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DAZZLING DECEMBER

1/6/2023

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Dear Parent,(s)
Greetings!
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Theme: Dinosaurs and Christmas 
Theme 1: Dinosaurs and Christmas
• “Dinosaurs are one of the best ways for kids to learn about the evolutionary history of our planet”. These incredible and fascinating creatures taught children more about how species come to be, disappear, adapt and survive.
• The educator made children aware of the spirit of the Christmas festival. Children sang the Christmas carols along with the teacher.


Naturalistic Intelligence 
 
•Students were able to differentiate between reptiles and amphibians.
•Students learnt some interesting facts about reptiles.
•The educator also discussed about climate change that helped children understand the real causes behind the climate crisis, that would help them start taking responsibility for making changes.
•Teaching conservation to the next generation is important, as attitudes about the earth's natural resources begin to develop at a tender age. The educator sensitized the children about the benefits of conservation of natural resources.
•Educator also showed a video on extinct and endangered animals that helped them understand sustainability and the damage and threat to native animals and their environment.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English 
As beginners learn to read, incorporating simple sentences is a great way to help students put their reading skills together. Children were guided and encouraged to read sight words and names of a few fruits. They were encouraged to read sight words and create a word wall in the class for independent reading practice. They practiced reading and writing short sentences along with the concept of ‘This and That’. They learnt to recognize and write the rhyming words of ‘o’ family.
Verbal LinguisticIntelligence –Hindi 
दिसंबर माह में छात्रों को व्यंजन गीत और कहानी के माध्यम से व्यंजन च, न, ल, झ, घ और ध का परिचय कराया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने व्यंजनों को फ़्लैश कार्ड के प्रयोग से समझाया और इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये जैसे - च से चम्मच, न से नथ, ल से लोमड़ी, झ से झरना, घ से घर, ध से धन। साथ ही साथ बच्चों को कुछ और शब्दों को बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया अथवा व्यंजनों का अभ्यास कार्य-पुस्तिका में कराया।
Logical Mathematical Intelligence
Logical Mathematical Intelligence
Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concentration.
The educator introduced the concept of ‘addition’ and its symbol through a story ‘Gus the Plus’ using a few concrete objects like buttons, blocks, erasers, or pencils.
Later, children enjoyed the activity of making the '+' plus sign by pasting 2 strips of paper. They also practiced addition by drawing lines and doing practice sums in the workbook.
During the second half of the month, alternate phrases for 'addition' like 'sum up', 'more than, 'together', 'all of them', ' one more' and 'total' were also discussed.
Children also revisited the concepts of ‘What Comes After/Before’ and ‘In Between’ through fun worksheets in the workbook. They were introduced to the concept of ‘Odd One Out’ through various household objects like spoons/fork; pens/pencil; crayons/sketch pens; bowls/mug etc. The concept was further fostered with the help of a video demonstration. Later, children completed practice questions in their workbooks. 


Math Week
Math Week was commenced by a brainstorming session with our little mathematicians wherein children were asked a few questions like ‘When do you get up? When do you go to bed? When do we start our first class in the morning?
• This was followed by a 'Time reading' activity which involved them in a hands-on task of making dummy clocks and wristwatch making in their notebooks.
• They were also introduced to the concept of time-'half past' on the clock cut-out by making the clock hands and also by playing an online game during the Math week.


Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Visual arts not only help children represent their thoughts & skills but also help them explore their innate creative and artistic skills.
In the first week, the educator discussed about the ‘Wildlife Conservation Day’ as it falls on Dec 4th every year. Later, the children made a free-hand drawing of reptiles and amphibians. 

In the second week, the children danced to the song ‘Dinosaurs have great big teeth’. Later they made 3D Dinosaur Craft along with the educator.
In the third week, the children made the reindeer headband craft on the occasion of Christmas as they sang the famous carol ‘Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer’.
In the fourth week, children were apprised of the adverse effects of climate change and later they made drawings to showcase the ways in which they could make the ‘Mother Earth’ happy.
Visual spatial week 
The event was all about our little ones exploring their aesthetic and special skills with the help of a puzzle game .They truly enjoyed arranging the pieces of the puzzle to complete the picture. The educators demonstrated, ‘How to use the Scissors’ to enhance their fine motor skills which involves the synchronization of hands and fingers with the eyes. They were excited to use safety scissors to cut the newspaper in a straight-line pattern and zig zag pattern. They were also sensitized about holding the paper with the left hand and using the scissors from a right hand.


LEAP
The world of our little ones encompasses inquisitiveness which leads to zillion questions. In order to acquire understanding and get answers to these commendable questions, they experience a process of exploration, discovery, investigation, examination etc. In order to hone their HOT skills children performed 'Logic Balls' wherein they developed fine motor skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, imagination, thinking skills, logical-reasoning skills, communication skills, and visual thinking skills.  
Musical Intelligence
Indian Music 
Music is a vital part of human life. It spreads happiness and joy in everyone’s life. The children practiced the welcome song ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ', vocal warm ups, rhythm clapping, ‘स से संग’ and ‘Shake-the shaker’ song.
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Western Music
Children practiced singing the most popular and the much loved carol, ‘Rudolph the red- nosed reindeer’ along with the educator.

Dance
Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. Physical fitness is just one of the many benefits of dance that can enhance a child’s life in many ways. During the month, the children did warm up exercises and were thrilled to dance to the tune of 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' and ‘Jingle Bells’ song.

 
Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence 
Bodily-Kinesthetic is a learning style often referred to as learning with the hands or physical learning. People with Bodily- Kinesthetic intelligence can learn more easily by doing, exploring, and discovering. During the month the children learnt a lot of exercises in order to boost the students’ stamina and gross motor skills.
During the month the students learnt the following skills:
KG A - Manipulation Skills:
  1. Rolling the ball and walking
  2. Skipping on ball
  3. Kicking the ball
  4. Rolling a ball
  5. Lifting balls
  6. Kicking balls
 
KG B - Striking Skills:
  1. Striking the ball using a plastic bat
  2. Striking the ball on hand
  3. Striking the ball against the wall
  4. Basics of catching and throwing
  5. Catching with plastic balls
  6. Throwing practice with plastic balls
 
KG C - Indigenous Games:
  1. Kangaroo Jumps with ball
  2. Running (Touch and back)
  3. Tag Games
  4. Blind man’s buff
  5. Tag games
  6. In & out (Jumping)
 
KG D – Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities:
  1. Crawling
  2. Jumping (Single leg Jumping/Double leg Jump)
  3. Side Run/Walk
  4. Hopping
  5. Walking
Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration & Other Events
 
We celebrated the birthdays of children born in the month of December. The theme was ‘Christmas’. Children were encouraged to speak a few lines on the theme through a ‘Show and Tell’ activity. They dressed up according to the theme and shared their knowledge with their friends and teachers. They brought beautiful props which were well coordinated with their costumes. Children reiterated upon the basic etiquettes and manners which should be exhibited while attending a birthday party.

