Highlights of the Week

Hello everybody! Our youngest learners had another great week at school! The theme this week is Emotions; our students looked at different emotions (happy, sad, angry and scared) in our lessons and had a chance to go through some breathing exercises that can help them feel calmer and more relaxed. Through singing songs and listening to stories, we discovered words like Girl, Goat, Gift, Green and Gorilla begin with the Letter G. For Math, we looked at the number 4 again and were introduced to the number 5. We enjoyed tracing the number 5 with crayons and showing five little fingers to our friends. We also had a lot of fun counting up to five using our classroom toys. We are really looking forward to more fun at school next week!

It’s been a busy but lovely week for the K1s as we have done a lot of activities and experiments. We read a story called ‘The Monster’ with our Cambridge friends, where Mike uses the moonlight to cast shadows on the grass. We got creative and recreated this activity by turning off the lights in our own classrooms and using a flashlight to cast shadows of our own monsters on the whiteboard. Critical Thinking was very eventful this week as we recapped our ‘5 senses’ topic and started the new topic of ‘Fighting Germs’. The students practiced their fine motor skills by matching and gluing cut-outs of activities with the corresponding senses. We also did a lovely experiment with soap and black pepper (which were ‘germs’) to demonstrate how we use soap to fight off germs. It’s been an eventful week and we look forward to more fun next week!

In K2 this week we are continuing to learn about the Five Senses. We discussed all five of the senses using vocabulary for each sense, and then we did a science experiment! It was a bouncy egg experiment, where we took a regular egg and let it sit in a jar of vinegar for two days. After the two days we could see that the egg’s shell had dissolved, and we were left with only a thin, soft membrane around the egg. That allowed us to actually have a bit of a bouncy egg! It was very interesting to use our senses of sight and touch to observe the changes the vinegar made to the egg each day. For Math this week we continued learning about neighbouring numbers, numbers 11-20. Everyone did a great job with their numbers! We’re all looking forward to next week when we get to have another science experiment! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Hello everyone! What a wonderful week we had here at ABC! We have continued our discussion on our five senses. We utilized each sense when making our popcorn. We were able to see the difference from kernel to popcorn, we heard the pop when cooking, we could smell it cooking, we felt the difference between a kernel and the popcorn, and finally got to taste the popcorn (the best part)! For Maths this week, we have continued our discussion of telling time on an analog clock, and we have introduced ‘quarter past.’ We also have reviewed subtraction within 15, first using a number line then trying without. In our physical play we are working on our lower body strength with ‘sumo squats’ and ‘donkey kicks.’ Make sure to practice with your child at home to help build those muscles! Have a wonderful weekend and we will see everyone next week!

主題「動物」

今個星期是「動物」主題的第一週，幼兒認識了不同陸地上的動物，幼兒亦知道動物與人行走的方式不一樣。所以，老師讓幼兒嘗試模仿動物的姿態，讓他們體驗一下。幼兒尤其喜歡扮演獅子、老虎和鱷魚呢！幼兒表現十分可愛！

另外，在語文活動方面，幼兒認識「日」字，除了認識「日」字的字義外，並學習在日間的時候，看到太陽伯伯時便是「日」！幼兒並利用顏色紙貼出太陽，加強對「日」字義的認識。

學習目的：

1. 認識陸地上動物的名稱

2. 能模仿動物的姿態動作

3. 認識「日」的字形和字義

主題「認識自己」

今週繼續主題「認識自己」，幼兒知道自己五官的名稱和用途，認識每個人都有五官但大家的樣子都有不同，了解自己長大了有些幼兒已生日到三歲了成為一個大孩子，認識大孩子能做的事，自己的事自己做，更能分辨自己能做或不能做的事情，例如:小朋友不可觸摸電器插座。學習一些小朋友能幫助別人的事情，例如:幫媽媽做家務、幫媽媽拿東西、讓座給有需要的人等等。此外，透過面譜引導幼兒說出五官的用途並學習句式，能說出對應的句式講述五官的用途，加深對自己的認識。

學習目的：

1.分辨小朋友能或不能幫助身邊做的事。

2.能找出「鼻子」的詞語。

3.分享自己喜歡的食物。

主題：「動物」 -森林的動物

今週進入「動物」主題第三週，認識森林裏有甚麼動物，為甚麼這些動物會住在森林內?老師通過與幼兒討論如果把老虎、獅子、長頸鹿、大象住進農場內會發生甚麼事情?幼兒表示老虎、獅子會把小雞吃掉了，大象身體太大，農場地方太小、長頸鹿太高，農場內的房子太矮了，幼兒認識這些野生動物的形態、習性、叫聲。老師利用圖片介紹一些瀕危動物，明白愛護動物及尊重生命的重要。另外進行圖工創作-動物，讓幼兒通過運用不同物料設計一款動物，從而提升幼兒創作能力。

學習目的：

(1) 能說出森林裏的動物名稱及其外形特徵

(2) 初步認識瀕危動物名稱

(3) 培養愛護動物及尊重生命的的態度

主題：「幫助我們的人」─醫生的類別

本週繼續與幼兒探討「幫助我們的人」這個課題，小朋友對「醫生」這個職業很感興趣，他們會分享平時看醫生的經驗，例如:醫生會送糖果或貼紙，他們亦會說自己不怕打針或沒有哭等，亦會說喜歡吃哪種顏色的藥水等，此外，有部份幼兒也曾經嘗試看中醫，知道醫師會用手把脈及需要喝中藥，但他們不喜歡喝黑色的藥，他們亦有分享看牙醫及脫牙的經驗，尤其正值是他們這個年齡是換牙齒的階段，但他們沒有提到脫牙的痛楚，只是互相比拼脫了多少隻牙齒，真是天真可愛呢!

學習目的： 1) 知道西醫和中醫不同的診症方法

2) 認識牙醫的工作

3) 培養幼兒養成愛護眼睛的習慣