Learn all about vehicles: cars, planes, trains and ships.
June Workshop 1 - Be a Mechanic
- Dates: 29-31st May
- Time: 2-4pm
Class details for 3-4 yrs old:
Day 1:
- World knowledge: How does a car look like? What different parts does it have?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'car'
- Numeracy: Recognising and writing the numbers '2' and 4' in its numerical and word form
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who repairs cars? What does he do?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'mechanic'
- Numeracy: Simple addition and subtraction (broken cars vs repaired cars)
Day 3:
- Geography: Where do we drive the car to? (Simple map skills)
- Language: Fluency and clarity in giving simple directions to reach a destination
- Numeracy: Discovering numbers on licence plates
Class Details for 5-6 yrs old:
Day 1:
- STEM: How does a car look like?
- Language and reading: What information can we get from a car advertisement?
- Numeracy: Skip counting in twos
Day 2:
- World knowledge: What does a car mechanic do and where does he work at?
- Language: Constructing simple sentences about the job of a car mechanic
- Numeracy: Comparing number of cars in the workshop (Graph skills)
Day 3:
- Geography: Where do we drive the car to? (Understanding the neighbourhood map)
- Language: Writing out a clear set of instructions to reach a destination
- Numeracy: Discovering numbers in addresses and their patterns
June Workshop 2 - Be a Pilot
- Dates: 5-7 June
- Time: 2-4pm
3-4yrs
Day 1:
- World knowledge: How does a plane look like? What different parts does it have?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'airplane'
- Numeracy: Counting the number of passengers in an airplane (Comparing more or less)
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who flies the plane? What does he do?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'pilot'
- Numeracy: Identifying the terminal numbers at an airport
Day 3:
- Geography: Which countries does the plane fly to? (Matching flags to the right countries)
- Language: exploring letter 'S' for Singapore
- Numeracy: Exploring numbers on flight numbers
5-6yrs
Day 1:
- STEM: How does a plane look like?
- Language and reading: Exploring an instructional text (Take off instructions read out by the flight attendant)
- Numeracy: Simple grouping and regrouping of passengers (multiplication skills)
Day 2:
- World knowledge: What does a pilot do and where does he work at?
- Language: Describing the flight of a plane Part 1
- Numeracy: Time-telling Part 1
Day 3:
- Geography: Which countries does the plane fly to? (Knowing about different continents and where some countries lie on the map)
- Language: Describing the flight of a plane Part 2 (departing from, arriving at, transiting at)
- Numeracy: Time-telling Part 2
June Workshop 3 - Be a Train Operator
- Dates: 12-14 June
- Time: 2-4pm
3-4yrs
Day 1:
- World knowledge: How does a train look like? What different types of trains are there?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'train'
- Geometry: What shapes do you see on a train? (2D shapes)
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who operates the train?
- Language: Alphabet train
- Numeracy: Number and word correspondence
Day 3:
- Geography: Where does the train go?(Looking at the train map)
- Language: Discussing graciousness on the train with The Thoughtful Bunch
- Numeracy: Money-counting of $1 coins and knowing what they can buy with it (Number sense)
5-6yrs
Day 1:
- STEM: How does a train look like?
- Language: Short story-writing Part 1
- Geometry: What shapes do you see on a train? (3D shapes)
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who operates the train and where does he work at?
- Language: Short story-writing Part 2
- Numeracy: Comparing number of stations among the different train lines (more than/less than)
Day 3:
- Geography: Where does the train go? (Looking at the train map)
- Language: Discussing graciousness on the train with The Thoughtful Bunch
- Numeracy: Money-counting (Train trip purchase and budgeting)
June Workshop 4 - Be a Sailor
- Dates: 19-21st June
- Time: 2-4pm
3-4yrs
Day 1:
- World knowledge: How does a boat look like? What different types of boats are there?
- Language: Recognising and writing the word 'boat' and 'ship'
- Numeracy: Ordering by size
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who sails the boat/ship?
- Language: Emergent Reader Skills Part 1
- Numeracy: Simple patterning
Day 3:
- Geography: Where does the boat/ship sail on?
- Language: Emergent reader skills Part 2 (The boat sails on…)
- Numeracy: Number matching and correspondence
5-6yrs
Day 1:
- STEM: How does a boat look like?
- Language: Writing a recipe text-type 'How to build a boat' (materials needed and instructions)
- Numeracy: Boat sorting into diferent types
Day 2:
- World knowledge: Who sails the ship and where does he work at?
- Language:' A sailor went to sea' rhyme
- Numeracy: Simple multiplication (grouping and regrouping)
Day 3:
- Geography: Which seas will the ship/boat sail on?
- Language: 'Row row row your boat' nursery rhyme
- Numeracy: Exploring the use of compasses to navigate and their numerical directions
Credit: image of Busy Tables Indoor Playground
Age
3–6
Price
Price per 1 workshop: 200 SGD
Price per 2 workshops: 380 SGD
Price per 3 workshops: 540 SGD
Price per 4 workshops: 680 SGD
Telephone number
+65 8420 0200
Links
Address
Singapore35 Rochester Drive Rochester Mall #03-22, Singapore 138639
How to get there?
- MRT
A mere 3-5 minutes walk from Buona Vista MRT Station (CC22/EW21). Take Exit D to MOE Headquarters, and Busy Tables is diagonally across.
- Bus
Buses: 74, 91, 92, 92M, 95, 191, 196, 198, 200
- Self-drive / Taxi
It takes about 15 minutes to drive here from the City. There are open air, basement as well as multi-storey parking.
- Via Central Expressway (CTE) from the City:
Take the CTE towards AYE
Take exit 8 at AYE and turn right onto North Buona Vista road
Turn left into Rochester Park.
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