Joy of Giving (Project Uphaar) 
'Discover the Joy of Giving and you will discover the reason for living'.
As a part of the Project Uphaar initiative taken by Suncity, the little ones were encouraged to donate any one items of the woollen clothes (jacket, pullover, socks or shoes) to help the underprivileged people stay warm this winter. Suncitizens believe in learning by doing and they learnt the universal values of being kind and compassionate through these little initiatives to make the world a better place.

Events and Celebrations
Parent Assemblies
Universal Value ‘Gratitude’ – KG C
As an age old saying says that ‘All that glitters is not gold’, the real gold shines within us in the form of various moral values and one of them is ‘Gratitude.’ The students of KG C presented a wonderful assembly on 2nd December 2022 on the topic ‘Gratitude’. The assembly commenced by paying gratitude to the five elements Fire, Air, Earth Water and Space through a PE drill. The children also presented a skit on the timeless classic ‘King Midas and the Golden Touch’ to demonstrate the importance of family, friends and nature and how should one be grateful for them.
The skit was followed by a mesmerizing dance performance. Children were appreciated for their spectacular performance and apprised everyone on the significance of gratitude and how it brings joy and happiness in our lives.

Universal Value ‘Empathy’ – KG D
Empathy is the ability to understand things from another person's perspective. It's the ability to share someone else's feelings and emotions and understand why they're having those feelings.
Students of class KG D presented a beautiful assembly on 23rd December 2022 on the topic ‘Empathy.’ The assembly commenced with an interesting skit ‘Caterpillar lost his shoe’ that showcased the children's talent and effectively conveyed the message that, empathy is one of the many skills that help us build better relationships. When we resonate with people’s feelings, consider their perspective, or feel compassion for them, we are more likely to be generous and altruistic. It was followed by an enthralling dance performance by our little ones. The assembly culminated with the thought provoking message to be empathetic towards all living beings.

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Noble november

12/5/2022

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Theme: Aquatic Life
Our goal for this month was to make children familiar with a large variety of ocean-dwelling animals. By understanding how everything is connected in the sea and ocean and how we interact with it as humans, children learnt to care for and to protect the ocean. They also learnt to identify the features of different sea animals.            
   
Naturalistic 
“Reality whistles a different tune underwater” - Tom Robbins
 
The world under the oceans has always fascinated kids as the never-ending water bodies are filled with various aquatic animals and plants that are unique, interesting and mysterious. A little exposure to the aquatic world can teach the kids the importance of the marine life.
  • As a part of the theme, our children were apprised of the aquatic world and life under water.
  • The children delve into the watery world of aquatic animals and plants and discovered their importance through Virtual Underwater tour.
  • The educator also introduced new terms- Algae and Fungi and discussed how they are useful for sea animals.
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English 
Encouraging young children to engage in reading helps them develop into
confident and independent learners. We encouraged children to start reading sight words that further helped in promoting reading comprehension. Children practiced reading sight words such as after, going, with, make,  their, think, sleep, brown, yellow, old etc. Our little learners assimilated the concept of ‘Rhyming Words’ and practiced reading and writing words with the help of interactive worksheets. The reading practice of the ‘e’ and 'o' vowel CVC words was also done through video demonstration.
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi 
व्यंजन गीत और कहानी के माध्यम से व्यंजन ब, क, र, स, य, थ का परिचय दिया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने बच्चों को इन अक्षरों से शुरू होने वाले अनेक नए शब्द सिखाये और साथ ही साथ बच्चों को भी कुछ और शब्दों को बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया। बच्चों ने भी रोजमर्रा में प्रयोग होने वाले अनेक नए शब्दों को बताया व अपना भाषा ज्ञान बढ़ाया। भाषा विकास एक मजबूत संचार प्रक्रिया की नींव रखता है । इसलिए सनसिटी के छात्रों ने भाषाई कौशल को बढ़ाने के लिए नए व्यंजन ‘ख’, ‘श’, ‘ग’, ‘म’, ‘भ’, ‘त’ सीखे और अपनी शब्दावली को बढ़ाने के लिए शब्दों के माध्यम से इनका उपयोग करना सीखा। उन्होंने इन व्यंजनो को लिखने का अभ्यास भी किया और संबंधित शब्दावली चित्र बनाने भी सीखे । इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने व्यंजन को जोड़कर दो अक्षर के शब्द बनाना भी सीखा।

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence 
Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
                                                                              –Shakuntala Devi
 Recapitulation of tens/ones through abacus along with quantification and writing practice from 1-100.
 Introduction to backward counting (50-1) through flashcards, video and related workbook pages.
 Introduction of More/Less through concrete objects such as toys, pencils etc
 Introduction to number names ‘Nine’ and ‘Ten’ through flashcards, related songs, and notebook pages. Children also did a recap of the number names ‘One to Ten ‘through related workbook pages.
 Recapitulation of the concept of “What comes before/after/in between,
Greater than/lesser than/ Equals to” through workbook pages.
 Children enjoyed ‘Playing with Numbers’ activity page in their SHIN session.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence 
Art is a creative therapy that involves visual movements, imagination skills,
aesthetic skills and finger dexterity. Children gained these skills with the help of various coloring and craft activities.
 In the first week, the educator discussed the water animals, later children made an ‘Origami fish’.
 In the second week, the educator discussed Guru Nanak Jayanti and how is it celebrated through a video, later children made the ‘ Chaur Sahib’.
 In the third week, children had briefing session on facts about chacha Nehru and his love for children, later they made ‘Children’s day card’.
 In the fourth week, the educator talked about the impact of plastic on the aquatic world and emphasized reducing the usage of plastic, later children made a poster with the slogan ‘Say no to water pollution.’
 In the fifth week, children did the recapitulation of water animals, later they drew an ocean scene in the sketchbooks.

Musical Intelligence 
Music is the art form that combines rhythm and sound to form a functional melodic line. The music itself transcends time, space, and culture.
 
Indian Music Intelligence
Indian music often depends upon melodic movement, that is, the occurrence of tones or musical notes to create a single line of tune.
During the month, children attempted vocal warmups and rhythm clapping.
Children practiced singing the welcome song, prayers, and animal choirs along with the educator.
They also practiced singing the ‘स से संग’ and ‘shake the shaker’ song.

