Crab

Date: 21^st March 2014

Day: Friday

Time: 4:00-5:00pm

Class: Starfruit

Theme: Underwater World

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Crab

Today, we started to learn about crab. We had some brainstorming session before we went in to the details or facts about crab.

Teacher: Do you still remember which sea animal loves to eat crab?

Children: Whale….shark…..

Teacher: Do you remember seal or walrus?

Children: Yes.

Teacher: Seal or walrus eats crab. They love to eat crustacean, fish and other sea creatures.

[I drew some pictures under crustacean.]

Children: Oh, crab….prawn….

Teacher: Yes, crab is under crustacean. How many legs does a crab have?

Children: Two.

Teacher: Are you sure only two?

Children: Ten. [They raised and showed me their ten fingers.]

Teacher: Let’s count and see how many legs does a crab have?

[I drew a picture of a crab on the whiteboard with all the details on it and I started to count together with the children. They counted 8 legs.]

These are some facts that I introduced to the children today:

-          Crab has hard shell

-          Crab has 8 legs

-          Crab has 2 pincer

-          Crab lay eggs and female crab carries the babies until they are being released into the water

-          Female crab’s stomach is larger compare to male crab

-          Crab eats small fish, shrimp, earthworm etc