Today's lesson was the concluding lesson for our project and we wanted to make it a success for the children. It was indeed a success in that the children had fun. Although the materials were lacking, we managed to improvise on the spot and link all the joints together to create a very long caterpillar instead of small individual ones. The K1 class was indeed very excited to see the caterpillar and were very happy to know that each of them had made part of the caterpillar.
Also, our class managed to tie in the lesson to recycling at the end, when our group (me, Benjamin and Timothy) related the toilet rolls back to recycling, albeit the language being a little crude. Overall, the lesson was alright, although there were a few problems such as the children not knowing how to use the glue or tear the magazines into smaller pieces. However, with our help, they managed just fine and eventually each had two small joints of their own design. The group members then helped string all of these joints together to create the final product, a long caterpillar, which the children were all very excited about.
What's left now is to prepare for the showcase on Sunday, where parents as well as some members of the government body in charge of this kindergarten will be present. The products from our lesson will be on showcase and we will present some small gifts to the teachers.
