Testing with children #2 - day four
I started with the pre-primary today. Really, when compared to our own children, the kiddys here so much matured. They scare me sometimes. LOL. Anyway, working with the younger children is slightly more relaxed than the Year 1s. I wonder why... :)
#1-Boy. This is a smart little boy. He could logically repeated all the instructions that I told him while he was doing the FIT. First, put a dot INSIDE all the shapes on the right.... And the cutest thing is, he is also at the stage where no matter what people do, it must be FAIR. Equal slices of pizzas, cakes; taking turns at the swings; voting to make a decision; this is where the funny part comes in. The last story scenario: "If you want to buy a Mars bar, but there's only one left at the supermarket and some other person reaches for it at the same time, what would you do?" This little boy exclaimed loudly after I presented all the possible options, "I don't like all the options! They should break the chocolate into the half and share it!" LOL. I did say the story takes place in a supermarket, right? ^^
#2-Girl. I only learned that this little girl was the daughter of the teacher of their class. How cute.
#3-Girl.
#4-Boy. This little boy told me that his favourite game is "Paper, scissors, rock" so when he requested for a break, we played this game together. 1 round = 3 times to decide winner. So we played. At the beginning, I didn't really think much about it and just motioned an action that came to mind.. For this break, he won the first round, and I won the second round. At the second break, he won both rounds. Ah.. Somehow playing this game made him quite excited, so he was asking for more breaks than necessary. But at the same time, it was a good motivation for him to finish a part of the task really quickly so that he got to play "Paper, scissors, rock" again. Anyway, I figured the reason why he kept on winning was because I weren't very serious yet. So I got a little serious. But.... He still won both rounds during the 3rd break, again. (-_-) He was getting elated, I was getting a little depressed. Am I sure I couldn't win against a mere little boy at Paper, scissors, rock? So I tried harder at the games. Anyway, in the end, I sent a happy, jumping little boy back in the class, while his companion was smiling on the outside, but shattering in the inside. *stared at fist* (T^T)
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LUNCHTIME.
I had my sandwich while sitting on their little benches. The kids were playing around the grounds, and two little girls came up to me (#5 was one of them), exclaiming their memory was VERY GOOD! (I told them in the morning that I want to see how their minds worked when the teacher introduced me to their class.)
#5: I remembered when I was borned, my mother went to the donut factory besides the hospital.
Me: (O_o)
Ooh.. So what was the flavour of the donut? (Purposely~)
#5: Erm..I don't know... Oh! It was the normal donut. The cinnamon one. It is also my favourite!"
Me: *sweats*
Later I overheard her telling the teacher the same story, and I was quite impressed with the teacher's reaction, "Really? I didn't know they have donuts factory besides hopsitals?"
GirlA: I can remember when I was a baby, my mummy sang lullabys to me.
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#5-Girl. This little girl was extremely excited everytime I went into their classroom to collect a kid. She will be looking at the me with her big eyes that screamed, "My turn~~~ my turn~~~~~" But she wasn't on my list when I checked for her name in the morning. Oh dear, she really get a little sad after that, went sulking in the corner. 'cos #2, #3 was her best friends. So best friends must do everything together? Luckily she didn't sulk very long. And the funny thing is, half-way in the afternoon, I received her consent form from the teacher. Did the mum come in just to give her consent form? (Hahha.. I shall not "stick any gold" on my face... LOL.)
#6-Girl. Woah, this little girl looks like the caucasian version of my niece. Really. While I was doing the testing with her, I can't help but kept on staring at her face. Anyway, since she was not that focused, I was thinking of trying the "Paper, scissors, rock" trick on her. Games = Focus. Unfortunately, when I asked her, "do you like Paper, scissors, rock?" She replied, "those are baby games~" *MAJ SWEATS* Anyway, later I learnt from her that the "easy peasy" that Noodle was telling me about has a even longer version, so I got a little excited and tried to remember the whole thing (so that later I can go back and tell Noodle mah), but the second time when I repeated it for her to check whether I got it correct, she said without much expression on her face, "Whatever, it doesn't really matter" -STAB- That's the second knife she plunged in me that day. LOL. Hmm..I can't remember the full length version liao, but it has 6 words and there was a "lemoon" or something like that~~
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Anyway, from there I went to meet Noodle and Cheryl in the city. I missed the 34 bus again, so I walked into the town to catch other buses. Just in time to hop onto an empty bus that was droven by a Singapore UNCLE. I think he was extremely bored, so we started talking.. Well, he started asking alot of questions. Anyway, this uncle was not as cuuute as the children, so I shall not repeat the conversation.
Met Noodle and Cheryl for a lovely dinner at Saigon. Yummy~~ Pork chop and chicken rice(s)~~~ Ah, please STOP ME next time if I want to order their coffee again okay? -_-; The food was good (minus the coffee). The company was good. Heheh. But hor, I seriously can't remember why we did it this monday :) Anyway, my conclusion? We should do this more often!! Heheh.. Next week next week :)