LET'S THINK OUT OF THE BOX (1 AUGUST 2012)

What two keys cannot open any doors?

28 AND 29 JULY PHONICS (ADVANCED), STORYTELLING AND READING SESSIONS (WEEK 4)

This week children learn about the polygons. It is all about shapes.

They learned dissimilar types of polygons (flat shapes).

Triangle

Rectangle

Trapezoid

Square

Pentagon

Hexagon

Heptagon

Octagon

In the activity session, each of the have to sketch an object based on the shapes they had learned during the lesson.

In the singing session, they sang “hokey pokey” song. Most of the children are confused with their right and left hand side. But they had a lot of excitement with the song. They sang and played at the same time.

In the story reading session, I gave the children an article “being friend”.

Children have to share about their friend’s story.

In addition, I also gave the other article “television”.  After that, children need to draw a television with the scene on the screen.

Matthew, our cute student, he had sketched a very good picture.

On the screen he has portrayed her daddy and mommy look at the night view together.

In the reading session, children have to read one of the raffles story books, after that I gave them “television” article.

While in the activity session, children have to list down the advantages and disadvantages of television.

Most of them knew that television can be destructive but they did tell me that life would be boring without television.

The world of shapes 

Ideas from children, I just wrote it on white board

Matthew said: Daddy and Mommy watch the night view together. 

One of our good reader, he's only five year-old

AUGUST 2012 SPECIAL ACTIVITY (CLAY DOUGH CREATIVE CONTEST)

RAFFLES EDU WORLD END MONTH SPECIAL ACTIVITY

August special activity

“Things around us”

Clay dough creative contest

Date:                     26 August, 2012 (Sunday)

Time:                     12 PM

Registration Time: 11.30 AM

Location:               L4-86, Danga City Mall, Johor Bahru, Johor

Registration fee:    RM5 (Per Child)

Categories:            Category A (4 to 6)

Category B (7 to 9)

Category C (10 to 12)

(Each category will have three winners)

Call for reservations: 07-2272629

Or visit our blogspot (galaxyeduclub.blogspot.com)

(Please make your registration five days before the contest.)

*Please bring along your own palette and watercolor brushes 

Burger clay dough (sample)

August 2012 timetable (adjusted)

Beginner: 3,4,5 years old children (odd week 1,3)

Advanced: 5, 6, 7 years old children (even week 2,4)

All topics/ titles will be confirmed one week before sessions.

For reservation, please call our service center 07-2272629 (Ms Faiezah)

Due to August 2012 weekends time table clashed with Hari Raya, event and our special activity, so we would like to inform that we had made some changes on our august sessions schedule (only for phonics beginner and phonics advanced). 

11/8/2012 (Saturday) - Phonics Beginner (12.00am- 1.30pm)

2/8/2012 (Sunday) -  Phonics Advanced (12.00am- 1.30pm)

18/8/2012 (Saturday) - Phonics Beginner (12.00am- 1.30pm)

25/8/2012 (Saturday) - Phonics Advanced  (12.00am- 1.30pm)

There will be NO changes for For Storytelling and reading schedule.

21 AND 22 JULY PHONICS (BEGINNER), STORYTELLING AND READING SESSIONS (WEEK 3)

This week, we had few new students.

Welcome Elvis, Yu En and Yu Kai.

For new students, they had learned ABC and its phonics sound.

In singing session, we teach them “Hokey Pokey” song.

Through this song, we teach them to differentiate the right and left side of their bodies and understand some simple body movement such like shake and turn around.

In story telling session, I gave them short reading activity in order to assess their reading level.

During activity session, I gave them very simple spelling in order to enhance their vocabulary’s understanding.

They had learned about buses, Double Decker, schedule, chugs, front windows, passengers.

In reading session, children had read a story book- Jones and Jones: the case of missing shoes.

Each child has to read partly of the story book.

All of them can read, but the way they read lack of expressions and tones.

In the activity session, I gave them some fun riddles, but none of them can give me the correct answer.

For this first try, they had done very well. They tried their best to complete the task.

GOOD JOB! 

FUN TEST (21 JULY 2012)

What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

LET'S THINK OUT OF THE BOX (20 JULY 2012)

If you count 20 houses on your right going to the store and 20 houses on your left coming 

home, how many houses did you count?

LET'S THINK OUT OF THE BOX (19 JULY 2012)

Which direction is the bus going, left or right?

AUGUST 2012 WEEKENDS TIME TABLE

Beginner: 3,4,5 years old children

Advanced: 5, 6, 7 years old children

All topics/ titles will be confirmed one week before sessions.

For reservation, please call our service center 07-2272629 (Ms Faiezah)

PHONICS BEGINNER

Title:

Phonics ABC

Objective:

For this session, I will teach children alphabets (K and L) and its phonics sound. Besides, I will teach them number as well (1, 2 and 3). In the singing session, I will teach children to sing “Wheels on the bus” song. While in activity session, I will guide children to make a paper visor.

