The girls were very excited when I told them that we were going to play a game instead of reading a poem :). Simultaneously, they exclaimed " A game? That's fun" I provided them with a map and a globe. They could use either one. I asked them for some names of people. Very naturally, they named themselves first. So, here goes:
They were asked to find a country on the map or globe which had the same initial alphabet as their names! Shanon was quick to shout "Singapore" while Nicole took a while to come up with "New Zealand". They enjoyed the game and came up with more and more names. We had the followings"
Irene for India and Indonesia
Colby for China
Jessica for Japan
Melody for Malaysia
Melody for Malaysia
Tim for Thailand
The objective of the game was to get them to read the map and hopefully they soon would be able to navigate as they love to "travel the world " after lesson :)
Then, they went on to do drawings. They were told to draw a clock each and they learnt where to point the long and short hands to for some easy time slots. (E.g. 1 o'clock, 5 o'clock, half past 3, half past 1). They even decorated their clocks!! How sweet.
After their favourite tea break, they did maths! I gave them a number tree each and explained the rules of the game to them. They were to only use the numbers hanging on the tree to complete the equations. Nicole was quick to jump start as soon as I was done with the instruction, and Shanon got the hang of it too, after looking at how Nicole completed the first equation.
Soon, they were done with the number trees and they merrily helped themselves to the toys, the scooter and the bicycle before I even had the chance to dismiss the class :( They just couldn't wait to hop onto the scooter and bicycle going on their world trip again!
6 comments:
wish u r in kl..then i can send my kid to u....
u can be his tutor..
with this type of teaching, i dont hv to send to school.
Wow! you're really a good teacher + great mummy~~~
Hi littlelamb, little prince's mummy,
you make me blush :) I just enjoy making the lesson fun for them, or else I will fall asleep myself :) Remember, I need to justify my home minister post to my hubby...just joking! :)
Wow ... how on earth did you manage to think of so many interesting ways to teach those kids?? Tell me .... tell me ...... I hope I can be that creative too .... I think the number trees are a great idea :)
hi mommyangel..
ha...i copied the number tree from a book...heehee..save me from tearing my hair off, trying to be creative..ha
They can even tell time at 4 yo? Geng! Of coz, hats off to their tutor... that's u! ;)
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