Western Music 
‘Our music is inspired by nature and nature is what enriches it.’
Children enjoyed singing the ‘Nature Song' and 'Rudolph the red nosed' to the tunes of guitar.
Dance (Mrinal Ma’am)
Dancing is surely the most basic form of expression. It also improves our
physical health. During the month, children attempted warmup exercises and danced to the tune of the ‘Don’t worry be happy’ song.

​Bodily-kinesthetic 
Bodily-kinaesthetic learning style or intelligence refers to a person's ability to process information physically through hand and body movement, body control, and expression. Kinaesthetic learning often includes physical repetition of tasks, which builds muscle memory and further boosts information retention. In the month of November, students were able to perform
Manipulation Skills: KG A
1) Rolling the ball and walking
2) Skipping on the ball
3) Kicking the ball
4) Rolling a ball
5) Lifting balls
6) Kicking balls
Striking Skills: KG B
1) Striking the ball using a plastic bat
2) Striking the ball on hand
3) Striking the ball against the wall
4) Basics of catching and throwing
5) Catching with plastic balls
6) Throwing practice with plastic balls
Indigenous Games: KG C
1) Kangaroo Jumps with ball
2) Running (Touch and back)
3) Tag Games
4) Blind man’s buff
5) Tag games
6) In & out (Jumping)
Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities: KG D
1) Crawling
2) Jumping (Single leg Jumping/Double leg Jump)
3) Side Run/Walk
4) Hopping
5) Walking
6) Hopping from one place to another
Non-Locomotor Skills:
1) Stretching
2) Catching on the spot
3) Throwing on the spot
4) Pick up a pencil
5) Jumping on Spot
6) Stretching on the Spot
SKATING
 
Skating can be a fun and rewarding activity. It builds strength, balance, and coordination while providing a great source of exercise.  Skating can also help in building muscle strength and flexibility. Children practiced attempting the following positions and footwork while skating:
 Balancing on one leg each (Half camel)
 Simple sit and one-leg sit

Imaginarium
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
  -Albert Einstein
Children were able to arouse their inner Einstein and spread their wings of
imagination to create and play pretend activities at various stations during the Imaginarium session. Children also did some strengthening exercises at the play gym. 

Storytelling
Storytelling helps improve children’s language skills, instills a love of reading, and stirs their imagination. Taking this tradition forward, a story titled ‘A baby hornbill learns to fly’ was narrated in the first week to enhance their knowledge about various species of birds (characteristics, features, behavior, appearance etc.). This was followed by the drawing of hornbill with few easy steps in the second week. The story of ‘The Giving Tree’ was taken in the third week to ignite the feeling of kindness and gratitude amongst the children.

Drama
To instill these skills, the enactment of various aquatic animals was done by the educator in the first week followed by the children’s learning and performance of the same in the second week. The story of ‘Lion and the Mouse’ was done in the third week followed by the enactment of the story.

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell 
Every child is super excited about his/her birthday. Keeping up this spirit, the birthdays of children born in the month of November were celebrated with their friends and teachers virtually. A ‘Show and Tell’ activity took place based on the theme, ‘Aquatic world’. Children came dressed as Aquatic animals along with coordinated props for this much-awaited and loved event. They eagerly waited for their turns to share their knowledge with friends and reiterated the basic etiquette to be adopted while attending a birthday party.

KG A Special Assembly 
Kindness:

Kindness is and always will be one of the most beautiful and powerful forces for good that exists in the entire world. It is the sincere and voluntary use of one’s time, talent, and resources to better the lives of others, one’s own life, and the world through genuine acts of love, compassion, generosity, and service.
Students of class KG A presented a beautiful assembly on 25th November 2022 on the topic ‘Kindness.’ The assembly comprised a very interesting skit that showcased the children's talent and effectively conveyed the message that kindness is an act of compassion, love, concern, and sympathy. Being kind to others instills a positive feeling and makes this world a better place to live. The skit was followed by a beautiful dance performance.


LEAP
The world of our little ones encompasses inquisitiveness which leads to zillion questions. To acquire understanding and get answers to these commendable questions, they experience a process of exploration, discovery, investigation, examination, and so on. To hone their ‘Higher Order Thinking skills, the children did 'Unplugged Coding' and  'Decoding Monkey Code' through which they developed critical thinking, problem-solving, imagination, logical-reasoning skills, and communication skills and sharpened their visual thinking skills.

 
Math Week:
‘There should be no such thing as boring mathematics’
In our endeavour to make ‘Math’ fun and interesting for our young learners, ‘Math Week’ was organised during this month. Children thoroughly enjoyed the fun-filled ‘Math Week’ with BINGO game. The children enjoyed recapitulating the concept of ‘What comes After/Before and Backward Counting’ in a play way method. Educator conducted a brainstorming session with our little mathematicians wherein the children were asked a few questions related to their routine. This was followed by ‘Time reading' activity which involved them in a hands-on task of making dummy clocks.

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‘Opulent October’

10/31/2022

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​Theme of the month: Festivals

India is a land of festivals, and teaching the importance of festivals, to our children is of utmost importance. Irrespective of who we are and what religion we follow, celebrations of any sort are always magical whether they are religious, national, or international. Everyone get together for preparations during festivities. October was the month when a lot of festivals were lined up. The entire atmosphere was filled with joy and enthusiasm during the festive season. We took this opportunity to share with our students the significance of some
important festivals of India like- Dussehra, Diwali, Janmashtami and Holi. The students understood the importance of Gandhi Jayanti as a national festival. The teachers also discussed about the significance and importance of a few International festivals like- Halloween, La Tomatina, Lantern festival, Hanukkah and Monkey feast festival.

​Naturalistic

The festive season is the most joyous time of the year for everyone. Every festival has its importance and meaning. Celebrating festivals with everyone helps the children to meet and greet everyone as well as enables them to learn the importance of togetherness. Traditional cuisine encourages the joy of celebrations during the festive time.
  • Our little children learnt about a variety of food served during different festivals. Children enjoyed making Pippirana, a Spanish salad prepared during ‘La Tomatina’.
  • Children made a poster on the ‘Swatch Bharat Mission”. Keeping the SDG-Good health and well-being in mind, they used resources like old newspapers, cotton, twigs, etc, to create different cutouts.
  • Children were sensitized on the safety measures to be taken care of while celebrating festivals with the help of a video demonstration.

​Verbal Linguistic Intelligence

Reading helps to develop a child's concentration, social & communication skills, hence
 we encouraged children to read and share short stories of ‘e’ and ‘i’ family words through
their English reader book. This helped the children revise the sounds of the letters, enhance
their imagination, stimulate curiosity and develop early literacy skills. A few sight words were
recapitulated and new sight words were introduced to the children which helped them read
short sentences.
Children also recapitulated all the letters by reiterating upon the sounds through jolly phonic
song. They were asked to write Aa-Zz in their notebooks.

​Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

​व्यंजनगीत और कहानी प्रस्तुति के माध्यम से व्यंजन (ब, क, र, स, य, थ) का परिचय दिया
गया।अध्यापिका जी ने बच्चों को इन अक्षरों से शुरू होने वाले अनेक नए शब्द सिखाये और साथ ही साथ
बच्चों को भी कुछऔर शब्दों को बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया। बच्चों ने भी रोजमर्रा में प्रयोग होने वाले
अनेक नए शब्दों को बताया व अपना शब्द ज्ञान बढ़ाया। व्यंजनों का अभ्यास कार्य-पुस्तिका में कराया गया।

​Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialized linguistic structures.
-Jean Piaget
  • The children were able to count and write numbers from 1-100.
  • Introduction to backward counting (40-1) through flashcards, toy pedagogy, and related workbook pages.
  • Introduction to number names ‘Seven’ and ‘Eight’ through flashcards, related songs and notebook pages.
  •  Introduction to the concept of “Greater than/lesser than/ Equals to” through alligator finger puppet activity.

​Visual-Spatial Intelligence

​The visual arts usually includes things like paintings, drawings, photographs,
crafts, and printmaking. “Visual Arts” is a modern term for a broad category of art
that includes many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, and fine arts.
  • In the second week, children made the Lantern craft linked with the Lantern festival.
  • In the third week, children drew a ‘Diya’ and participated in a diya decoration activity, linked with the Diwali festival.

​Musical Intelligence

​Music plays a very important part in a child’s development. Music
education involves a high level of memorization. Exposure to music
from early childhood onwards helps children to speak more clearly,
develops a larger vocabulary, and strengthens social and emotional
skills.

​Indian Music 

​●Children attempted vocal warmups and rhythm clapping.
●Children practiced singing the welcome song, prayers, and animal
choirs along with the educator.
●Children practiced singing the Diwali song- ‘मन में दीप जलायें, ख़ुशियाँ
फैलायें।

​Western Music

​‘Our music is inspired by nature and nature is what enriches it.’
Children enjoyed singing the ‘Nature Song’ to the tunes of a guitar.

​Dance

​Dance is a way for kids to express their creativity, imagination, and emotions. During
the month, the children performed warm-up exercises and danced to the tune of the
‘Bande me tha dum’

​Bodily-kinesthetic

Movement and physical interaction can help children to remember
information better. During the month students were able to perform:
Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities: (KG-A)
1. Hopping
2. Walking
3. Hopping from one place to another
​
Non-Locomotor Skills:
1. Pick up a pencil
2. Jumping on a spot
3. Stretching on a spot

Manipulation Skills: (KG-B)
1. Rolling a ball
2. Lifting the balls
3. Kicking the balls
​Striking Skills: (KG-C)
1. Basics of catching and throwing
2. Catching with plastic balls
3. Throwing practice with plastic balls

Indigenous Games: (KG-D)
1. Blind man’s buff
2. Tag games
3. In & out (Jumping)

​SKATING

​Skating can be a funfilled activity for the children. It builds
strength, balance, and coordination and also provides a great

source of exercise. Skating is a great way to spend time with
friends or family, and it’s a sport that can be enjoyed all the year-round.
There are many benefits of skating for kids. Skating can help
improve a child’s balance and coordination.
During the month children practiced the following
skills while skating:

Half camel on Left Leg
Half Camel on Right Leg
Full Camel any Leg
T-Break/Breaking forward

​Imaginarium

​‘Imagination is the soil that brings a dream to life.’
Children are now able to identify their stations of interest wherein they enjoy the
most with their peer group. They did free play at different stations and educators
were amused to see their development and creativity.

​Interpersonal Intelligence

​Birthday celebration- Show and Tell

Birthday is an important occasion, a time to celebrate, reflect and give thanks.
Teaching our children, how to celebrate and love others in special ways is a lifelong
skill that we can begin to develop in the early years. Keeping up the spirit, the
birthdays of Kindergarten children born in October were virtually celebrated on 31st
October 2022. The theme for the celebration was ‘Celebrations’. All students

dressed up according to the theme and also carried an object or a picture related to
it. They spoke a few lines on the same. Children reiterated upon the basic etiquette
of how to behave at a party.

​Storytelling

​Storytelling helps improve children’s language skills, instills a love of reading, and
stirs their imagination. Story activity was done in the first week of the month which
included drawing various landforms (mountains, plains, rivers, and forests) and
furnishing them with vibrant colors and concrete material (natural and artificial) like
mud, bubble wrap, dried grass and cotton) to give the taste of sensorial learning to
the children. In the next week, the “Story of Diwali” was narrated to the children with
face paper bag puppets to explain the purpose and relevance of the festival. In the
last week, a Halloween story was taken up as a part of the ongoing theme of the
month and also to make the children understand the differences between national
and international festivals.

​Drama

Like all arts, Drama allows students to communicate with and understand others in
new ways. Through drama, one acquires knowledge of the festivals, history,
traditions, beliefs and customs of the people. As a part of the theme ‘Celebration’, a
story about the most popular and the most talked about festival ‘Deepawali’ was
narrated to the children which they enjoyed very much.

​LEAP

The world of our little ones encompasses inquisitiveness which leads to zillion
questions. To acquire understanding and get answers to these commendable
questions, they experience a process of exploration, discovery, investigation,
examination and so on. To hone their ‘Higher Order Thinking’ skills, the children
performed Sudoku and Say the Color Activity, through which they developed
critical thinking, problem-solving, imagination, logical-reasoning skills,
communication skills and sharpened their visual thinking skills.

 
Manner Development Visit- Panchgaon Proudly Desi
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School trips leave a great impact on the mind of the students. They allow the children to rely on themselves, take responsibility and enjoy the activities of the trip. Children had great fun visiting ‘Panchgaon Desi’ with their friends and educators. It was a memorable excursion for them, where not only they explored organic farming but also acquired social mannerisms and table etiquette.
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EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS

MAGIC SHOW

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Spectacular september

9/30/2022

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​Dear Parents,
Let's glance through the month of ‘Spectacular September’ 
 ‘The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of a man.’
                                                                                                                         -Charles Darwin
 
Animals are the most wonderful and unique creatures. They not only teach us to be compassionate and empathetic but also help in our social development. Their existence and importance in a child’s learning are of inestimable value. Every animal has a unique life value that impacts kids. Animals appeal to children's curiosity, bring enthusiasm to their learning and enrich their daily experiences. There is no doubt that most children love animals. There is a clear natural affinity between them.
To help our students build a sense of connection, responsibility and enable them to develop love and care towards them, we incorporated ‘Animals’ as the theme of the month.
· The children were introduced to different types of farm animals, pet and wild animals. They enhanced their knowledge about the habitat and young ones of animals.
·  The students were also apprised of various ways of taking care of animals.
· The children enjoyed the virtual tour to a zoo and learnt about the unique features of different animals.
·  They were thrilled to learn the jaw-dropping facts about – African and Asiatic Lions.
· The students were apprised of the concept of the ‘Food Chain’ through a story and a song. The importance of the food chain and different types of food chain were also explained by the educator.   
         
