Saturday, January 16, 2010

Growing Up Gifted (GUG) - Lesson 1

Initially Mummy wanted to register Kaelyn for the Little Neuro Tree class in place of Shichida. Upon friend's recommendation, we gave GUG a try.

12 children of her age was grouped under the kids playclub. It is a 1.5-hr lesson conducted in English & Mandarin. Teacher Aze started the class by singing some familiar songs with action. Thereafter, she uses the zoophonics method to introduce the alphabet A. A (pronounce as "air")is Allie the Alligator was presented in an animated way. She also go in depth about spider and spider web. Teacher Aze uses simple materials to show how to create a spider. The children get a chance to create their own spider using the same materials.



The children had 5 mins break and then 丹丹老师 or 李老师 took over the class. She uses a balloon to conduct her class. Teacher blow the balloon and explain to children why the balloon ballooned and what is now inside the balloon. With this, she managed to introduce some Chinese words - 气球 and 吹. She also go through the strokes that form 气. The children had lots of fun when teacher blow bubbles in class. Children were given simple homework to complete.

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