We kicked start our Chinese New Year Unit Study by painting on paper plates. The kids love working on art pieces so they really enjoyed it. To my pleasant surprise, Alfee was very comfortable with painting. He seemed to have little inhibition. Sophie was a little more conscious and she strived to prefect her creation. Of course, I provided them a few good examples of porcelain plates and did a simplified sample for them.
The end products are quite nice. I did a little touch up on both the plates. I must remember to kick this habit of mine.
After all the cleaning up, I took out the lightbox so that they could play with it. I had to consolidate all my translucent objects and frankly, I was surprised to have found so many items. I also added two new LED lights to make it even brighter.
The lightbox is one of those DIY learning cum sensory tool that I really appreciate. The kids' interest in it is unexplainable and instinctive. Alfee naturally took a bead and started spinning it while Sophie lined all the counters around the edge. I took a piece of transparency and wrote the first letter of their name on it. Then they form the letter with counters on the lightbox.
They did a few rounds of free play, creating designs and pictures with whatever they have. Of course, they fought for more space and time on the lightbox, but overall, they were sharing.
After a while, their enthusiasm seemed to have dampened a little. So I drew them a crude looking maze and told them to push an item through to the finishing point, using a straw. Both did it and their time were recorded. Alfee had little chance of winning Sophie but he did pretty well. He was able to focus on his task.
The last game wasn't too well executed but the idea was there. The aim was to push the bead into your opponent's goal with a straw. Alfee had little idea what the game was about, but Sophie was nice enough to help them score a goal.
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