Let's go to space!

Wow what a week we had! The kids loved our space theme and they have already gained a lot of knowledge on the solar system, space and rocket/space ships! I'm sure you have noticed a lot of new words being used, at home.

The kids enjoyed pretending to be inside the rocket that we made for them! 3-2-1 -blast offfffff!!!!!

They also had a lot of fun role-playing driving a rocket and pretending to be in space!

 We walked on pillows pretending we were on the moon. 

 Ploen reminded EQ that he had to wear a helmet before going into space, or he cannot breathe!

The kids enjoyed making space helmets! They learned that people need to wear helmets in space so that they have air to breathe.

We also learnt about star constellations and practiced making shapes and some kids even tried to make their names into star constellations!

We started learning about the solar system last week and plan to do more on it, this week.

The kids already know some of the names and properties of the planets in our solar system. Have a look at this video, with them, and practice the names and properties again. 

Solar system song

Thank you to the parents who have sent in photos of their kids doing homework! It's so nice to see that they are taking home what they learn in school :)

Transport - trains, cars, buses!

Last week, the kids had a great time coming up with a lot of role play ideas from what they had already learnt the week before. We encourage role play and imagination in the classroom because it allows children to apply newly learnt knowledge to the real world. They take on a persona whereby they make decisions, lead and work in a team. It also helps children improve their spoken English as they are interacting with peers and keeping a 'story' going by responding back and forth.

"I saw a house and dog on my magic train ride!"

"I see tree and cat."

"Baby too sick to go on the train... this is doctor."

We asked the kids what they saw on their train ride and asked them make up stories of what was happening in each area. 

The kids enjoyed making trains and cars using shapes - they used their mental image of trains/cars and brought it out onto paper. I was very impressed!

The boys enjoyed constructing train tracks and building cars. This requires fine motor balance and I am impressed at how well they are developing in this area.

We are getting better and better at writing here at KM! Thanks for all the practice you are doing at home.

In order to continue writing practice, please try the letter 'g' at home. Today, Ploen told me that her sister taught her how to write the letter 'm' - I can see that it has benefited her because she was able to draw the moon and then copy out 'm-o-o-n'. This activity is a great way to get older siblings to help.

Here is the video - Letter 'd' writing practice.