Life of Shark: Fun-filled Facts and Secrets
The holiday season is the perfect time to learn and explore new things. Keep your children busy with an arsenal of crafts and activities to keep their boredom at bay. Having this in mind, Camelot Learning Centre is organizing a special holiday programme: ALL ABOUT SHARKS.
The mysterious ocean and its marine life always fascinate children of all ages. Come meet the sleekest and most terrifying swimmers alive today. Yet, sharks are listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the endangered species list. While they are always portrayed as man-eating predators, we want to discover the real facts about sharks. Let our little shark-lovers embark on their journey and sink their teeth into the incredible world of sharks.
What is the suitable age group for our “ALL ABOUT SHARKS” programme?
Age: 3 – 6 years old
Date: 30Nov – 3 Dec 2020
Time: 9am – 12pm
Cost: $220
Lunch (optional): $20
What are the skills children will acquire in the unit study of ALL ABOUT SHARKS?
Children will have fun learning about sharks and putting together a lapbook and various activity sheets. The lapbook includes informative pictures and cut-outs which portray the amazing facts about sharks: types of sharks, diet, habitat, anatomy and many others. Hands-on activities include classification of sharks and not sharks, sorting of different types of sharks with shark figurines, parts of a shark anatomy cards, art and crafts etc.
Register Now: Registration will close once capacity limit is reached.
Lapbook enhance numerous basic skills:
Comprehension: As children explore totally new information and expanding on their pre-existing knowledge, they get to practise reading and listening comprehension skills.
Using tools: Children will have to deal with some tools like scissor, glue scale and many more. They might need some help but it will be good practice for their fine-motor skills.
Imagination: Children will become more creative as they colour, paste, adjust, decorate and assemble many pieces of information and work on their Lapbook and craft projects.
Handwriting: They get to practise their writing skills working on the writing prompts and writing on the cut-outs.
Memory: Such activities help them to remember basic or crucial information about subject and continuous practice of it boots their memory power.
Beneficts of using a Lapbook approach for unit studies
- Lapbook helps children to review and revise the useful information about the subject or topic they have gone through. They will be encouraged to go deeper in this hands-on activity.
- It keeps track on the subject and facts. Through it, children can see their progress and the level of their learning.
- It may have its own variety as per the age, level, adapting power and intellectual capacity. So, it can be used for all ages.