Theme- Aquatic Animals Aquatic life is not just adventurous, it is full of surprises! These water animals are a houseful of fun, information, and mystery. To get our children acquainted with these surprises, we helped them navigate from one aquatic animal to another, explore about their food habits, body parts, characteristics etc. Children were surprised to discover some of the interesting facts about these aquatic animals. Verbal Linguistic From classroom learning to social communication to texting and email, our modern world is built around listening to or reading words for meaning and expressing knowledge through spoken language. So we create an unconditional language immersion environment for our young learners where they are acquiring the habit to speak in complete sentences while communicating with peers and educators. They loved to recite theme related rhymes such ‘One, two, three, four and five….’, ‘holding up a sea shell’ etc. and jolly phonics songs for letters- Q q, R r and S s. Identification of these letters was also stressed upon along with naming words which begin with these beginning sounds. Our pre-readers, also explored storybooks which took them to magical worlds with fantastical characters, to faraway lands with unique animals etc. It was interesting to hear their imaginative perceptions. Logical/Mathematical Everything can have a connection to math, and math connects to everything. Jumping, clapping, and climbing stairs, for example, are all ways to practice counting. When children recognize, form, play with, and combine shapes, they are not only learning about geometry, but also might be experimenting with visual art, architecture, and science. When children followed a story, or learnt about movement of aquatic animals etc. they made mental pictures of the scenes and characters, using such phrases as ‘seahorse either moves in upward direction or sideways’. They also applied logical - mathematical intelligence to solve problems in terms of matching, sorting the things, recognising the shape ‘heart’. Also, identification of number ‘7’ along with quantification was introduced. They experienced sensorial learning through the concept of ‘rough and smooth’. Bodily kinaesthetic Our learners benefitted from hands-on, activities which had manipulative as making Eid craft; decorating diyas and painting ‘kalash’ for Diwali. The fact that children, by nature are active and energetic little creatures which act out their learning, was pretty evident when they participated in games such as jumping on shapes, moving the toy cars on the assigned shapes, attempting PT drill while speaking numbers from 1 to 20. Naturalistic What goes in our tummy can be grown in the vegetable garden was well experienced by our little explorers. They were thrilled to spot winter vegetables such as spinach, radish, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. Also, children acquired life skills of keeping their belongings at an appropriate place. Musical Musical activities (such as playing an instrument, singing or just listening to music) stimulate the brain, and this brain workout leads to improved brain structure with the formation of new neural connections. Children strengthened their neural connections by recapitulating the rhymes covered previously and also recited, ‘Machli jal ki rani hai’ related to aquatic animals in Indian music. In western music sessions, children recited theme related rhymes such as ‘Holding up a Sea Shell’, ‘Three Little Fish’. The exciting part for them was to begin practice to sing Christmas carols and get ready for Christmas. Interpersonal Birthday celebration The theme for this birthday party was super fascinating for children. Children came prepared with their props related aquatic animals. Birthday card was given to the child who had his birthday in the month of November. The educator briefed them about Do’s and Don’ts of how to behave in a birthday party. The usage of magic words, please, thank you, sorry and excuse me was stressed well. Meal Time Our children enjoyed having sumptuous meals every day. It is good to see how they reminded each other about the correct grip over cutlery and eat with grace and courtesy, raise silent hands if they want more portion of food. They are more than happy to practice daily-living skills such as laying mats and wearing aprons, keeping their dishes in the trolley after the meals, wiping their faces. They religiously wished the support staff who serves food and also thanked them without fail. Co scholastic Domains Montessori Children recapitulated the following practical life exercises in the montessori lab- spooning, dry and wet pouring, cleaning the floor using dust pan and brush. They also made an attempt to use the sandpaper letters from ‘a to p’ thereby developing their muscular and visual memory. Tab kids This month children enjoyed playing ‘catch the fish’ game. Recapitulation of the tracing of pre-writing patterns was done through a variety of examples. Imaginarium Children enjoyed exploring the learning centres which our Imaginarium houses. These learning centres create exceptional learning environment wherein children acquire social skills of sharing and waiting for one’s turn. They expanded their verbal skills while interacting with each other. Their imagination went beyond boundaries while constructing blocks and lego table. The grooming centre and kitchen corner were the favourite zones for pretend play and the transport play zone was a hit amongst the boys. Drama Using drama in the initial years of education is the most important