Title:

Phonics ABC

Objective:

For this session, I will give children alphabets exercises (K and L) Besides, I will teach them number as well (4, 5 and 6). In the singing session, I will teach children to sing “Do Re Mi” song. In the activity session, I will give them puzzle fun activity.

Phonics advanced

Title:

Months (Part 1)

Objective:

In this week, children will learn about months and its proper spelling. In the rhyme session, children will learn “wheels on the bus” song. In the activity session, the teacher will guide children to make a paper visor.

Title:

Months (Part 2)

Objective:

In this week, children will learn about months and its proper spelling. In the rhyme session, children will learn “Do Re Mi” song. In the activity session, the teacher will give them puzzle fun activity.  

Story Reading Lesson

Title:

Octopus

Objective:  

Due to children really love to know about octopus, so this week, they will learn about “octopus”.  Besides that, I will give them an article “Being friend”. In the activity session, children have to write some information about their friend. In the sharing session, children have to share their story among friends in order to boost their speech ability and confidence.

Title:

Butterfly

Objective:  

This week, children will learn about “butterfly”. Besides that, I will give them read a story about “why do you have nails”. In the activity session, I will give children to make an origami butterfly. In the sharing session, children have to tell the teacher about the function of nails and how do they take care their nails.

Reading Lesson- Weekdays/weekends

Title:

Laptop

Objective:  

In this lesson, the teacher will give children an article about “Laptop” and its characteristics. In the activity session, I will give to few questions to answer. While in sharing session, children have to come out to share their answers with friends.

Title:

Everybody is different

Objective:  

In this lesson, the teacher will guide student to learn and read a new topic which is “everybody is different”. In the activity session, I will let them to write something about them on a piece of paper. In the sharing session, children have to come out to share about their own with friends. 

AUGUST 2012 WEEKDAY TIME TABLE (WEDNESDAY)

Beginner: 3,4,5 years old children

Advanced: 5, 6, 7 years old children

All topics/ titles will be confirmed one week before sessions.

For reservation, please call our service center 07-2272629 (Ms Faiezah)

AUGUST 2012 WEEKDAY TIME TABLE (FRIDAY)

Beginner: 3,4,5 years old children

Advanced: 5, 6, 7 years old children

All topics/ titles will be confirmed one week before sessions.

For reservation, please call our service center 07-2272629 (Ms Faiezah)

14 AND 15 JULY PHONICS (ADVANCED), STORYTELLING AND READING SESSIONS (WEEK 2)

For this week's phonics advanced session, children had learned about “things on earth”.

They have to draw natural things on our mother earth.

Most of the children thought that stars, sun and moon are within our mother earth.

Because from their point of view, something that they can see means is things around them.

I did explain to them that Moon, Sun and stars are beyond the earth.

So far, they understand what earth is and what things in their surroundings.

And they able to give me lot examples as well. Good Job

In storytelling session, the children had learned about bicycle, and they also shared with teachers about their bicycle such colour of their bicycle, who bought for them, how to ride the bicycle.

In game session, I let them played memory games, and you act I talk game.

In memory game, I just want to train their memory and focus.

In you act I talk game, it can train children to have proper interaction with friends and encourage them to interact more in English.

In Reading session, we had learned about “Being friends”.

This session, children had to share something about their friends, such like their name, their age, how they become best friends, their hobby, and their friend’s characteristic.

Through this topic, we can know whether children understand their friends or not, and also how’s good is their socializing skills with others.

Children shared lot things about their best friends.

Great work children!!  

can you guess what is this?

Fun test (10 July 2012)

Spot the Mistake

Can you spot what's wrong with the following sentence?

PETER WAS ANGRY AT

HIMSELF BECAUSE HE

ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE

THE KEYS TO HIS CAR

AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE.

7 AND 8 JULY PHONICS (BEGINNER), STORYTELLING AND READING SESSIONS (WEEK 1)

This week, for the phonics beginner session, the children had learned alphabets G and H.

In singing session, I had taught them “If you happy” song.

Perhaps, children enjoy and feel happy in their learning pathways.

Besides, I also teach them to make a cute bear face.

Children are very good in their imagination, they able to create very interesting ideas in their artwork.

Children! Good job, next session, we will do another fun activity.

In the storytelling session, I teach them about “car”.

All of them know what is the car and the function of the car.

The know car’s every part’s characteristic but they could not give me its specific appellation.

In the activity session, they had designed their own brand’s car.

Each child has their own imagination, I want them to project their ideas, so we can gain a better understanding of them.

They had come out very cute ideas, I like it very much.

In the reading session, I more likely emphasize on their reading and thinking ability.

In this session, I gave them “television” articles. Each of have them have to come out and read the article.

During the activity session, children had to list down the television’s advantages and disadvantages.

My reason to give them such questions is to train them to analyze the positive and negative side of each matter.

And also create the awareness towards surrounding.