A Birthday Party

Our K1 children were excited upon learning that they were going to have a class birthday party. They brought in mock presents which their parents had helped to wrap. On the day of the party the children were given the opportunity to decide how they would like to arrange the table.


Mao Jia Ning is deciding where to best place the present on the table.

Adora is asking her friend if she should place the titbits there. Qi Xuan is satisfied placing her titbits. Cheng Yi is checking if the table cloth is straight.

A lot of decision making was involved while children arranged everything on the table. They discussed with their friends and then looked at it to see if it was appropriately done.

At last the table was ready and it was time for the party to begin. Children were ready and eagerly waiting for someone to blow the candles. Zul was asking Adora if she wanted to volunteer. Children were asked for a representative to blow the candle. They voted for Adora.


One, two, three. blow! All the children joined in to blow the candle. Some were standing too behind to be in the picture. After the blowing of the candles children exchanged presents which they had brought. They learnt the proper way of receiving presents e.g. they have to say ‘Thank you.’


Zul, giving present to Arvin.


Children queued up to take their helping of the food that they had brought for the party. They had the choice to take the amount and the type of food they wanted. Children learnt to take turns and wait patiently.


Children were enjoying their party. Haqish was asking if he could take a second helping. Min and Xing Meng were too engrossed eating.

During the whole celebration of this party, children were given the opportunity for decision making, turn taking, and social etiquette.

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Some Vocabulary words that children learnt during this lesson:

Present
Birthday
Balloons
Streamers
Party
Candle
Cake

小花籽找快乐


扮演小花籽的佳宁问：青蛙，青蛙，你快乐吗？
扮演青蛙的俊杰说：快乐，快乐，我给大家捉害虫，大家喜欢我。

扮演小花籽的佳宁问：太阳，太阳，你快乐吗？
扮演太阳的云珊说：快乐，快乐，我给大家阳光和温暖，大家喜欢我。


仿编儿童诗：《蓝、 蓝 、蓝》

小朋友们正专心的剪出所仿编的儿童诗图形。

自由活动时间，我们喜欢画画，我们画出各种好看的图形。

自由活动时间，我们喜欢玩“接龙游戏“。 我们正开心的读着游戏卡上的字。


儿歌表演

渼淇说：“我喜欢小白兔，因为小白兔很可爱”。

光伟和绘仪说：“我们用山羊和白兔的手偶边表演边朗诵儿歌。”


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小白兔过桥

小白兔,过小桥,
走到桥上瞧一瞧;
山羊公公过来了,
摇摇摆摆走上桥。
小白兔, 往回跑,
站在桥头把手照:
山羊公公您走好!
山羊公公您先过桥。
河水听了哗哗笑,
小鱼听了蹦蹦跳,
都夸白兔有礼貌。


语文活动

*通过玩语文游戏与课程活动我学会认读一些词语：

礼貌　请 对不起 谢谢

西瓜　老鼠　青蛙　船

量词： 一条小河

Let’s bake a birthday cupcake!

Our Kindergarten One children were going to bake cakes! Look at the row of ingredients displayed. Children were going to make their own birthday cupcakes by following the pictorial recipe chart.



Zane, Adora, Qi Xuan and Jia Ning were busy mixing the ingredients. During this process, children will observe what happens to the ingredients during the mixing process. Zane said, "It’s so sticky the butter is sticking to my spoon!.” Adora was engrossed in scooping the right amount of flour into her bowl.


Zul, Ivalyn, Chloe, Chengyi and Phyusin were scooping
the right amount of ingredients so that they can bake their best birthday cakes! During this process, children will learn to collect the ingredients in sequence. They were also able to communicate with each other for instance, Ivalyn asked Chloe, "Must I add one or two spoons of butter?” Chloe replied,” One spoon is enough!”



“Let’s see whose cupcakes turns out best!”



“At last! we can pour the cake mixture into the paper cups!” During this process, children learnt the steps of making the birthday cupcakes and the changes that were taking place.


“Our cupcakes are now ready to bake in the oven!” Children were able to make predictions about the changes that was going to take place to their cake mixture when it is baked in the oven. They predicted that the white mixture will turn ‘brown’, ‘cooked’, ‘can be eaten’ etc.


“Hurray! We have made it!”
Children were able to taste their own cup cakes, which they had for high tea.


During this whole process of baking, children were able to seek information through observation, exploration, and were able to describe their own investigations.




Children learnt the following rhyme during this baking lesson.

Bake a cake (to the tune to Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake baker’s man)

Bake a cake, bake a cake,
baker’s man

Bake me a cake,
as fast as you can

Beat the eggs, sieve the flour
and stir it well

Put it in the oven and
get ready for tea.

