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News for the month of July: 2010
Children are their own beings; teacher is to assist the child in learning, and to encourage their participation and development. I believe we have a very happy classroom! Our children get a lot accomplished, and many times when left to their own devices create amazing things
Little Pearls curriculum is planned to provide special attention to each child and to nurture each one mentally and physically. We at Little Pearls focus on child’s skills of memory and observation, problem solving, logical thinking apart from empowering the child vocabulary.
Month of July:
This month started with the reopening of the school. Many children were eager to come to school and meet with their friends, and of course their teachers, though few of them were not ready to part with their Parents. The School Staff welcomed them back to school after their summer vacation. The day began with a prayer followed by a welcome song. Once the assembly began all children along with their teachers were happily taking part in the various action songs. Saying goodbye to mom and dad after a long break was again difficult for many kids. The new session started with a lot of enthusiastic activities.
In the month of July we had a number of events and visits:
Color week from 19.07.2010 to 23.07.2010
Teach colors to children:
Unlike the older age groups, a pre-schooler may not be able to distinguish between colors. You need something bigger to catch his attention. It works better by choosing a theme. So, the theme of the week was colors. All the activities then revolve around this theme. Each class was allotted a color on different days and they were dressed accordingly and also activities were related to the color. The magic of colors as the Theme of the Week brought illustrious and eminent impression on the young minds. They find them fun and remember the mixing of colors and recognize color words well and also spell the color words without having to memorize them.
Dramatization on 22.07.2010
Dramatization was conducted on 22nd morning around 10 am. The story was on Farm Animals stressing on having Breakfast on time. The children from KG Class enacted as Farm Animals along with a moral of the story. While imitating actions and language, the children could learn the names of different farm animals and develop conception of themselves and the world around them. Dramatization allows children to express themselves through movement and storytelling.
Visit of Aruna Broota on 24.07.2010
Dr. Aruna Broota, Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, has a rich educational background. She has done her M.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from University of Delhi. Prior to this she has taken courses in Advanced Clinical Techniques at the University of Wisconsin, USA (1970-1972) and also practical training at the Jefferson County Family Counseling Therapy Center from the same University.
Dr. Broota gave us expert guidelines on positive parenting and dealing with children in positive ways. The way that you expose your role as a parent is very important. Positive parenting helps your child live through your positive attitude and helps in developing your child’s social skills in a more positive and practical ways.
After the extensive discussion there were the Parents – Teachers - Meeting and a book stall was organized for the kids.
Sing Along on 29.07.2010
Music, movement and eurhythmics are important and beneficial during early childhood. Sing along was conducted on 29th at around 10 am and all the children from nursery and KG participated in it. Parents were invited to the school to see their kids perform. This was held from 10 am onwards to 11 am. Children learn to perform on stage without fear in front of their Parents and also learn to be more confident.
Pizza-Hut Visit on 30.07.2010
On 30th morning the children from Nursury and KG were taken to Pizza-Hut at Vasant Vihar. The children along with their respective teachers were taken to the kitchen and shown the making of Pizza. The kids were very excited and high in spirit. After the making of the pizza they were served with pizza, garlic bread and coke. Before leaving the kids were given a balloon each. The kids came back to school after that very happily.
Post Office Visit on 30.07.2010
From 26.07.10 to the 30.07.10 each class was taken to the Vasant Vihar Post Office around 10 am. Each Child had a Post-Card for their parents. The card had the child’s home address and the child’s name in it. The kids were very excited to see the Red Letter Box, the Post man and also the pigeon wholes where sorting of letters is done. Each child was holding their post card and was allowed to drop it into the letter box.
If you can make learning fun, you're giving a child a gift that will last a lifetime.
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