Naturalistic 
"We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'" ~Ban Ki-moon
To embrace the best practices for saving our environment, the ideas given below were imbibed by the children:
The educator sensitized the children towards sanitation and how we can keep our water bodies clean under SDG-6 ‘Clean Water and Sanitation.’
  • The educator discussed the importance of cleanliness and discussed a few actions to be taken care of such as we should not throw garbage in the river, and should not wash clothes in the river water. We should not bathe animals in rivers as it makes the water dirty.
  • The educator explained the ways of taking care of animals and shared the importance of taking care of animals (Bathing them, regular vaccination, providing them with healthy food, and clean shelter). Children also drew three types of animals in their sketchbooks.
·        The educator recapitulated the things we get from animals through a discussion. They also                   played a game of guessing animals from their shadows through a link using a spin wheel.

  • The educator apprised the students of the importance of clean water and gave some real-life examples to help clean the water bodies such as avoiding littering lakes, rivers, seas, etc. as it can harm animals and birds as well.
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English 
Children strengthened their foundation by learning the phonetic sounds from 'a-z’ along with their related vocabulary. They could recognize and correctly write letters from ‘R r to Z z’. These letters were introduced through jolly phonics songs and flashcards of their related vocabulary words with the help of Power Point Presentations. Sight words play a key role in helping them to read short sentences. Children also attempted to read the ‘en’, ‘ed’, and ‘et’ stories from their English Reader book and recapitulated short stories for vowel - ‘a’.
 
 
 
 Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi
सितम्बर माह में छात्रों को व्यंजन गीत और कहानी प्रस्तुति के माध्यम से व्यंजन ट , ठ , ड , ढ, द, प, ष , व और फ का परिचय दिया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने बच्चों को इन अक्षरों से शुरू होने वाले अनेक नए शब्द सिखाये और साथ ही साथ बच्चों को भी कुछ और शब्दों को बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया अथवा व्यंजनों एवं स्वरों का अभ्यास कार्य-पुस्तिका में कराया।
Logical Mathematical Intelligence
Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem, solving, and concentration.                                      
 
 
  • The children enjoyed exploring the SHIN Activity- FUN WITH NUMBERS workbook wherein they made different pictures/shapes from simple to complex with the help of Trapezium cards.
  • Introduction to backward counting (30-1) through flash cards, toy pedagogy, and related workbook pages.
  • Introduction to number names ‘six’ through flashcards, related song and notebook pages.
  • Introduction to the concept of ‘What comes Before with the help of an interesting ‘Butterfly Scroll and Find’ toy activity.
  • Children were able to recapitulate the concept of ‘What comes in between’ and ‘What comes After’ through and related workbook pages.
  • The children did oral counting from 1 to 100 through actions.
  • Introduction of writing numbers 71 - 90 according to their place value followed by notebook pages.
 
Visual-Spatial 
Art is a creative therapy that involves visual movements, imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children gained these skills with the help of various coloring and craft activities.
•In the first week, children enjoyed making a ‘Lion mask’ related to letter ‘Ll. They also enjoyed making the cut outs of wild animals.
•In the second week, children made the ‘Cow Head Gear’ using Shape cut-outs
(Integration with Theme of Farm animals and Logical Math)
•In the third week, children made a ‘Giraffe Hand Puppet’ related to letter ‘Gg
and wild animals.
•In the fourth week, children made a freehand drawing of a Lion to understand
its habitat.
Musical Intelligence 
Musical intelligence helps to improve brainpower, and the development of social skills and it has been scientifically proven that music has a lot of advantages and health benefits.

Indian Music 

Music is an excellent way for kids to express themselves. They can express their feelings and emotions through music. This can help them communicate better and creatively express themselves.
During the month children practiced singing the ‘Welcome Song’, vocal warm-ups, rhythm clapping, animal choir, ‘Sa Re Ga Ma’ Body game, and ‘Sa se sang’ song along with the educator.
Western Music 
Children enjoyed singing the songs ‘Do re mi and ‘Blue up in the sky’ to the tunes of a guitar.
Dance
Dance is a way for kids to express their creativity, imagination, and emotions. During the month, the children did warm-up exercises and danced to the tunes of the song, "Mere teacher ho tum hi" and "Chogada tara".
 
Bodily-kinesthetic 
Our emotional intelligence is rooted in kinesthetic awareness. Our bodies can tell us about our feelings. It helps us to become aware and act accordingly. Therefore, the development of kinesthetic intelligence is a very important tool that contributes to a happy harmonious life.
To strengthen our students’ emotional intelligence, foster a strong team spirit, and make them skilled at sports, the educator taught our little champions various exercises. The same are mentioned below:
  • Warm-up exercises like on-the-spot jogging, jumping, and running.
  • Agility exercises like modified zig-zag running with cones.
 
Students were able to perform:
KG-A
Striking Skills:
  1. Striking the ball using a plastic bat
  2. Striking the ball on hand
  3. Striking the ball against the wall
KG-B
Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities:
  1. Crawling
  2. Jumping (Single leg Jumping/Double leg Jump)
  3. Side Run/Walk
Non-Locomotor Skills:
  1. Stretching
  2. Catching on the spot
  3. Throwing on the spot
KG-C
Manipulation Skills:
  1. Rolling the ball and walking
  2. Skipping on ball
  3. Kicking the ball
KG-D
Indigenous Games:
  1. Kangaroo Jumps with ball
  2. Running (Touch and back)
  3. Tag Games
LEAP
Think beyond the magic and get beyond the imagination!


To unleash the creativity of our children we conduct LEAP activities each month wherein children perform various brainstorming tasks to enhance their higher-order thinking skills and ingenuity to be future-ready.
Below are the activities performed by the students this month:
  • Pattern Tracing- Children learnt to copy various patterns followed by colour coding.
  • Colour Patterns- Children colored the things in a manner to create a pattern and later created their own imaginary patterns as well.
 
