1 a Bao Bei, 2 a Little Prince: Bright Tots Campus term 2 lesson 4

Today was a smooth day for me. The waiting time for all MRT rides were either 1 mintue or 3 minutes the max. Of course I ran to catch MRT that were arriving in 1 minute

What we did today

1. Sing good morning and I am special song

2. Teacher Shirley showed a paper plate cut into crescent shape and asked the tots to feel the crescent shape - 2 sharp points on both ends and smooth curve in the center

3. Teacher Shirley got another crescent shape object - Del Monte banana. She let the tots touched the skin of the banana, then peeled a bit of the skin to let each tot peel a slice of the banana skin. Then she cut the banana and said that the crescent shape has gone and now the banana is in circle shape. She let the tots smell the banana. She smashed some banana pieces with hand and some with fork to illustrate different ways of smashing banana and how the banana appear when smashed with hand (in a flat paste) and fork (in long stripes) None of the tots wanna touch the smashed banana when asked to. This experiment helps to stimulate brain through sensorial experience and fine motor exercises

4. Each parent was given a snow pea (crescent shape) to let the tot touch the snow pea, then peel open the snow pea and let the tot smell the snow pea.

5. Teacher Shirley took out a Monkey balancing toy. There are different number of bananas to be hang on the monkey's hand to make the 2 arms balance in a straight line. The tots were given the banana to hang on the monkey's hand. Of course it was used to train motor skill for this age group rather than Mathematics concept

6. Bubble wrap and a Christmas tree deco (don't know how you call it, it's to go round the Christmas tree) were given to the tot to feel the texture. Teacher Shirley put the Christmas tree deco around her neck and dance Most tots didn't like the deco to go round their neck. It's pricky Png Png dislikes the deco. He didn't even wanna touch it. Feeling different texture (bubble wrap smooth; christmas tree deco prickly) stimulate brain neuron connections

7. Teacher Shirley painted a bubble wrap and printed it on a piece of white paper to show everyone

8. Teacher Shirley read a book title "Good night Gorilla" She said this is a very good book with very few words but many colorful pictures which can be used for the tots to look out for (eg where is the banana, where is the monkey) and create any story on our own. She said the picture with many pair of eyes in the dark is very classical for playing guessing game with kids

9. Every one was given 2 yellow stripe of paper and a piece of white paper with an outline picture of a crescent moon. Parents were to tear the yellow stripe of paper into squares and let tots paste the square papers on the moon