Activity objectives:

1. Recognize and understand the typical characteristics of dragon fruit.

2. Be willing to communicate the process and results in appropriate ways.

3. Experience the joy of guessing successfully.

Activity preparation:

1. A paper puppet of an apple doll.

2. One orange, one banana, and several dragon fruits. A small fruit knife and tray.

3. Two plates of fruit salad and two fruit platters made of dragon fruit shells.

4.ppt video.

Activity process:

Activity 1: Introduce the topic using the created scenario.

1. The teacher showed the paper puppet and asked: Hello, children! Do you know who I am? (Young: Apple Doll). The teacher said: By the way, guess who my apple doll’s good friends are? (Children’s guesses include: banana, pear, watermelon, peach...) You are so talented! Today I invited three of them to my home. Do you want to get to know them? (Thinking) But they like to hide and seek, so they all hid. Please help me look for it. If I find it, touch it, smell it, and then guess. You guessed it, please take a bite and tell everyone how it tastes. Are you willing to help? (Willing)

Activity 2: Game: Guess

1. (The teacher hid the oranges, bananas and dragon fruits respectively in advance). The teacher put the paper puppet of the apple doll on Take the children with you to search for them in the teacher, (hide the dragon fruit in the hardest place to find it, and let the children find it last.)

(1) The teacher and the children found oranges in the small box in the classroom, and the teacher :Wow! My first little guest is hidden here. Guess who he is? (Let the children touch and smell and tell them whether they feel cool, round, etc., smell fragrant, sour, etc. What is their final guess?) (Orange)

Teacher: What color is he? (Yellow) Want to eat? (I want to) take it out and let the children smell it (it’s fragrant) and take a bite (it’s sour and sweet).

Teacher: Yes, my orange friend feels cool to the touch, the skin is a bit rough, smells delicious, and tastes sour and sweet in your mouth. It’s so delicious.

(2) Teacher: My second little guest told me that it is yellow and curved like the moon. Guess it is... (banana), you are awesome! It invites you to taste it and tell me what it feels like (soft, sweet).

(3) Teacher: Where is the third little guest hidden in this magic bag? Children touch it (thick one).

Young: I don’t know what it is.

Teacher: Then let’s invite it out and have a look. What do you think he looks like?

Child 1: It’s red. Young 2: With leaves.

Teacher: What is it called?

Young: Dragon fruit.

Teacher: By the way, people gave it a nice name: dragon fruit based on its appearance. Have you ever eaten it?

Child 1: I have eaten. Child 2: No.

Teacher: Which of you wants to kiss it? What does it smell like?

Young: It smells good, but has no taste...

Teacher: I really want to open it and have a look and taste it. Do you think so? (Think)

Children watch the teacher cut open the dragon fruit, take a look and talk about it.

Young 1;: The inside is white. 2: There are a lot of black sesame seeds in it.

Teacher: You are really capable. The black seeds in the dragon fruit pulp are very nutritious. Eating them can help people with bowel movements and protect their stomach! Eating dragon fruit regularly can also improve your health and beauty. Want to know where dragon fruit grows? (Think)

2. The teacher explained the growth process of dragon fruit while playing the pre-made ppt.

Teacher: People like to eat dragon fruit, and there are many ways to eat it: for example, eat it like this... (Continue to play the ppt and let the children see various ways to eat dragon fruit)

Teacher : The chefs in the hotel have come up with many ways to eat it! (Put ppt and see various fruit platters)