Learn about Whales

Date: 27th January 2015
Day: Tuesday
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Class: Starfruit
Theme: Beautiful Ocean
Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Learn about Whales

Before going into the subtopic - whales, today, I shared a big book with the children. It's about dolphin. From the big pictures, the children could see the dolphin clearly.

Then, we went through the difference between a shark and a dolphin so that the children could have a better concept of it.

After that, I shared some information about whales. Basically, these are what I shared:

- Whales are mammals, they give birth to babies
- Whales feed their babies with milk
- Whales can't stay long in the water, they need to come up to the surface to breathe
- There are 2 types of whales - 1) toothed whales such as killer whales, sperm whales etc
                                                    -usually eat fish and squid or hunt for seal and sea lions
                                                2) baleen whales such as blue whales, humpback whales
                                                    - eat tiny sea creatures

I prepared a free hand drawing of a dolphin for each child. They could colour it and paste it at home.