SKATING
 
‘I may lose my balance but I never lose my determination.’
Skating helps kids burn off extra energy, build strong muscles, and maintain a healthy weight. Stress reduction – Skating is a great way to alleviate stress, and it provides a welcome distraction from everyday worries.
Children practiced the following movements while skating:
 
Week 1: Basic/Beginner 1.0
  • Walking on Skates
  • Sliding on Skates
  • Skating forward
 
Week 2: Basic/Beginner 2.0
  • Skating crossing blow bar
  • Simple sit
  • Zig Zag forward
 
Week 3: Basic/Beginner 3.0
  • Half camel on Left Leg
  • Half Camel on Right Leg
  • Full Camel any Leg
  • T-Break/Breaking forward
 Imaginarium 
 
                                ‘Imagination is the soil that brings a dream to life.’
 Children showcased their imagination and creativity to create some healthy meals at the kitchen station. They were also apprised of the importance of working in a team in a congenial manner. In the progressing weeks, children enjoyed free play at different stations wherein they explored their areas of interest.
 
Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show & Tell 
All Kindergarten children who were born in the month of September had their birthday celebrations on Friday, 30th September 2022. The theme for the celebration was ‘My Favourite Animal’. Students came dressed according to the theme and also carried a prop or a picture related to it. They spoke a few lines on their ‘Favorite Animal’.  They were also apprised of how one should dress up for a party and behave in a social gathering.
 
Storytelling
The month started with a fun-loving story based on a farm setting. This story was taken up to familiarize the children with farm animals, and pet animals (their homes and young ones) followed by a recap worksheet in the second week. The third week started with an audio-visual story of a bear who didn’t know much about the planet and wanted to explore it. In the fourth week, various landscapes covering the major landforms of the earth were taken up as a follow up activity of the previous week.
Drama 
Drama promotes communication skills, teamwork and dialogue delivery. It stimulates the imagination and creativity in a child and also develops a better understanding of human behaviour and empathy with distant situations. Kids enacted the various expressions and feelings in stories like ‘The Smart Goat’, and ‘The Fake Friendship’ in the first and second week respectively. This was followed by a role play activity of the same stories in the third and the fourth week through facial expressions and actions.
Events and Celebrations
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Hindi Diwas Assembly 
हिंदुस्तान की शान है हिंदी
हर हिंदुस्तानी की पहचान ही हिंदी
एकता की अनुपम परंपरा है हिंदी
हर दिल का अरमान है हिंदी।।

14 सितम्बर 1949 को संविधान सभा ने यह निर्णय लिया कि हिन्दी संघ सरकार की आधिकारिक भाषा होगी। इसी उपलक्ष्य में प्रतिवर्ष १४ सितम्बर को हिंदी दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इस अवसर पर सनसिटी विद्यालय के नर्सरी - बी के छात्रों ने अपनी कक्षा की सभा में बहुत ही सुन्दर और सरल तरीके से हिंदी दिवस का महत्त्व समझाया और यह एहसास दिलाया की हिंदी भाषा हमें अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर मान और गौरव प्रदान करवाती है। हिंदी भाषा ने हमें एक नई पहचान दिलाई है।  हिंदी संपूर्ण विश्व में बोली जाने वाली प्रमुख भाषाओं में से एक है। हिंदी हमारे स्वाभिमान और गर्व की भाषा है। प्रधानाचार्य जी ने भी बहुत सुन्दर शब्द कहे और सभा का अंत राष्ट्रीय गान के साथ किया गया।    

Verbal Linguistic Event 
के. जी.के छात्रों ने हिंदी दिवस/मौखिक भाषाई घटना (verbal linguistic event) के उप्लक्षय में एक दोहा वाचन गतिविधि का आनंद लिया और छात्रों ने कक्षा में अध्यापिका के साथ हिंदी के कुछ दोहे सीखे और उनका सही उच्चारण भी सीखा।यह उनके लिए एक रोमांचक गतिविधि थी।
Gandhi Jayanti Assembly
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                                 “My life is my message.” – M.K Gandhi

Our little Suncitizens celebrated Bapu ji’ s birthday with great zeal, enthusiasm,
and patriotism. The special assembly conducted by Nursery C was held on 30th
September to give a deep insight into the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi.
The assembly began with a morning prayer which was followed by the word of
the day presented by the students of Nursery C. They confidently shared a few
important facts about Mahatma Gandhi. They also showcased the glimpses of
Gandhiji’s life which included the ‘Non-Violence Movement’ and ‘Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan.’ Gandhiji’s three monkeys depicted the importance of seeing good,
hearing good and speaking good.
The audiences were left spellbound with the melodious vocal performance of a
beautiful devotional bhajan ‘Raghupati Raghav raja ram’ and with the dance
performance on the song, ‘Bande mein tha dum’ which filled the ambience with a
feeling of patriotism for our country and gratitude towards Bapu. Towards the
end, our beloved Principal ma’am, Ms Guneet Ohri motivated the children to
imbibe the teachings of Gandhiji in their lives.
 

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Awesome August

8/26/2022

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Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!
Let's glance through the month of ‘Awesome August’
            
                ‘Growth is the only evidence of life.’
Without continuous growth and progress, words such as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. Now, when the children have taken the wings to fly, we don’t want them to stop; instead see them blossom through our theme ‘Growth’.
                

Naturalistic  Intelligence
“There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land” ~ Paul McCartney
 
  • The educator sensitized the students on the importance of water and
discussed ways to conserve it. She apprised the students on how we can conserve water by exercising the following practices:
Turn off the taps while brushing teeth, fixing the leaky taps at home, using only one glass (the entire day) for drinking water, washing fruits in a bowl of water, taking quick showers etc. They also did a wonderful activity, ‘Save Water’ wherein they made a ‘Save Water Card’ to spread awareness about water conservation.
 
  • To enable the children understand the true meaning and spirit of ‘Independence Day’, educator enlightened them about the national symbols of our country such as the National Flag, National Anthem, National Emblem, National Bird, National Flower, National Animal, National Currency, National River, National Fruit and the National Song of India. They also made a cap on the theme ‘Independence day’ representing the tricolors of the ‘Tiranga.’
 
  • The educator explained the ‘Life cycle of a Butterfly’ through an activity wherein they made the life cycle of a butterfly on a paper plate using different cutouts and crayons.
 
