Introduction to Boats

Date: 16^th April 2013

Day: Tuesday

Time: 4:30 – 5:30pm

Class: Pomegranate

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Happy, Happy Transportation –Introduction to Water Transportation

Before I started any introduction, I let the children had a brainstorming of the names of water transportation that they know.

Wei Lok: ship

Phoeon: motorboat

Wei Ni: boat

Jun Qian: water rafting (I told water rafting is a game, not a transportation)

Yi Han: submarine

Kwan Ming: rowboat

Jia Jia: yacht

Yu Xi: ferry

Bee Chien: sailboat

Derek: speedboat

We also had a brainstorming session of why people created water transportation in the olden time. The explanation I gave was that in the olden time, people stayed near to the river and when they need to travel, they can either walk or make use of the river by inventing boat to move from place to another place.

Introduction to Canoe

The facts about canoe:

-          first type of boats ever built

-          looks like the ones American Indians built long ago out of wood and bark

-          shape: long and narrow

-          can only hold a few people and light things

-          only moves on calm water

-          used paddles to glide quietly through the water