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On the 11th of April 2011, the children together with their teachers, parents, and some guardians went for our very first field trip. We experienced the prehistoric world of dinosaurs through the ‘Dinos Alive!’ exhibition in the National Science Centre. We learnt about the dinosaurs together as a team. We learnt what the word “dinosaur” means, what they are, their diet, their names, some of their special features, and more. During the trip, the children also learnt to wait for their turn to do an activity, wash their hands, ask questions, and so on. Even the parents had a great time bonding and learning about each other. Besides that, we had an amazing time learning together!

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Listen Well, Focus Well

In Amazing Kids, we believe that children will learn best when they learn to listen well and focus well. Listening well requires children to keep quiet when others are speaking. Here, children are trained to put up their hands to ask questions when they don’t understand. They are only allowed to do so when others have finished speaking. Then, they wait until their name is called. They are encouraged to ask questions politely, by saying “Please.”

As for focusing well, children are to look at the speaker when they are spoken to. In Amazing Kids, children are taught to have eye contact with the speaker. This way, children learn to respect the speaker. At the same time, they establish a relationship with the speaker.

What happens when children listen well and focus well? Well, well, well, they will complete their tasks with excellence!

Look At Me

Why should children learn about their ‘self’?
It is important for children to know who they are because they are unique and have individual identities. No one child is alike. Knowing that they are special will help them to have a good self-esteem. Children with good self-esteem naturally exert self-confidence. Confident children will overcome all challenges they face positively. Nonetheless, it is equally important for children to know their physical self. Knowing their physical self will encourage them to care and protect their body (hygiene, health, and safety). Besides that, knowing their body well will add on to their confidence too.

The children learnt about their body parts, the functions of their body parts, and how to care for their body in the first quarter of the year. The learning experiences were carried out through creative activities like making a mask, drawing facial expressions on balloons, building a body using balloons, crawling on stools, hopping around like kangaroos, crawling like little green iguanas, clapping to musical rhythms and watching videos.

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