Age Group: 5 to 6 

Activity: Dinosaur Dig Site
Physical:
-Children need to create dinosaurs using clay art and recycled material.
More challenging:
-The teacher's have to fill up a sand pit with sand
-After the children already finish making the dinosaurs the teacher will have to hide it in the sand pit
-The children have to use plastic digging tools to dig and find the dinosaurs in the sand pit

Activity: Guessing game

-Children need to read about the dinosaur they are creating
-explain about their dinosaur to the other classmates.
-Describe the dinosaur
More challenging:
-After sharing to the class the other children have to guess what is the dinosaur that is being described by the child presenting

Activity: Making their own Dinosaur

-The activity is pair work so children need to work together and consolidate their ideas and create one dinosaur
-They have to agree with the idea that is being chosen by discussing their ideas
-They have to work together to make the Dinosaur if not it will not turn out the way they want to
Emotional:
-They will have a sense of achievement after they have completed making their dinosaur through teamwork
-The children will also learn to work together by listening to each other
-They also will learn that when doing a task together it is more easier and fun

How to make the game easier:  The children can ask their teachers for information and guidance with regards to the dinosaur they are making

• Reason for choosing this age group: According to the developmental milestone, children between the age of Four to Five enjoy playing with others, are able to understand and obey simple rules most of the time, can take turns and share, like to try new things and take risks, and also understand and respect game rules. Thus, the activities that we have listed would be age appropriate for the children to participate in, and at the same time learn skills such as listening when someone else is speaking, asking meaning questions at appropriate intervals, and also realizing that people have different opinions and they should learn to be accepting towards those opinions. These skills will be helpful when the children work in groups, and also help shape the children into respectful individuals. 

Activities: 

·This activity focuses on the child’s Aesthetic and Creative Expression, Discovery Of the World through finding out more about different animals, Fine motor skills when the children cut out different shapes using scissors and paper, and also different types of grasps which is used when decorating the animal sculpture. 

· How can we make this activity challenging: Allow children to work in groups to make the animal sculpture. Allowing children to work in groups encourages more interaction among the children and gives the less abled peer an opportunity to learn from the better-abled peer. After the animal sculpture is made, the educator can get the children to present the body of the animal which they designed to the other children through doing Show and Ask. After the presentation, the educator can facilitate the children to participate in “See, Think, Wonder”. In the See category, the educator can ask the children questions such as “ Children, what do you see?” In the Think category, questions such as “ Children do you think the animal is big or small?” In the Wonder category, the educator can ask the children questions such as “ I wonder what this animal is. Children what do you think this animal is?” 
• How can we make this activity less challenging:  Instead of allowing the children to use scissors to cut of the shapes to decorate the sculpture, the educator can prepare the cut out shapes beforehand so that the children do not have to do the cutting of the shapes, which can be challenging for children.
 

• This activity focuses on the child’s Discovery Of the World through learning about what type of food do the different animals eat, and turn taking which improves patience, which is essential when working in a group.

• How can we make this activity challenging: To make the game challenging, the educator can include images of the food that animals eat. The child will be required to match the animal to the food which the animal eats. For example, if the child finds an image of a rabbit, the child would need to look for the image of a carrot to match the animal to what the animal eats. The child that has the most number of correct matches at the end of the game wins. 

• How can we make this activity less challenging:  The educator can provide a template that shows the animal and the image of the food that children need to find to match accordingly.

Emotional and Social development: Nature Scavenger hunt

•What is the activity focuses on: Discovery Of the World through looking for animals that are in their community/ around them, builds teamwork and patience in the children

•Description of activity: Teacher to prepare a list of animals for the children to look out for during their trip to the park. Children are to work in pairs and try to look for as many animals on the list as they can. Once they spot an animal, the children can put a tick beside the name of the animal. The pair of children with the most number of ticks on their paper at the end of the trip wins.

•How can we make the activity more challenging:  To make the activity more challenging, the teacher can get the children to write one sentence about each animal they see at the park.

•How can we make the activity less challenging: To make the activity less challenging, the educator can decrease the number of animals on the list.

Since most of the activities we suggested are group activities, the activities will be able to allow children to interact with other children and at the same time provide opportunity for the other children to learn from the better-abled peer, thus allowing scaffolding to occur. Group activities allow children to learn the rules in a conversion such as listen when someone is speaking, giving eye-contact, and also asking meaningful questions at appropriate intervals. Through these activities, children will also learn more about different types of animals by finding out more information about the animals, learning what the animal consumes, and the animals that are in their community.