G.D. GOENKA GLOBAL school, Noida Kindergarten

Dear Parents,

Summer Vacation is the summertime fun for the kids which begin with the ringing of the last bell in the school. It is the happiest moment for the kids as they get a long break from the daily hectic life of school and school work, rules and regulations, including the relaxation from high summer heat and to recoup their health and viability.This long awaited summer vacation will bestow you with an opportunity to spend some quality time with your child and to know each other a little more and make your bonding stronger.

What Is The Purpose Of Holiday Homework?

The basic objectives of assigning homework is to increase the knowledge and improve the abilities and skills of the students, to prepare them for upcoming lessons, to extent what they know, or to integrate their abilities by applying it to new situation. Homework also provides an opportunity for parents to participate in their children’s education and become a supporting and motivating role model for their kids.

During the vacation there will be no regular school routine or work, it isexciting, but freedom brings more responsibility, so keeping this in mind; we have planned some activities to keep our children engaged and also help them in channelizing their energies. To make this plan a successful one, we expect the parents to help and guide your child in completing his/ her work and also exploring his/ her creative self.

Intra personal Development : - Personal Hygiene & Safety

Encourage your child to take care of personal hygiene and to be safe.

• Trim your nails once a week. • Wash your hands before and after meals. • Shampoo your hair. • Avoid eating uncovered food. • Covering his/ her nose and mouth when he/she coughs or sneezes. • Do not go out alone without an elder to accompany you. • Never talk to strangers. • Do not accept gifts/eatables from strangers. • Play in a fenced areas and not on streets. • Scream for help in case you feel you are in danger. • Memorizethe spelling of your name, address and parents phone numbers. • If you find yourself lost in a market ask for someone to give a call to your parents

Learn to be responsible and develop personal skills: Give your child one task every day and figure out how he/she will complete this task.

• Keep things in their proper place so as to keep your bedroom clean. • Help your mother in laundry. • Water the plants. • Dust and clean your room. • Look after your younger brother or sister. • Set the dining table for your family. • Feed your pet if you have any or feed birds. • Adopt a plant, nurture it and observe how it grows?

Earn a star for helping someone every day and assemble those stars on an A 4 size paper. Draw the objects in which you can see numbers on an A4 sheet and decorate it as well.

Develop some social skill:

Help your child to become a caring human being by developing the following habits. • Give respect to the elders and love to the young ones. • Four magic words that are basics of good manners – Please, Thank you, Excuse me and Sorry. Make these four

words a habit and see the difference. • Wish and welcome the guests. • Converse with your relatives/visitors. • Spend time with your grandparents.

Suggested places to visit– Take your child to the following places and discuss the purpose of the visit.

• Ride in the Metro • A Fire Station/ Post Office • Any historical monument • Rail Museum/Kidzania

Fall in love with hobbies

• Find out about some interesting hobby classes around your house and make your child enroll for the same to develop a hobby for herself /himself this summer, such as theatre, music, dance, painting, etc.

• Encourage the child, do regular exercise, yoga and meditation.

Kiddies Kitchenettes • Take your child to the kitchen and let him/her observe how you prepare delicious food for him/her. You can ask

for the help as well, though it would be petite but it gives children a great sense of satisfaction and proud to be a responsible hand.

• Talk to your child about any summer fruit like, mango, water melon etc… Prepare him/ her for Show & Tell activity to be held after summer vacation covering the information – season, place where it is found, its taste, nutrients we get from it, name the various things can be made using it.

Bed Time Story • Story telling is the best way to reach the little hearts and develop their emotional awareness. Read abedtime

story every night. Reading together is an important element to your child’s success in reading and creativity, but this is also a time in which you and your child enjoy each other’s company. It is a process in which many special memories are created the involve you and your child being together in the peaceful time.

Melodious Me: Make your child learn the following Hindi songs • तेर� है ज़मीन तेरा आसमान • बम बम बोले • हमको मन क� शिकत देना • लकड़ी क� काठ�

Learn the given Rhyme:

We say thank you, we say please, And excuse me, when we sneeze,

That’s the way, we do what’s right, We have manners, we are polite.

Try to converse in English at home. Use simple sentences like:

• May I go to play? • I am feeling cold/ hot. • I am hungry/thirsty, may I have something to eat/drink. • Please give me my book/toys/towel…etc. • Thank You so much for your help.

Practice to join the Letters on a separate 4 lines sheet and put them in a folder (not more than 4 lines, use 4 sheets)

ab, ad, ag, am, an, at, ed, eg, em, an, et, ib, ig, in, it, ip, od, og, ot, ox, ub, ug, up, un

Cut coloured sheets of the shapes – circle, triangle, square and rectangle, assemble them and paste to form 2 different objects on A4 size sheet.

Example: Engine Fish

Best Out of Waste

• Make a Photo frame using waste material and decorate it. Put a family picture in it. • Make a pen/pencil holder and decorate it.

Example:

Me and My City Take a tour of your city with your family, Visit different places and click photographs. Paste them on A4 size sheets. (Make a collage)

Sheet 1)

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Sheet 2) Fill in the blanks.

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