This will be the last literature with Shirley as she is pregnant and will be due in September. Wonder if she will still conduct lapbook class after that.
Today we did
1. Shirley pointed to the story book "Little Mouse Wants an Apple" and asked what is the color of the mouse? Is it big or small? Have you seen a real mouse? How many apples are there on the tree. The tots went to her to count the apples including Png Png.
2. Shirley read the story "Little Mouse Wants an Apple". She asked questions as she read along. What does bird use to pluck the apple? Beak. Can mouse fly? No. Why? Png Png answered it has no wing. Can mouse climb the tree? No. It has short front legs that can't wrap around the tree trunk. Does mouse have long nose? No. Will it's nose grow longer when it pulls it? No. Can mouse's neck grow longer by stretching? No. What does rhino use to pluck the apple? Png Png answered horn. Can it jump? No Why? It has short legs and too heavy to jump. It runs and knocks the apple tree with it's horn and shakes the apple down. Can you jump as high as a kangeroo? Tots jumped as high as they can. Cute. Does sea lion have wings? Long nose? No It has short button nose. Can it jump? What is it good at? Juggling. Png Png said sea lion tosses the mouse up to pluck the apple. Why does mouse pluck 2 apples? To give 1 to sea lion and 1 for itself. Does all the animals have an apple each? Any apple left? How many animals are there? Shirley flipped back the pages to recall which are the animals. She suggested parents to take 8 apples and take 1 out for each animal while reading along. This teaches tots subtraction.
3. Shirley took a green apple and asked tot what is the color of the apple? Png Png answered green. Is it hard or soft? Is it smelly? She passed the apple around to let tots smell. Is it juicy? What is the taste of the apple? Png Png answered sour. How does mummy cut the apple? With a knife. Can mummy use hand to chop the apple into half or pull it open? She passed the apple to tots to chop the apple with hand. Some boys tried very hard to chop the apple with hand. Shirley said the skin of the apple is dry. She peeled the skin and said the inside which is the flesh is moist. She let tots touched the skin and the flesh of the apple. Shirley cut the apple with a knife. She told tots which part of the knife is handle, which part is the blade. Can you touch the blade? No. Why? Png Png answered you will cut yourself. She asked what is inside the apple? Seeds. What does mummy do with the seeds? Png Png answered throw it away. Shirley said we can plant the apple seed and it will grow into an apple tree. She pointed to the apple stalk, skin, core and flesh of the apple and asked tots what are they.
4. Shirley gave out picture of an apple and name of the parts of the apple. Tots are to paste the name and join to the part of the apple with magic ink
5. Sang Good bye song
Today Png Png participated actively in answering Shirley's questions and all the answers were correct. Good work Png! I am so happy over it. Shirley kept probing the answers that Png Png provided. Hmmm.... she is very good with details
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