way of expressing the person’s feeling in a healthy manner, to improve the child’s imagination, to enable the child to think and act independent, to improve the child’s social awareness and cooperative awareness. The stories, ‘Monkey and the crocodile’ and ‘The Gold Fish’ were narrated with appropriate expressions and the children found it really amusing and loved copying the expressions. Dance Dancing is so much fun for kids. It allows them to stay active in a fun and exciting way. All the while, practicing the ‘butterfly dance’ and preparing for ‘Christmas dance’, our children developed important social and emotional skills without even realizing it. They acquired good body posture and increased balance and coordination to some extent. Pottery Children broadened their repertoire of actions: squeezing, stretching, crushing, hitting, shredding, flattening, rolling etc. to make an octopus, starfish, teeth of shark (aquatic animals) using clay. They also made certain things out of their imagination and choice such as a snake, ball, lollipop etc. Events Gurupurab We are always a step forward for teaching children the lessons of life and the human values ‘Sanskar’ which are diluting in today’s society. The children were briefed about the first Guru of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Gurupurab, the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The students chanted the Shabad ‘Aad sach jugad sach’ in the praise of the Almighty as the Shabad promulgates the unique ideology of Guru Nanak Dev Ji of ‘one God who dwells in every one of His creations and constitutes the eternal Truth’. The students participated in ‘Prabhat Pheri' within the school premises to emphasize the importance of Gurupurab. They enjoyed eating Kada Prasad. Event ‘Naman’- a tribute to grandparents Stress buffers, roots, family watchmen/women, arbitrators, supporters, the list can go on and on. Right from introducing our children to the historical aspects of the family down to being an encouraging spirit to their growth, grandparents are extremely essential in shaping a child’s emotional growth the right way. To bridge the generation gap and have a fun-filled day, our children from Nursery A presented an assembly on ‘Respect the Grandparents’. All the children welcomed the grandparents in their classrooms through a special rhyme on grandparents. Children created an art piece along with their grandparents which resulted into a beautiful takeaway for the grandparents. An outdoor activity with lot of fun and frolic was planned where they enjoyed dressing up their grandparents. Science Week We planned ‘science week’ in the third week of the month wherein simple science experiments were conducted to nurture intellectual curiosity of children and also to help them in acquiring ways to question and understand the world. Experiments conducted are as follows:
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Good manners are basic elements that will instill a sense of etiquettes in our children and equip them with essential life skills. Keeping this in mind, we organized a ‘Manner development Visit’ for our children from Grade Pre-Nursery to KG to Haldiram’s restaurant on Friday, 22.11.2019. The purpose of the visit was to teach them good table manners. The children were explained basic table manners like seating etiquette, napkin etiquette, food service, the table setting and proper etiquette for handling the spoon as well as fork.
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Post information here Theme- Animal World Animal world is one of the themes which is very close to children’s heart. They were supercharged this month while playing with stuffed toys of the animals. They were introduced to pet, farm and wild animals. Children became aware of the characteristics, young ones, homes of these animals. They loved to enact the animals and take out their sounds. Rhymes such as Pussy cat, pussy cat; Mary had a little lamb, Down in the jungle etc. were the attraction of the month. The special appearance of a guest animal truly added to the fun and excitement of the children. A frog was caught and shown to the children, they were thrilled to see him breathing and hopping within the container. Post that the frog was released much to their excitement. Verbal Linguistic Children enjoyed listening and copying the sounds of animals. They loved talking about them and asking a variety of questions such as ‘What do they eat?, How do they take bath?’. Children were excite to share their experiences of riding a horse, giving milk to cats and dogs, seeing a Lion in the zoo etc. Apart from thematic concepts, they identified and joyfully recited phonic songs for letters K k, L l and M m. Children also got well versed with the words which begin with these sounds through short stories. Logical/Mathematical Sorting of animals into pet, farm and wild categories was an interesting activity for children. They were also introduced to the concept of number 5 through cutouts of ducks, headcount and variety of other objects within the classroom. Comprehending and interpreting multiple instructions is a big achievement for children. Children understood the cause and effect of not taking care of animals or harming them. Bodily kinesthetic Children used movement to acquire knowledge about animals and their surroundings. They pretended to be animals and ran towards the other end to fetch related material. These activities involved precision and physical coordination by using their mind and their fine and gross motor skills. Children also developed