week 3

Dear Parents

It is beginning to feel like Chinese New Year @ Kindy.

The decorations by the children are displayed……

Our drummers contributing to the festive mood with their drums……

And our very own lion dance performaners !

We are looking forward to more exciting activities coming up next week!


The new countries that we will be exploring will be China, Japan and Korea.

Peace Joy Love (1&2)

English Language & Literacy

- Info Time:

a) Introduction to China / Japan / Korea

- Location on map / size of country

- Flags

- Written language - identifying their unique features

b) National costumes (e.g. Hanbok, Kimono, Yukata, Cheongsam)

c) Places of interest / Popular tourist destinations (e.g. Great

Wall of China, Seoul Tower, Hokkiado, Harbin)

d) Seasons

- Phonics

Peace:

Introduction to short vowel “it” words

Cut and paste the “it”” words.

Joy:

a) Revision: Capital, big and small letters

b) Activity: Looking at the capital letters in our respective names

c) Identify the capital letters – say the name and the sound

- Phonics:

a) Song: “The ABC Song”

b) Letter C - Introduction and its

sound.

c) Song - “C is for Cookie”

d) Activity: Paste 5 cookies on the

Letter C.

Love 1

- Activities: Letter recognition - B

a) Balance the bean bag on different

parts of the body.

b) Find and match the mother animals

to their babies.

c) Match the letters to their picture.

d) Let’s blow bubbles!

Love 2

- Learning Corner: Sequence the days

of the week with reference

- Info Time:

a) National costumes of China, Korea

and Japan (Cheongsam, Hanbok,

Kimono)

- Learning Corner:

a) Place days of the week

according to

weekdays/weekend

b) Write the vowels A, E, I, O,

U in small letters

c) Circle the correct word (at,

ad, in, ip, en, et)

d) Phonics – write starting

letter of picture

- Learning Corner:

a) Order the days of the week


e) Match pictures associated

with CNY to their words

- Worksheet: Write capital and

small letters

b) Spell my name

c) Identify things associated

with CNY

d) Letter Maze- Dot the small

letters

e) Phonics – match starting

letter to picture (d, g, s, t)

- Worksheet: Colour the

circles with small letters.

b) Sushi video – creative pieces of

sushi (E.g. panda sushi, batman

sushi, sweet sushi)

- Pre-writing Worksheet– Trace

vertical lines

Chinese Language

- 儿歌 : 娃娃拜年

er ge : wa wa bai nian

- 故事 : 树上的鞋子

gu shi : shu shang de xie zi

- 儿歌 : 娃娃拜年

er ge : wa wa bai nian

Love 1

- 词汇 : 眼睛、鼻子、口、耳朵、

头；一

ci hui : yan jing, bi zi, kou, er

duo, tou; yi

- 部首：（跑、跳、踢、

跌）

bu shou : (pao, tiao, ti,

die)

- 词汇 : 中国、韩国、日本

ci hui : zhong guo, han

guo, ri ben


- 词汇 : 中国、韩国、日本

ci hui : zhong guo, han

guo, ri ben

- 作业：连一连（中国、韩

国、日本）

zuo ye ：lian yi lian

(zhong guo, han guo, ri

ben)

- 阅读：一步一步，走啊走

yue du : yi bu yi bu,

zuo a zuo

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 配对（中/英） : 六月到九

月

pei dui (zhong/ying) : liu

yue dao jiu yue

b) 配对（中/英）: 星期一到

星期天

pei dui (zhong/ying) :

xing qi yi dao xing qi tian

c) 配对 : 小小嘴儿爱唱歌、小

小眼睛看东西、小小鼻子闻

香味儿

pai xu : xiao xiao zui er ai

chang ge, xiao xiao yan

jing kan dong xi, xiao xiao

bi zi wen xiang wei er

d) 配对 : 他在吃汉堡包、他

在唱歌、他在吹泡泡、他在

喝水

pei dui : ta zai chi han

bao bao, ta zai chang ge,

ta zai chui pao pao, ta zai

he shui

e) 排序 : 今天是＿＿月＿＿

＿日星期＿

pai xu : jin tian shi___

yue __ri xing qi __

- 作业：连一连（中国、韩

国、日本）

zuo ye ：lian yi lian

(zhong guo, han guo, ri

ben)

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 填空 : 星期三、五和六

tian kong : xing qi san, wu

he liu

b) 排序 : 一到十

pai xu : yi dao shi

c) 数数 : 六到十

shu shu : liu dao shi

d) 配对 : 喜乐班

pei dui : xi le ban

e) 配对 : 伯大尼幼稚园

pei dui : bo da ni you zhi

yuan

Love 2

- 词汇 : 头、肩膀、胸、腰、腿、膝

ci hui : tou, jian bang, xiong, yao,

tui, xi

- 儿歌 : 我的身体

er ge : wo de shen ti

- 故事 : 树上的鞋子

gu shi : shu shang de xie zi

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 数数 : 三

shu shu : san

b) 排序 : 一到三

pai xu : yi dao san

c) 配对：头、脚

pei dui : tou, jiao


Science & Discovery

Discovery Corner

Joy and Peace

The Joy & Peace children attempted to write “This is very fun!” in 3 different languages-

Korean, Japanese and Chinese!

