Dear Parent(s),Greetings! "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about" ~ Angela Schwindt Thus our activities are designed to make learning fun and help in the holistic development of children. Let's take a sneak peek into the awesome month of October. Universal Value- ‘I am Peace’ During the Rapport building sessions, children were explained the significance of the Universal Value- ‘I am Peace’. Peace – Peace is caring for others, giving to others and love to all. The children were given various examples of the situations such as - What will you do if you come across a few homeless hungry stray animals? The importance of giving a smile, a hug, saying nice things to others etc. was discussed with the help of examples, a story and pictures. Theme – Aquatic Animals The month of October took the children into the enchanting world of aquatic animals. They were introduced to the captivating world of fish, crabs, jellyfish, sharks, sea horses, dolphins etc. The features of these animals were discussed during Quality Circle Time. The children enjoyed making various animal moves like 'wobble like a jellyfish', 'move like a crab', 'chomp-chomp like a shark' etc. Various theme related rhymes like 'sticky sticky starfish', 'down in the deep blue sea', 'animals in the ocean', and '12345 once I caught a fish alive' were recited by the children along with the educator. The 'Show and Tell' activity provided an opportunity to the children to enhance their public speaking skills. They showed props related to the theme and spoke a few lines on it. Verbal Linguistic Language development lays the foundation for reading and writing skills in children as they progress through school and helps them to communicate, express and understand. The children have started talking in sentences, expressing their thoughts and ideas and narrating stories with confidence. The children practiced the phonic sounds and words related to letters 'Nn, Oo, Pp'. They can now recognize letters 'Aa' to 'Mm' and say their phonic sounds. They also enjoyed listening to theme related stories like 'Nemo the fish', 'Way down deep in the deep blue sea', and 'The Tortoise and the Rabbit'. Their vocabulary was enhanced through audiovisuals, stories, real objects and practice sheets. Logical/Mathematical Logical – Mathematical intelligence helps the children to analyze problems logically, develop critical and creative thinking ability, information processing and concentration. The children learnt oral counting from 1 – 20, recognized number 6 and the quantification of number 6. They were introduced to wavy lines and 'star' shape with the help of audiovisuals and workbook pages. The children enjoyed tracing wavy lines in salt/ plain flour and making wavy lines on newspaper with the help of paintbrush and paints. The concept of 'heavy and light' was done through an audiovisual and a worksheet. Naturalistic It is imperative that children learn the importance of taking care of our planet today as they are going to inherit it tomorrow. Our activities for the month of October were designed keeping this very goal in mind. The children 'created' their own ocean and then saw the effects of pollution, oil spills and disposing garbage in it. The importance of keeping our water bodies clean was discussed in the class and the children had valuable inputs to share on the same. The children also enjoyed 'making their own beach' in a plastic container with the use of props like sand, marbles, aquatic animal toys etc. The children had lots of fun decorating the beach as per their imagination. The concept of 'heavy and light' was introduced through an activity using a hanger and disposable cups. The children enjoyed putting different things on the two sides like leaves, pebbles, crayons, cotton, bottle caps,small plastic toys etc.and watch the hanger move up and down. It was indeed a fun way to learn a new concept. Visual-Spatial Our young artists attempted a variety of activities to boost their imagination. Indeed, we could see them inventing ways and thinking differently while experimenting with colours. ● The little ones were delighted to make ‘Ravana's’ face on the occasion of Dussehra. ● Integrating the monthly theme of aquatic animals with Visual-Spatial, children created a shark using a clothes Peg, a crab from a bottle cap and Tortoise from walnut/clay along with the educator. Musical Intelligence Music stimulates the brain in a very powerful way because of our emotional connection with it. Music can raise someone’s mood and get them excited. It can also improve long term memory and lead to better brain development. Learning music can improve a child’s social and cognitive skills. Indian Music (Sangeet for all) Indian classical music inculcates a sense of structure & rhythm in one’s brain. Children welcomed each other with the song ‘आओआओ संगीत बनायें’, later children practiced singing ‘Shake the shaker’ song wherein they enjoyed shaking the bottles along with singing. They also sang, नारंगी सॉन्ग and ‘Ten little vegetables song’ followed by a rapid-fire quiz. Western Music “Music is to the mind as air is to the body”. Practice makes us all perfect. Children practiced singing a new song, ‘God’s love it’s so wonderful’ to the tune of a guitar. Dance Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. Children strengthened their skills by dancing to the tune of the Diwali song, ‘Pretty Diyas’ along with the educator. Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence During early childhood, movement is an important sensitivity for all children, as it is the vehicle to obtain experiences. It helps to enhance their gross motor, fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and much more. So, our little learners along with our educator acquired the fitness skills through live sessions and videos of the following simple and easy exercises using different props. ● Yoga pose- dog pose, snake pose and bow pose. ● Exercises like warming up, stretching from head to toe, rolling on the back, teddy roll, bow pose roll and long sitting while touching the toes. Storytelling “Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world”. The first story narrated this month was 'Be Kind’, which exhibited different examples of showing kindness to others like lending a helping hand, speaking politely to others, using magical words, and so on. In the following week, children did a sorting activity by pasting pictures into kind and unkind columns. In the third week, an Indian folk tale was narrated emphasizing the importance of curiosity and hard work, followed by a drawing of a tribal girl activity in the last week. Drama A great drama has the ability to speak universal truths that connect cultures from around the world on an interpersonal level. In simple words, drama is a composition in verse or prose presenting a story in pantomime or dialogue. This month the educator explained how to deliver the dialogues using different moods along with voice modulation. Later, they enjoyed a fun-filled way to emote certain feelings and situations. Events and Celebrations Birthday celebration- Show & tell Birthdays are important because they give everyone a day to feel special and see how much those around them love them and they get excited to celebrate their special day with friends and teachers virtually. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party. Keeping up the spirit, they were encouraged to speak a few lines through ‘show and tell’. The theme for the celebration was “Aquatic Animals”. They were excited to speak a few lines on the topic and exhibit their props. Project Uphaar- Spreading Smiles
The children were encouraged to use recycled plastic bottles as their piggy bank to deposit coins or notes of any denomination of their will and choice and then with this money, they bought a gift to give to their housemaids or other underprivileged people. The children gift-wrapped the gifts with recycled newspapers and stuck a smiley emoji on it. They, in a true sense, fulfilled the meaning of Diwali by spreading smiles.
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