  • The educator explained the significance of the festival, ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ and discussed the ways to celebrate it in an eco-friendly way to avoid pollution. She also apprised the students on the dishes, attire and the rituals to be carried out on this auspicious day. Children also participated an activity wherein they made ‘Modaks from desiccated coconuts and condensed milk as Prasad.
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English 
Listening, speaking, reading and writing are four key skills of every language. Children recapitulated the phonic sound of letters from ‘a-p’ through jolly phonics song. They were introduced to the letters from ‘Nn- Pp’ along with their formations and their related vocabulary words. Children were also exposed to a few new sight words which helped to promote reading comprehension. They practiced reading and writing of CVC words of ‘at’, ’an’, ’ap’, ’ad’ family in their notebook and reader book
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi 
स्वर गीत, कहानी के माध्यम से स्वरों (इ , ई, ऋ) का परिचय  दिया गया।  
साथ में इन से शुरू होने वाली चीज़ो को दिखा कर इनकी पहचान भी कराई गयी।  अभ्यास पुस्तिका, भीतिपत्र पहेली और स्वर गीत द्वारा (अ, आ , इ, ई, उ,ऊ, ए ,ऐ , ओ, औ, ऋ , अ: )  स्वरों की पुनरावृति की गई। बच्चो ने स्वरों को क्रम में लिखने का अभ्यास भी कार्य पुस्तिका में किया।  
Logical Mathematical Intelligence 
‘Mathematics gives us hope that every problem has a solution.’
 
  • The children enjoyed exploring the SHIN Activity- FUN WITH NUMBERS workbook wherein they made different pictures/shapes with the help of Trapezium cards.
  • Introduction of the “Diamond’ shape took place by making a kite flying scene in the art files.
  • Introduction to backward counting (20-1) was done through flashcards and related workbook pages.
  • Introduction to number names ‘four and five’ was done through flashcards, related song and notebook pages.
  • Recapitulation of the pre-number concept- Tall and short.
  • Introduction to the concept of ‘What comes After’ with the help of an interesting ‘Butterfly Scroll and Find’ toy activity.
  • Children also enjoyed learning the concept of ‘What comes in Between’ through a fun clay activity and related workbook pages.
  • The children did oral counting from 1 to 80 through actions.
  • Introduction of writing numbers 51-70 according to their place value followed by workbook pages. 
Visual-Spatial  Intelligence
Art is a creative therapy that uses all disciplines of art; visual movements, imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children explored their aesthetic skills with the help of various colouring and craft activities.
  • In the first week, children enjoyed making Letter Nn ‘Nest Craft’.
  • In the second week, the children did a ‘Rakhi Making Activity‘ on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
  • In the third week, children learnt the importance of Krishna Janamashtmi and made ‘Dahi Handi-Craft.’
  • In the fourth week, recapitulation of useful and harmful insects was done and children made a ‘Honey Bee Craft.’
​Musical Intelligence 
Indian Music 
Music is quite vital in our daily life; it gives a background to different moods and different moments of life. Music helps the soul to rejuvenate and brings joy and happiness to everyone. Children welcomed each other through the welcome song and enjoyed ‘Sa Re Ga Ma’ body game and vocal warmup. They practiced singing the song ‘देश मेरे देश’on the eve of Independence Day and ‘अरेरेरे कृष्णा’ on the occasion of Krishna Janamashtami in the Indian music. 
 
​Western Music 
Children practiced the seven notes on the tunes of ‘Do Re Me’ and enjoyed singing the song ‘Up in the sky’ on the keyboard.
​Dance 
Dance is a way for kids to express their creativity, imagination, and emotions. During the month, the children did warmup exercises and danced to the tune of the ‘Patriotic mashup’ and 'Natkhat Krishna' song’.
Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence
Gross motor skills are important for our children’s physical development and overall wellbeing. Even when a child is sitting, gross motor skills help to maintain a good posture. We coordinated the large muscle exercises for movements like crawling, walking and running which are needed for a child’s everyday functions.
This month students practiced the below mentioned exercises:
  • Warm-up exercises like on the spot jogging, jumping and running.
  • Agility exercises like modified zig-zag running with cones.
 
Students were able to perform:
KG-A
Striking Skills:
  1. Striking the ball using a plastic bat
  2. Striking the ball on hand
  3. Striking the ball against the wall
 
KG-B
Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities:
  1. Crawling
  2. Jumping (Single leg Jumping/Double leg Jump)
  3. Side Run/Walk
Non-Locomotor Skills:
  1. Stretching
  2. Catching on the spot
  3. Throwing on the spot
 
KG-C
Manipulation Skills:
  1. Rolling the ball and walking
  2. Skipping on ball
  3. Kicking the ball
 
KG-D
Indigenous Games:
  1. Kangaroo Jumps with ball
  2. Running (Touch and back)
  3. Tag Games 
​SKATING:
Skating can be a fun filled and rewarding activity for children of all ages! It builds strength, self-esteem, balance, and coordination and is a good source of exercise. Skating is a great way to spend time with friends or family, and it’s a sport that can be enjoyed year-round. Children practiced the following movements while skating:
 
Week 1: Basic/Beginner 1.0
  • Walking on Skates
  • Sliding on Skates
  • Skating forward
 
Week 2: Basic/Beginner 2.0
  • Skating crossing blow bar
  • Simple sit
  • Zig Zag forward
 
Week 3: Basic/Beginner 3.0
  • Half camel on Left Leg
  • Half Camel on Right Leg
  • Full Camel any Leg
  • T-Break/Breaking forward
 
 
​Imaginarium
Imaginarium
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
~Joseph Joubert
 
Children showcased their imagination and creativity at the block station by building different structures. They also explored and enjoyed the role play activities at the pretend play station and puppet theatre which enhanced their creative thinking, gross motor skills, and visual-spatial intelligence.
Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell 
Birthday - Our little ones were excited to be a part of birthday celebrations to celebrate their special day with their classmates and teachers. Keeping up the spirit, birthdays of KG children born in the month of August were celebrated on 31st August, 2022. The theme for the celebration was ‘Different types of Insects’. Children were made aware of the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party.
​Storytelling 
‘When children are old enough to talk, they’re old enough to tell a story.’
As children become more comfortable with storytelling, it’s fun to introduce more structured storytelling activities and games. ‘Pass it On' was the first story narrated this month which taught the importance of responsibility and differentiating between right and wrong to the children. It gave the message to spread good things around so that we can make the world a better place to live in.
This was followed by an activity in which children drew things which are good to share (smile, moments of joy, stationery objects etc.). In the third week, a story named ‘What the Ladybird heard’ was narrated to the children in order to acquaint them with different sounds of animals and their homes. In the fourth week the second part of the story was narrated as a recap of the concept taught in the previous weeks.
Drama 
Role Play activities help to develop empathy in the children. They also help to develop the expression, control of feelings, motivate undiscovered feelings, and sometimes help in discharging negative feelings. Keeping this in mind, the educator narrated the story of ‘The Rainbow Fish’, बीरबल की खिचड़ी’, ‘My good friends’ to the children. A ‘Role Play’ on the topic– ‘My Good Friends’ was done to help the students learn skills used in real-world situations.
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.​Events and Celebrations

