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The Greedy Snail – Abbie (aged 10)

Red SnailIn the winter snow many Russian people were working.  The red snail was watching them.  Just then a loud scream came when one of the workers found a giant golden nugget.  The red snail was so amused he wanted to get that golden nugget.  So off he went to get it.  When he got there the red snail found the worker had put in on the ground.  The red snail tried to move the nugget but he could not move it fast enough.  He knew he would not be able to get away without anybody looking, but he tried anyway.  When he did move it, it rolled away with him.  The man did not know where the nugget was but he finally found it beside a dizzy snail.

Abbie – aged 10

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LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! I’M A KINAESTETHIC LEARNER

mechanicTYPES OF LEARNERS – 

Type ‘student’ into clipart and you have fifty-one pages of cartoon pupils sitting quietly at their desk diligently working away.  DREAM ON.  We know all students are not alike because all children are not alike.  In a (teacher’s) perfect world all students would be just so, but …

Approximately 15% of the population are kinaesthetic learners and that means there will be no such thing as a quiet classroom.  Kinaesthetic learners just want to touch and feel everything.  Their friends are bruised because these learners just have to thump their mates.  Their homes are a mess because they have to pull everything apart, just to see how it works.  Does that sound like someone you married?

You can picture this in your husband, but how about your little one?  How do you know you have a kinaesthetic learner on your hands?  Well for starters their teacher will probably be calling you in to complain about how disruptive they are in class.  This student finds it difficult to learn through reading and writing.  They need the hands on approach so they do better in chemistry experiments, sports and acting.  They may not even be aware of their own movement and are easily distracted by the movements of others.

By the age of 6½ they are generally classed as under-achievers or worse still hyperactive.

What can you do with this learner?  For starters accept them for who they are. There is nothing wrong with them rather it is our education system that is not geared to accept 15% of the population.  As a parent, give them down time after an active session, and reward them for the tasks they perform.  These guys may be reward driven.  Kinaesthetics learn best with images so paint them a picture of what you want from them. (For more information visit www.educ.uvic.ca )

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The man who beat the world record – Robby (aged 12)

LamborghiniBack in the 1990’s, a man drove a yellow Lamborghini all around the world to beat a world record.  The young man, who wore a yellow beany, was a millionaire because he won the lottery.

Starting at Townsville, he drove to Cape York, then went north to Russia on a private ferry which crossed the Arafura Sea, the Banda Sea, the Celebes Sea, the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.  The stop at Okhotsk ferry station was where he drove back onto land before going through Russia to Finland in his yellow Lamborghini on the bumpy roads to beat the world record.  The man, back in the 1990’s, broke the world record and destroyed the yellow Lamborghini.

Robby (aged 12)

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The Lizard – Angus (aged 8)

Lizard

In the morning there was a lizard in the jungle.  He had a very long tongue and he could change colours.  He went up a tree and he changed to brown.  He changed to brown because he wanted to be that colour. He hopped down on the grass and changed to green.

Angus (aged 8)

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The Day The Queensland Minister Got Arrested- By Robby (Aged 12)

Yesterday, down by the Cabbage creek, there was a golden retriever who works as a drug sniffing dog, having a wonderful day off from his normal day job at the Brisbane airport. He was a serious and sometimes cranky dog. Walking down by the creek was the Queensland Minister of Police getting ready for his Channel Ten interview, when the dog smelt some drugs in the back pocket of his jeans. As he was trained to do, the dog chased after the Queensland politician and bit him on the buttocks and put a lot of mud on his expensive suit. The cameraman got his camera fired up and the image went global of the Queensland Minister for Police getting arrested for drugs possession.

Robby (Aged 12)

(*Any relationship to any politician serving or retired is purely ridiculous.)

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Nelly’s and Lucya’s adventure to Mongolia – by Robby (Aged 12)

(Our writing tutor enjoys stretching the abilities of our young writers.  Robby is new to these writing exercises and it is surprising how well the young lads take to these tasks once their confidence is up.  Today they worked on making complex sentences.  How do you think he went?)

