FIFA World Cup 2014

Hello everyone,

This is the season of the FIFA World Cup and thing have been so exciting. I sat at late night;well early morning to watch the opening ceremony and the first game. I was surprised with the technology they used for the opening ceremony or the large football which was used as the main stage yet with digital screens on it. How technology has become very much advanced and well equipped at mens fingertips these days.
Well I'm supporting Brazil all the way in this and hoping to see them take the World Cup with them.

Thank you for watching.

Abigail

The Great Wall of China - Emperor Qin

Hello everyone,

The Great Wall of China was built on Emperor Qin's orders. He was the first Emperor of China and became an Emperor at a very young age. He built the the Great Wall of China across six states to stop the nomads from the North of China to come to the South without permission.

Here is a video that I showed the children. Once they were done then they worked in small groups to make a poster of what they've learnt over this two days lesson on the Great Wall of China.

The Great Wall of China

Hello everyone,

Today the children had a experience on the Great Wall of China and the history of it's place on why it was built and how long it took. I had to show the children the world map in order for them to know where China is and where Malaysia is. It was an eye opener to the children in how things are in different place.

The children were introduced to China from a child's perspective and they were able to recall what details were shared on the video. After that they were asked to build their own Great Wall of China using the blocks given to them in class and this is what they did.

 

Tomorrow they would learn about the Emperor Qin who was the reason they build the Great Wall of China. 

See you tomorrow.

Thank you, 

Abigail

My Family

Hello everyone,

Today the children were sharing about their families and how things work around in their homes. They were so serious in working in their small groups into role playing their families everyday life.

These were their groups getting ready to role play to portrait they're families everyday life at home.

Thank you,

Abigail

Parent Day in school

Hello everyone,

Today was Parent Day in school for the 5 and 6 years old parents.
The children have been practicing for weeks on their performances to presented to their parents. The parents were very much impressed with the children's performances and with the children serving their parents breakfast that morning. Here are some pictures from the performances done by the children.

These children are so talented in so many ways and I'm waiting to see more of what they can do. 

Thank you, 

See you tomorrow,

Abigail

Life-Cycle of Butterfly Dance

Hello everyone,

I'm back today to share on the dance or in other words physical movement that the children which the children loved so much and wanted more and more of it.

The children were having too much fun and just wanted to keep going about dancing the whole day. 

Well there's lots more to come.

Thank you,

Abigail

Life-Cycle of a Butterfly

Hello everyone,

Today is the day I did a lesson with the children on the life-cycle of a butterfly. I showed them a video and asked them to work in pairs and to draw out on the computer or smart board of the life-cycle of the butterfly in the way they understand. Here are a few pictures below of the taken during lesson.

Tomorrow the children will have a dance experience of the life-cycle of a butterfly.

Thank you,

See you tomorrow,

Abigail

Start of Practicum

Hello everyone,

This week I've started on my practicum in an awesome school with awesome teachers and children. The environment is so welcoming and yet safe that I wouldn't mind hanging out there all day.
It just only a few days that I've been there but it feels like I've gotten the know everyone better.

The school encourages children to speak up, make mistake and learn from them which I truly believe that is how children would learn. I can't wait to go back tomorrow to see the children and learn.

Thank you,
Abigail

What Kids REALLY Think About Social Media?

Hello everyone,

I came across this video on YouTube and was very much impressed with children's thoughts on Social Media these days. Children are so innocent and honest about their understandings on social media. Based on the video below you would be able to understand what children are saying about their understanding on social media.

I totally agree with Chloe as she mentioned on her blog that, 'I believe as educators, we should introduce our young explorers to social media and explain to how to use these social media wisely such as using privacy settings and the dos and don’ts.' 

Even though the world is very much advanced, children must be guided in their learning while exploring the social media world as the media world can be very dangerous and harmful towards children's lives. We should be there to protect our children as much as possible and that is what I see I am to do as an educator. 

Thank you,

Abigail

Social Media and Its Impact on Kids Today

Hello everyone,

In this day and age children are very much advanced into and occupied with the social media. It has a great impact onto children's lives that ICT is just at their fingertips and easy for them to handle. Soon in the future most probably children would stop writing using pens and paper yet they would be using the computers for everyday use in their lives. Personally I belief the writing and colouring using pen and paper should never stop in children's life yet keep using them because who knows one day ICT may crash down on us and we would have to start over all again with paper and pen. This is what I belief.

Thank you for watching.

Abigail