生日会


今天是我的五岁生日，爸爸妈妈和同学们一起为我庆祝生日，我很开心！

课程活动-我的身体

绘仪躺在白纸上说：老师把我的头，躯干，两只手和两条腿画在纸上。

承毅伸出两只手和佳宁的两只手碰在一起，一起听从老师的指示，玩《碰碰身体》的游戏。

淑娴伸出她的右脚，Zul伸出她的左脚，一起”脚碰脚”的玩游戏


三个小朋友站在一起比高矮。
敏杰说：我长得最高。星萌说：我比绘仪高。
绘仪说：我长得最矮。


手指印画


思萱看着中指说：我要把中指的指纹印在纸上。


伟俊说：我把右手的指纹印在纸上了。


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我有一双小小手

我有一双小小手，

会洗脸，会刷牙，

会写字，会画画，

有了这双小小手，

什么困难都没有。


语文活动
*通过玩语文游戏与课程活动我学会认读一些词语：

卫生 干净 高兴 快乐 笑

身体 头 躯干 手 脚

*通过玩穿珠游戏我学会了句型：

-我常做体操。

-他们很快乐。

生日会


今天是我的五岁生日，真开心。



生日会


今天是我们的五岁生日，我们一起
庆祝生日，真开心。



家政“用面包做脸型”


我们用面包做脸型，再用葡萄干做眼睛。
哦！真好吃。




绘画


星萌说：“我画我长得很瘦。”


Phyu Sin 说：“我画我长得很高。”



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别说我小

妈妈你别说我小，我会洗脸;

爸爸你别说我小，我会刷牙;

奶奶你别说我小，我会穿衣;

爷爷你别说我小，我会穿袜;

你们看，我会做的事真不少。


语文活动

*通过玩轮盘游戏我学会了认读
一些词语：

男 女 胖 瘦 大

小 长 短 高 矮

*通过玩穿珠游戏我学会了句型：

-我长得很高。

-我喜欢穿裙子。

The theme for the K1 curriculum for Term 1 is Myself. As part of the lesson, children learnt a rhyme called ‘ME’. Children were able to recite the rhyme and these two children, Walt and Zane were able to read and put the sentence strips of the rhyme in sequence. Zane said, "Look! Walt, I have found the last sentence which says,'Who looks just like me’."

Adora, Ivalyn and Si Zhu successfully completed the rhyme by arranging the jumble up words.

Ivalyn said,”I need the word ‘do’ for the next sentence!

Children were doing the activity called ‘Make a face with dough’. Children used cake bases and different coloured plasticine to form their own faces. Children added on details like eyelashes, eyebrows, eyeballs and hair to their ‘faces’. Sunny, Adora, XingMeng and Zane were deeply engrossed in doing this activity.

Xing Meng was rolling a ball with her hands to make 'eyes' for her 'face' and 'nose'.

Adora and Sunny were busy making 'eyelashes'.

Zane, Adora and Sunny were putting their final touches to their artwork.


Children showing their completed handiwork! Children were given ample time to do this activity and all of them were happy and completely satisfied with their final product.

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This is the list of the vocabulary words that our K1 children have learnt for the month of January.

- like
- see
- name
- me
- same
- moon
- face
- birthday
- loop
- mole
- monkey
- milk
- arch
- mirror
- straight
- whirl
- afraid of
- different


Rhyme: Me
Look at my face
What do I see?
Do you know anyone who looks just like me?


Rhyme: There's no one who's just like me
There's no one who's just like me.
No one who knows how to be.
Me when I am sad or scared.
me when I am very glad.
There's no one who's just like me.
Me is who I'm proud to be.

We, the Kindergarten 1 children, performed during the Mini K2 concert held on 30 November 2009. This is to bid farewell to our K2 friends who will be going to Primary 1 next year. All of us had great fun!

K1 children performing the Hawaiian dance called ‘U li li e’ during the K2 mini concert. These girls were showing off their hula dance movement to their parents.

‘A little sandpiper hopping by the sea…’

K1 boys and girls singing ‘That’s what friends are for’

‘For good times and bad times,‘I’ll be on your side for ever more…’

‘Hey! look! I can do the hula as well!’, Audrey Loh from Toddler class with her daddy.

Tamilmathi, after her hula dance, is enjoying the barbeque meal with her parents
Kong Wei Lun asked,”Can I have some more barbequed fish balls please?”

Parents and teachers were busy preparing the barbeque items for the hungry children.

‘Let me brush some butter on your satay and hotdogs,” said Miss Hong, while Fiona’s mum and Wan Yan’s mum helped to barbeque the food.

This grandmother is looking for her granddaughter, Zhao Xingmeng of Nursery class to give her the stick of fishballs. Chow Zi Yong’s father and Tamilmathi’s father were making sure that the chicken wings will not be burnt.

“More fishballs anyone?” asked Felicia.

“Shhh! The chicken wings got burnt and I threw them away!”