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Half of Week 9 and the whole of Week 10 are like “free weeks” as all curriculum and worksheet covered and done. Unlike my previous experiences where week 9 and 10 will be revision through worksheet or just teaching, in LSK the children are having revision in much fun ways, experiments and hands-on!

Check out the theme for K2 - - Water - - quite a “rare” theme compared to the “usual” theme you see across many kindergartens.

What the children learnt/accomplished:
1) States of water and its examples - solid, liquid, gas
2) Water cycle - evaporation, condensation, precipitation
3) Uses of water - home use, industrial & agricultural use, recreation
4) Four National Water Taps - reservoir, imported water, new water, desalinated water
5) Reservoirs in Singapore - there are 14 of them
6) New Water - the process, the infos, visited the NeWater Centre
7) mindmap on water, water cycle and their visit to NeWater etc etc

Hmm… probably you are thinking can the children understand all the above “chim” concepts taught and big words used?
Yes they can! =) And some of them even know it BEFORE I explain.

Previous week one of the experiments the principal Mrs E Tan did with the children was to try putting water on different materials and get children to see which evaporates first/faster - tissue, paper or cup? After which she had discussion/sharing with the children to recap the concepts before getting them to work on mindmap.

Last week the children did another experiment and this time to find our the differences of evaporation on different materials and to predict which will dry faster/first.
- plastic and styrofoam plates
- plastic and styrofoam bowls
- woodeen and plastic chopsticks
- silk cloth or rugged cloth
- plastic glove or knitter

Beside all the experiments, the children also more fun experiments/experiences at the atrium where children get to have more hands-on activities at the different “Water Stations“.