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Past Month Highlights

Themes of the month

July-Aug 2016

Key Topics Covered

·��� Interaction with extended and neighbourhood families

· Families of animals, birds and pets

Some activities conducted

·����Picture description was done by showing big pictures of animal families

· Sorting the sequence cards of 'daily routine’

Language and Math Learning:

· Worksheets of 2 level seriation

· Colour recapitulation through snapping game

· Creating structures by placing at shapes on the desk

· Meaningful counting and number recognition through ashcards

· Picture Description of family enjoying different events.

· Played Magic Bag and Memory game to enhance attention, listening and vocabulary

· Practiced writing alphabets on the tracing board to enhance their grip and hand movement.

· Sequencing ash cards of daily routine

· Auditory discrimination from the surroundings

· Sharing their feelings while helping others

· Introducing a story “This is My Family” through puppets and oral narration

· Role enactment of “Ant and Dove”

· Story with Flash card - The Big Carrot

· Introduction of rhyme with action – ‘ I Love You’

Creative and Physical Development:

· Making puppets using indigenous materials

· Making models with potter’s clay

· Colouring inside the picture of Fat and Thin man

· Blow Painting on individual sheet

· Cutting marble paper into bits and slashes using scissors

Redbricks Junior | 1

1. My Family 2. Project-Plants

Theme-My Family

Week 1- 11 July to 15 July th th

Past Month Highlights

Cont inued

Project Approach- Plants-Phase I

Redbricks Junior | 2

July-Aug 2016

Beginning the Project

Key Topics Covered

·��� What are plants?

·�����What do children know about plants?

·�����The places where plants are seen and grow?

·�����How do plants grow?

·�����People involved in growing plants

·���� Exploring children’s understanding about indoor and outdoor plants

·�����Uses of plants

Some activities conducted

· Discussion and exploration about plants by bringing real plant in the class

·���� Differentiation of plants by drawing different plants and parts of plants like leaves, owers etc.

·���� Role play of the people who take care of plants and people associated with plants like gardener, mother, father, etc.

·����Picture talk- children made clay models and drawings related to plants which they then compared with their peers

·����Sensorial experiences -by touching jute cloth, silk cloth and woven materials etc.

·����Video shown on Parts of Plants

Math and Language learning

· Concept Thick-Thin and More-Less.

· Introduction of Brown colour through the “colour-colour which colour” game.

· Introduction of shape Half-circle by drawing on the blackboard.

· Meaningful counting till 10 was done using various objects.

· Similarities and Differences though pictures.

· Introduction of letters “S/s” and “A/a” and recognition the letters from books.

· Reciting rhymes, 'Ek chota beej' and 'Farmer plants the seeds’

· Read Aloud from the book "I am a Leaf"

· Story narration of Ugly Duckling with stick puppets and Flash cards

· Creating word web with the words related to the project topic – Plant.

· Vocabulary building through ashcards of the letter “S/s” and “A/a”.

Week 2- 18 July to 26 July th th

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Past Month Highlights

Cont inued

Redbricks Junior | 3

July-Aug 2016

Developing the Project

Key Topics Covered

·��� Pre and post eld-visit discussion.· Exploring Leaves and it's shape, size and Texture· Arrangements of leaves and Venation· Exploring Flower, Fruit and Vegetables· Discussing about Stem and Roots· Function of different parts of Plants· Importance of Plants

Some activities conducted

· Field-work at AMC Garden to explore parts of plants, and different plants and sharing their experiences.

·����Field-work at school to explore gardening Tools, Manure and experiencing grass cutting.

·����Sensorial experiences of smelling ,touching of owers,leaves,etc.

·����The eld work included various activities of measuring, counting, etching, touching, interviewing different people doing representational drawings etc.

·����Exploring leaves by doing various activities like Etching, Tracing, observing with magnifying glass.

·����Hands on experience of Germination in the pot.

·����Discussing Care of plants with the resource person

·����Experiment with plant and food colour to explore the pathway of food in the plant.

Math and Language learning

· Recapitulation of Concept Thick-Thin, Part-whole, More-Less, Day-Night

·����Recapitulation of Half Circle and Rectangle

·����Completing the missing features of a plant.

·����Meaningful counting till 10 by a number game.

·����Worksheet on things that are derived from plants.

