Chip Bee Science Play Dates
方圆之间 THE SPECTRUM FROM SQUARES TO CIRCLES
Shaping up with local fruits
Our book this week is all about local Singaporean fruits and their shapes. Starting with 10 minutes of free play at pre-set stations, we then engage in our book of the week “Who Stole Our Fruits? 谁偷了我们的水果”. We talk about the shapes of different fruits and seeds and solve the mystery of the forest garden thieves (or which animals might have enjoyed what fruit for dinner)!
Shape Sorting
We explore different shapes, from circles to triangles, squares and stars. Children can match the shape to the outline will count the sides of the shapes. We will also play with tessellations and have fun creating patterns!
Learning Outcomes: Shape names, patterns, counting
Mandarin words: triangle: 三角形 (sānjiǎoxíng), square: 正方形 (zhèngfāngxíng), circle: 圆形 (yuánxíng), line: 线 (xiàn), oval: 椭圆形 (Tuǒyuánxíng), rectangle: 长方形 (chángfāngxíng), star: 星形 (xīngxíng)
Shape dance
Children dance around on a mat and when the music stops a shape will be called out. They will stand on the matching shape and when all friends have found the right shape the team can sit down.
Song: 上中文课 Shapes Song
Learning Outcomes: Shape names, teamwork, follow basic movement instructions, free dancing
Mandarin words: triangle: 三角形 (sānjiǎoxíng), square: 正方形 (zhèngfāngxíng), circle: 圆形 (yuánxíng), line: 线 (xiàn), oval: 椭圆形 (Tuǒyuánxíng), rectangle: 长方形 (chángfāngxíng), star: 星形 (xīngxíng)
Fabulous Fruit
We talk about different fruits, and that fruits can be different shapes and colours. We sort fruits into groups and count the number of fruits in each group. We will then talk about why each fruit is different, then weigh each fruit to see what is heavier. We arrange the different fruits from lightest to heaviest and then each child will match the line of fruit to the fruit stickers in their scrapbook.
Song: 水果歌The Fruits Song
Words: fruit: 水果 (shuǐguǒ), watermelon: 西瓜 (xīguā), papaya: 木瓜 (mùguā), orange: 橙子 (chéngzi), apple: 苹果 (píngguǒ), banana: 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo), grapes: 葡萄 (pútáo), mango: 芒果 (mángguǒ)
Fruit Stall
We play with buying and selling fruits! Children each take a hand puppet of their choice and approach the fruit seller to buy a piece of fruit (with paper tokens). We will help the younger children with this activity.
Learning outcomes: concept of buying and selling, counting money, recall fruit names, recall animal names
Words: buy: 买 (mǎi), sell: 卖 (mài),, dollar: 元 (yuán), have: 有 (yǒu), want: 要 (yào), like: 喜欢 (xǐhuān), I: 我 (wǒ), you: 你 (nǐ)