Writing in Korean…

이거 참 재밌어！

i-geo cham jaemiss-eo

Writing in Japanese…

これはとても楽しいです！ Koré wa totemo tanoshīdesu

Writing in Chinese…

这太好玩了！ zhe tai hao wan le

These were displayed for children to have fun writing in different languages…..


Next they pasted pictures that are unique to the country

(e.g. flags, places of interests, food, traditional costumes, animals etc.)

Look at their proud faces!

Mathematics

- Math is Fun:

Joy

- Math is Fun: Use ice cream sticks

to form 3 shapes (square,

rectangle, and triangle).


a) Count 1-10

b) Activity- Count the number of dots on the paper, look for the

number and place hand on it.

Peace

a) Recap- Even and odd numbers

b) Activity - Identifying odd and even numbers using bread tags.

When a number is given, children will link and pair the bread tags

to determine if the number is either even or odd.

Love 1

- Story: “Stanley’s Colours” by William

Bee. Identify the colours in the book.

- Activities:

a) Use ice cream sticks to form

shapes (rectangle, square, triangle,

pentagon)

b) Match the ice cream sticks to the

patterns shown.

c) Colour the 3 animals from

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

d) Rhyme: “Baa Baa Black Sheep”

Love 2

- Learning Corner: Count the items and

match the corresponding number

- Worksheet/Activity: Match the

shapes (star, circle, triangle, square

and rectangle) to the puzzle

- Learning Corner:

a) Addition up to 5

b) Count backwards from 20

- Learning Corner:

a) Fill in missing numbers (1-10)

b) Place correct quantity to

given numeral


c) Complete patterning (ABC,

AAB, BAA)

d) Identify odd/even numbers

e) Match number words to

numerals (6-10)

- Worksheet: Count and write

the correct number (1-20)

c) Complete patterning (AB,

ABC)

d) Sort food according to its

country origin

e) Identify the bigger numeral

(1-10)

- Worksheet: Fill in the missing

numbers (1-10)

Writing

Language

Joy: Write the days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)

Peace: “I am in Peace Class.”

Fun & Movement

Mass Activity

We flew the children to Japan and taught them the very basics moves as sumo wrestlers!

1) Sumo squat position


Children go into a wide stance with their feet turned out.

This position engages the children’s inner thigh control and challenges them to find stability.

2) Raising one leg up while in a sumo squat position, then stomping it back down

This exercise helps children gain strength and develop their balancing skills

while having fun trying to make the ground shake with all their stomping!

They were then split into two groups to perform a showdown by playing a game of “Scissors, Paper, Stone”.

Ending off with a sumo punch in the air!

“Pssssh!!!”


Love 1 & 2

Besides being sumo wrestlers,

the Love children had to listen and obey the commands given to earn themselves a “sword”.

They practised coordinating their bodies to perform the following ninja actions:

1) Jump + bring hands over head


2) Jump + swing arms down

3) Jump + swing arms back up

Having to perform different actions simultaneously builds the children psychomotor skills.

Joy & Peace

The Joy & Peace children made a samurai dash to the “X” marked on the floor,


picked up their “sword” and did a half twist to face their friends.

Next, they performed a series of jumps (with their swords) similar to the Love children.

For this group, they had to complete their actions independently, without any prompting from the Teachers!

Do the children get confused as to where to place their hands?

Should their right hand be above their left, or their left hand above their right?

Will some be caught in an awkward position while attempting those actions?

Yes!

To handle or control objects (e.g. a stick) well involves locomotor movements

and these movements do not come naturally or intuitively for many children.

Children have to be exposed and taught object manipulation skills and gradually, discover their dominant hand/foot too.

These skills will help them to perform activities such as sweeping the floor with broom and dustpan,

as well as being ready for sports like golf/floorball/hockey in future.

Aesthetics (Cooking)

From the land of the rising sun –

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Joy & Peace

Ingredients – seaweed. sushi rice, cucumber and sausage

Collecting our ingredients ….

(Cooking time provides opportunities for development of self-help skills!)

Scoop and spread the rice; top it with the cucumber and sausage and roll it all in


Beautifully rolled and waiting patiently for Teachers to cut it up

Tucking it all in and they all had many more !!


Love 1 & 2

Slight adaptation for the little ones ..

roll in the cucumber and sausage with a bread slice

Little hands working hard to roll up their bread sushi

They were pleasantly very good with their rolling skill ….


Yes, we have done it and

its yummy !!!


Aesthetics (Music & Movement)

Love 1 & Love 2

- Song:

a) “Old Macdonald Had a Farm”

Music element: Pitch

Besides singing along to the video, the Love children came up with their own version of the song

(e.g. they added in cats / meow, meow)

Joy & Peace

- Song:

a) “Old Macdonald Had a Farm”

Music element: Pitch

They took turns to sing different parts of the song


Special Card

Every Chinese New Year, the children will create a very special Chinese New Year card for their

Mummies and Daddies!

The children had fun during this process …….

Colour the rooster on the card

Paste the “features” onto the rooster


Our special cards for you!


Afix the postage stamp onto the card


Kindy Family News

to the Kindy Family ! Our friends from Love 2!

So what did they do with the cards?

Check next week’s newsletter for more updates!


Yatin Mohan

Twin sisters (L-R) : Aaradhya Dubey and Aarna Dubey

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