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Project Approach-Plants- Phase II

Creative and Physical development

· Creating different models with potters clay and play dough along with indigenous materials.

·��� Painting of clay models created by children.

·��� Collage making by cutting and pasting papers.

·����Rubbing activity of leaves and owers.

·����Children were provided with different props to dance on the fast and slow beats of music.

·����Dry leaves were put on the oor and the children danced on it to explore different sounds

·����Number game - children made pairs according to the numbers with peers

·����Instruction Game where children touched owers, trunk, bud etc according to the teacher’s instruction

Week 2- 18 July to 26 July th th

Week 3,4 and 5 - 27 July to 12 August th th

Past Month Highlights

Cont inued

Redbricks Junior | 4

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·����Sequencing the parts of plants to make a complete plant

·����Sorting and classication using different size and shape of owers, leaves and sticks was done

·����Measuring pictures of Fruits and Vegetables using ruler.

·����Measuring the thickness of trunks using ribbons

·����Creating stories on plants from their imagination.

·����Measuring length of grass cutting scissor by foot span

·����Children narrated self made stories on trees and plants that they saw on the eld-trip.

·����Introduction of letter “T/t” along with the worksheets.

·����Identication of letters “S/s”, “A/a”and “T/t” through Hopscotch Game

·����Letter formation recapitulation by making letters with clay

·����Sound recognition through picture ashcards and worksheet

·����Making Riddles on Plants.

·����Story narration through books - “The Little Seed”, “Oak Tree and the Reeds”.

Creative and Physical development

·����Creating 3 D model of a Garden using indigenous materials

·����Creating models with potters clay.

·����Representational drawings of AMC Garden and different plants..

·����Leaf and Flower Printing.

·����Palm Printing to make a card.

·����Spray Printing with leaves.

·����Pattern printing inside the outline of a leaf.

·����Self made stories by using their imagination.

·��� Enactment of different movements of parts of plants with music.

·� Free dance on slow and fast beats of music using props

·����'Fire on the mountain' game was played in the garden

·����Catching and throwing a ball from a certain distance.

Week 3,4 and 5 - 27 July to 12 August th th

Past Month Highlights

Cont inued

Project Approach-Plants- Phase III

Redbricks Junior | 5

July-Aug 2016

Culminating the Project :

Key topics covered:

·����Recapitulation of the Topic - Plant·����Preparation for culmination·����Discussions related to culmination, the display of the children's work and listing down the names of people they would want to invite

Some activities conducted

·����Recalling their experiences throughout the project by showing picture. ·� Recalling their journey in a form of a story.·����Culmination and display of their project work.

Math and Language learning

·����Concepts : Part-whole and Thick-Thin with objects and worksheet·� 2 level seriation of size was done with toys·����Children created a web of all the new words, learned and explored during the project-plants. ·����Recap of colour Green and Brown by painting of easel sheet.·����Recapitulation of Meaningful counting till 10 using objects·����Video on Parts of plants and Different Uses of plants·����Riddles making related to plants

Creative and Physical development

·����Model making of the places they visited during the eld trip·� Creating stories by children·����Creating rhymes·����Free dance on music using ribbons, dupattas and handkerchief·����Playing move and statue game·����Running and Hopping race·����Playing Basket ball

Week 4- 15 August to 19 August th th

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Past Month Highlights

Cont inued

Celebrations:

· Independence day

· Friendship day

· Raksha Bandhan

Field Visits:

·��� AMC Garden : Children were taken to the Garden to explore different parts and types of plants. Children did various activities like measuring, counting, etching, representational drawings. Children also had sensorial experiences of touching and smelling the plants. They observed very minute things as holes in the leaves with insects living in them. The eld-trip was an enriching experience.

Activity of the month

Making a 3D model of AMC Garden.After the visit to the AMC Garden the children were keen on making a 3-D model that looked similar to what they had seen. The teacher provided the children with different materials like clay, colours, empty boxes and other indigenous materials. The children together worked on it recalling what they had seen and made a wonderful model.

Fun and learn at home

· Parents can talk to their children about trees, plants and parts of plants. The parents can also take the children to a garden and show them various kinds of plants and also ask the children questions related to it.�����·����Parents can do the germination process with the children.

Redbricks Junior | 6

Highlighted activities of the Month

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