agility by crawling through hoola hoops and practicing for ‘Bodily Kinesthetic Event’. Naturalistic This month children were made aware of the impacts of their habits on the animal kingdom. They learnt about not throwing polybags/not giving food to animals in polybags as it can choke them. They also discovered the fact how hunters and poachers kill the wild animals for their use. Children carried out a small rally within the school premises urging students and faculty alike about not killing the animals, saving them and saying no to the products which are made from their skin, teeth, horns etc. To experience the joy of serving and caring under project ‘Uphaar’, children made bowls/vessels with clay for birds. They will fill these vessels regularly with water in the school premises to quench the thirst of birds. They were also elated to spot brinjals and bitter gourds in the vegetable garden of the school and learnt to curb their desire to pluck them. Musical Children need opportunities to create music so they were encouraged to play ‘swartarang’ in Indian music sessions and ‘congo’ in western music sessions. They also learnt about counting as they tapped and clapped or patterns by creating rhythms with their hands. They sang theme related rhymes and also made an attempt to practice swar. Singing can be integrated into almost every subject area in a classroom to allow those with musical intelligence to learn best. Interpersonal Birthday celebration The theme for this birthday party was super exciting. Children loved to be their favourite animal and shared about his/her prop. The educator briefed them about Do’s and Don’ts of how to behave in a birthday party. The appropriate way to greet, wish and thank was demonstrated. An important message was imparted to children that they should either donate the leftover food to needy people or even to stray dogs, cows and cats instead of wasting/throwing it. Refectory Over a period of time, our dear children have adopted good food habits and also the appropriate way to eat. They are still in the process of trying their level best to gain correct grip over cutlery and eat with grace and courtesy. Children have attained daily-living skills in terms of laying mats and wearing aprons, keeping their dishes in the trolley after the meals. Co scholastic Domains Montessori Practical life activities are the first activities the child is introduced to within the Montessori environment. Children tried to gain confidence in carrying out the practical life exercises independently such as rolling a mat, folding a handkerchief, spooning, dry and wet pouring. Motive of practical life curriculum domain has four main aims: order, coordination, independence and concentration. Tab kids Children matched the images of animals which were similar. They thoroughly enjoyed spotting letters in a given composition. They made an attempt to match the letters to their respective words with educator’s help. Imaginarium Creating a mix of free and structured play helps children build an array of skills and feel more balanced in their everyday lives. The children loved to pretend play in the kitchen corner, constructed structures in the block corner and on Lego table etc. They were amazed to discover the foot prints of toy animals in the ‘active sand’. It provided children an opportunity to discover their interests and skills through all the learning corners of Imaginarium which is an absolute example of multiple intelligences. Drama Exposing children to drama and performing arts engages with the creative side of the brain. Children had the opportunity to celebrate the richness of expressions of pet, farm and wild animals this month. It emerged as a brilliant platform to build self-confidence of children and particularly benefited introverted and reserved children. Dance The art of dance used movement to communicate meaning about the experiences of animals. It was far more than exercise or entertainment. Educator used this as a powerful medium to teach the expressions and hand and mind coordination related to a peacock and a butterfly. Pottery Children used their sense of touch and sight while handling pottery clay
EYP Assemblies Assembly on Teachers’ day by KG B Assembly on Hindi Diwas by KG C Assembly on Grandparents day by Nursery A Events Verbal Linguistic Event Verbal Linguistic Intelligence is a part of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory that deals with an individual’s ability to understand both spoken and written medium of language. Language has many expressions. This became amply clear when our young learners put up an event to convey their love for the languages. It was a perfect blend of an array of activities both in Hindi and English. Rhymes, musical stories, jolly phonic songs, tongue twisters, jokes and ’Doha’s’ were narrated and recited by children with great confidence and clarity. Bodily Kinesthetic Event
EYP children unveiled an array of open skills which require more flexibility in learning such as team sports. They exhibited yoga, multiple drills, Zumba, games, and practiced relay races in order to learn how to work in multiple types of environments. The exhibited skills such as dribbling, commando crawling, balancing, hopping, lifting etc. and learnt better in an environment that was more hands-on, and it built their cognitive and social skills as well. Cheer leaders brought true cheer which was reflected on the faces of children. They couldn’t stop themselves from shaking a leg to the tunes of electric music. |
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