Nelly’s and Lucya’s adventure to Mongolia

BridgeThirty years ago, back in the 1980s, in the border between Russia and Mongolia, two sisters had a snow ball fight.  Winter made fifteen year old Nelly and thirteen year old Lucya so happy because they both had fun having snow ball fights and building snow men. One day the sisters went on an adventure and crossed the border into Mongolia at the town of Tashanta in an old white truck on the rough rocky track. When girls’ father Olag told them about the Bridge of Death he was smiling but when they got there, they screamed all the way over the old broken bamboo poles that stretched across the river where it had ripped a big hole in the road. When they arrived in Mongolia they told all their new friends about the Bridge of Death and how to fight with snow balls.

Robbie (Aged 12)

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Kookaburras – Bethany (aged 11)

KookaburraKookaburras are found in trees and in forests and when they are found, they make a laughing noise to call their mates.  Kookaburras have feathery wings and long beaks which help them catch their food.  If you are having a picnic, be careful of kookaburras as they sometimes steal your food when you don’t expect it.  They lay their eggs in a nest and the dad keeps them warm while the mother goes to look for food for the babies.  The mates all meet in trees.

Bethany (aged 11)

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The Red Ant – by Dardo (aged 7)

Red AntOnce an ant was in his nest for the winter but then some snow fell in and it was very cold.  The little fire ant was frightened that an avalanche was coming down the hill to his nest.  He ran away to Mount Everest which was up high.  He built a gigantic new nest where he went to sleep for the winter.

 
Dardo (aged 7)

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The Mystery – by Oscar (aged 8)

hikerA boy named Dean was walking in the morning on a steep mountain because he was trying to get away from thinking about money. While he walked, he met Major Walnut.

Dean asked Major Walnut ‘Is money good or bad?’

Major Walnut said ‘Money is the main thing.’

Dean and major Walnut saw a pretty girl who was in trouble.  She was in danger.  Dean said to Major Walnut “What is going on around here? I just met you and now a pretty girl is in trouble and now the bad men are holding on to her?”

The girl was smiling.  She had pink cheeks which were very bright.  Silently she said “Thank you very much.” She hugged the two blokes, Dean and Major Walnut.

‘We are a pair of heroes!’ laughed the two friends as they said ‘good bye’ to the girl.

Oscar (aged 8)

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The Giant Trap! – by Abbie (aged 10)

little girlGeorgina rushed into the veterinary surgery when the sun was rising. The grand-daughter of Uncle Tom, she was a pretty girl but she was always into mischief.  Uncle Tom was a good old man who loved his grand-daughter but he had many secrets that he never told people.

With a wild yell, Uncle Tom rushed into the veterinary surgery but he could not see Georgina anywhere. He got out his blue phone and started to call her but he couldn’t get hold of her.

“Thump! Thump! Thump” heard Uncle Tom. He looked behind him and ‘Bang!” he was gone!  A little while later he found himself in a black dark room where he found Georgina.

“How did you find me?” said Georgina.

“Well, I heard you scream because I was next door at the sports shop,” he replied. Uncle Tom had something secret in his mind.

Two hours later…

“Who were those people who made me scream?” asked Georgina.

“My boss, the man I work for,” said Uncle Tom.

‘So you knew all along and you did not tell me,” said Georgina in surprise.

“Well I saw you running along the fields and I rang up my boss and said that we should frighten you so I did,” said Uncle Tom, being proud of himself.  Just then ‘bang!” Uncle Tom was hit by a frying pan. The person who threw it was Georgina’s mother!  Georgina was so proud to see her. Her mother put down the pan and they all went home to bed.

Abbie (aged 10)

This story was the result of a creative writing game played at our tuition room during the school holidays.  The process for the game may be located under Creative Writing Game on our Study Tools page.  Our maths Tutor participated with Abbie on this exercise.  You can read his story – Caught! 

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