May - Aidil Fitri Greetings!

In this age of digital technology, nothing beats the warmth of receiving a handmade greeting card! With the festivities and holidays that come soon with Hari Raya, we took the Bugs through creating their very own greeting card - a window pop-up card!

The project generated several interesting ideas and inspired our little ones to 'make   instead of buy’, showing how a touch of creativity can spice up an otherwise common greeting card.

For added excitement and anticipation, the cards will be posted this year to revive the experience of traditional mail - a soon to be forgotten practice....

Learning Outcome: Raya thematic expressions, window Pop-up card making, understanding motifs, exercise in composition, show of creativity and self-expression, and receipt of mail.

May - What’s the time now?

A study in 2017 finds most children in this digital age struggling to read analog clocks. Knowing how to tell time is a very important skill. Being able to tell time by looking at a traditional clock is essential to understanding other things like time zones and international times as well. Learning how to tell time can also help kids with their motor and cognitive skills as well as mathematical skills.

Today our students were taught the basics of reading an analog clock.To reiterate the topic, a wide range of materials available in the class were given to our Bugs to design their own clock face type, complete with the hour and minute hands. They came up with their very own unique version of the analog clock to proudly call their own

Learning outcome: Reading analog clocks, cognitive skills and individual creativity

May - Do Not Litter!

Save the Environment!!!Pollution of the air, pollution of water and pollution of the soil - our Bugs were given a lesson on how they can in their small way keep our environment clean by first adopting ....'Do not litter'

To help our little ones understand better about pollution, they were first shown a video on what is pollution, the 3 types of pollution and how it deprives the environment of life forms and living organisms. Encouraging our little Bugs to embark on their first initiative of protecting the environment, we taught them poster art to build awareness.  They were given the choice to select their subject matter and use the medium of water colours or crayons to bring out the message.

The class ended with each of them championing the cause and speaking up for it. 

Learning Outcome: Pollution, the types and outcome; 'Do not litter as a first initiative through poster art; building self-confidence to speak up for what they champion.

April - I CAN DRAW!

There were few occasions when my students complained, ”I can’t/ don’t know how to draw”. This ‘problem’ is also that of most adults who somehow have the notion of an ‘inability to draw’ creeping in due to a lack of self confidence and peer pressure.

Today’s lesson was more on confidence building; reversing some of the negative beliefs and finding joy in the process of creating art and not focusing so much on the outcome.

Learning outcome: build self confidence, skills enhancement in tracing technique, visual judgement, placements and composing line, shapes and tones.

April - Our Solar System

The Solar System up close! What better way to educate children on the marvel of the Universe than through art?

Our bugs were taken on a 'journey into space' today, familiarizing themselves with 8 other planets in relation to that we all live on - Earth.

There was an air of excitement and wonderment as they were guided through making representations of the solar system

with paper, scissors, colours, and glue.

Learning outcome: the solar system, size, distance and space, colour choice

April - ART IN CULTURE : Wau Bulan

Art plays an important role in our multicultural Malaysia. Learning and Understanding cultural art promotes knowledge, appreciation, integration and tolerance in our Malaysian society. Today, our Bugs were introduced to the traditional art - the ‘Wau Bulan’ or famous Malaysian moon kite. Class started with a brief introduction to the "Wau" and its parts. Next, they were guided step-by-step on constructing first the frame, leading eventually to the completed kite with its head, wing, waist and tail.

Learning outcome: Wau-making and its parts, its history and cultural significance and the embodiment of art form

April - Value-Shading

Our bugs j-u-s-t LOVE to play with colours, and who wouldn't? After all, we are surrounded by a world of beautiful colours! So, to pique their interest further, we took our Bugs through the colouring technique of Tone-shading. They were introduced to how shading can add value to the subject ....giving it dimensions as in heights, depths, size, distance and direction of light source. So, what can be a downright ordinary subject or object came to life with the application of Value-shading. Learning outcome: knowledge of Value-shading with colours, awareness of dimensions, direction of light source, and attention to details