Showing posts with label Passport around the World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passport around the World. Show all posts

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Let's fly to New Zealand

In the month of April, we visited New Zealand and learnt that it is located in the continent of Australasia.
Let's sing the 7 continents song, shall we?

There are 7 continents in the world, 
7 continents in the world.
North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia...
Not forgetting Australasia,
Not forgetting Antartica!

After going through our discussion on what the children know about New Zealand, Meera, our classmate, told Ms. Fizah that she had been there!
Hence, Ms. Fizah told Meera to share her experiences with us.
Meera's parents were very much involved in getting her ready for her presentation about her trip to New Zealand. We really appreciate it!

Below are pictures of Meera sharing her knowledge and experiences.
It was awesome looking at Meera's presentation. 
We were especially amazed to know that there were penguins' nest built under the cottage that Meera resided at! She also shared her experience of riding the helicopter, on board a cruise and her family driving through a road which has thick forest on both side.



Thank you, Meera, for sharing your New Zealand experiences with us!

Apart from Meera's presentation, Ms. Jane also bought green and golden kiwi fruits for us! Some of us had tasted the kiwi fruits before, while it was the first time for a few of us. 

We realised that green kiwi fruit has thicker hair than the golden kiwi fruit. 

We were observing the seeds in the kiwi fruits. There were a lot of them and extremely small too! 

Time to taste the fruit! Oooooh!!! The green kiwi fruit definitely tasted slightly sour, though!

To end our learning journey, we also did hand / face painting just like the Maoris, the aboriginals of New Zealand!

Look at our palm!






Look at our arms!

Look at our face!

Mummy and Daddy, could you please watch the Haka dance with us on YouTube? Let's try doing the Haka Dance together at home!



Thursday, April 30, 2015

Maori Facial Painting

During our Passport Around the World, we explored New Zealand's culture and visited Maori's tribe. Children were shown videos on Haka tribe cultural dance, as well as their facial painting. As an extended activity, children had their face / hand painted. 









They were all excited and looking forward to be painted! Though some of them preferred to be painted on their hand.
Apart from this, they tried green and golden kiwi as it is the fruit that represent New Zealand. They all could dance well to the tribal dance too! You may search from YouTube and dance along with them!