 
15th August 2021 Independence Day:
 “Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living”?
  • Mahatma Gandhi
Suncitizens celebrated India’s 75th Independence Day with immense respect and strong patriotic feelings. Children attended the flag hoisting ceremony followed by the solemn notes of the National Anthem. They stood proud in their freedom fighter attire to greet the chief guest as he passed through the corridors of the EYP wing. Our young nationals learnt about the national symbols and enjoyed making a Tri colour head gear.
Janamashtami Assembly by KG D students
It is essential that we teach the basic rituals and traditions to the children right from the foundational years. The Krishna Janmashtami festival marks the birth of Krishna, one of the most popular deities worshipped by the Hindus. The students of KG D hosted a special assembly on the eve of ‘Janmashtami’. Our kindergarten students apprised their friends with the significance of the festival through a beautiful enactment of the birth of Lord Krishna. The event concluded with a mesmerising dance performance by the students on the song, ‘Voh krishna hai’ followed by the National Anthem
​Bodily-Kinesthetic Event:
We put up a, ‘Bodily Kinaesthetic Event’ to give the students a chance to showcase their potential in sports.
 
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Jazzy July

7/31/2022

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Theme- Out in the garden
​Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!
Let's glance through the month of ' Jazzy July'​
‘Beauty surrounds us, but usually, we need to be walking in a garden to know it’.
​After a fun-filled summer break, the children were welcomed back to school as we commenced with another month of innovative learning and growing. To make our students appreciate the beauty and significance of nature, our theme of the month was ‘Out in the garden’.
 Theme- Out in the garden
The children visited the school garden and enjoyed spending time amidst nature. They loved learning gardening skills with the help of the school gardener. They also explored the ways to create a beautiful garden of their own and were made familiar with the tools that a gardener uses to take care of the garden.
The students were apprised of the basic needs of a plant and got a chance to explore different types of trees, leaves, flowers, and different categories of plants.
They enjoyed learning the process of germination and planting seeds with the help of the educator. The students were also briefed about the essential things provided by trees and the importance of saving trees.
Naturalistic 
​‘Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.’
Our environment is all we have. If we don’t take care of it who will? Therefore, to cater to the Sustainable Development Goals, our children learnt about healthy sustainable practices through the below-given discussions and activities:
  •  The educator discussed with the children the things that we require to keep ourselves healthy and fit such as healthy food, plenty of water and​ regular exercises.
  • The educator reiterated upon the importance of the trees through a wonderful story “The Giving Tree”. Children were taught to grow more trees and use less paper.
  • The students were sensitized to environmental issues that are plaguing.
The educator reinforced the importance of plants and forests to promote
the implementation of sustainable ways under SDG-15, Life on Land.
Verbal Linguistic – English 
Our kindergarteners were able to build a strong foundation for themselves by learning the phonetic sounds of letters from ‘A-Z’ and their related vocabulary words. They also practiced the formations of letters Ii, Jj, Kk, and L l through air tracing and writing. They became quite independent in reading the CVC words. Three letter words, along with various sight words, helped the students in reading short sentences. Students took immense pleasure while reading short sentences and going a level up by practicing to read vowel ‘a’ story through a Power Point presentation.
 Verbal Linguistic Hindi
गर्मी की छुटियो में बच्चो ने स्वयं के बनाये स्वर गीत अपने सभी दोस्तों व अध्यापिकाओं को सुनाये ।  पुराने स्वरों को स्वर गीत व चित्र बनाने की गतिविधि से दोहराते हुए बच्चो ने नए स्वरों  ओ, औ, ए, और ऐ को कहानी और भीतिपत्र के माध्यम से लिखना सीखा और अपना ज्ञान बढ़ाया।
Logical Mathematical 
Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concentration.
The children were introduced to the concept of ‘Backward Counting’ from numbers 15 to 1 through number cards. They also attempted related fun worksheets in their Math workbooks. They practiced oral counting from 1 – 80 through an interactive song. Children reiterated the concept of ones-tens through workbook sheets. They were introduced to a ‘Number name Song’ and were excited to learn to write number names from ‘One to Three’ through a sand tracing activity. They also revisited the concepts of 2D and 3D shapes and undertook interesting activities like making shapes using play dough.
Children made different figures from shin edu kit using a different triangle.
 Visual-Spatial
Art is a creative therapy that uses all disciplines of art; visual movements, imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children explored their aesthetic skills with the help of various colouring and craft activities.
In the first week, the children enjoyed freehand drawing and colouring of the body parts. In the second week, they discussed various facts about plants and enjoyed leaf printing with their friends. The children enjoyed making origami flowers in the third week whereas they made the ‘Ladybug craft’ in the last week.
Musical Intelligence
Indian Music

India is a country, known for its unity in diversity and different types of Indian Music styles. India is made up of innumerable and varied cultures that inhabit various regions of the country. In every region of India, there is a different type of Indian music which makes it different from other countries. Music of India and it’s musical traditions are considered to be the oldest in the world. The origins of this system go back to the Vedas. Musical instruments of India, are not only used for recreational music but also for sacred rituals, weddings, funerals, ceremonies, and more. During this month children enjoyed singing a ‘Welcome Song’, ‘Jungle Song’,  ‘रेलगाड़ी Song’ with ‘Sa Re Ga Ma’ body game and Rhythm clapping.


Western Music
‘Fun, Fabulous, Uplifting and Magical’. These are just a few words that describe music together. Our music sessions provide a comfortable and engaging environment for the children and strengthen their memory.
Children practiced singing the song, ‘This is the day that the Lord has made’, ‘The seven notes’, ‘Mercy is falling’ and revised the songs
‘God’s love and ‘Dididi dong’ to the tunes of a guitar.
Dance
Dance is a way for kids to express their creativity, imagination, and emotions. Physical fitness is just one of the many benefits of dance, that can enhance a child's life in so many ways. During the month, the children did warmup exercises and were thrilled to dance to the tunes of the song- ‘I am so happy’
Bodily-kinesthetic 
''Exercise not only changes your body it changes your mind, your attitude andyour mood.”
When children have a strong sense of physical and mental wellness, they are more likely to build a positive sense of self and experience positive interactions within their community. To experience the benefits of physical activity later in life, it’s best to develop a lifestyle of physical activity in our children. This month, the students practiced the following exercises:
  •  Warm-up exercises like on-the-spot jogging, jumping and running.
  • Agility exercises like modified zig-zag running with cones.
They were able to perform:
Locomotor & Non-Locomotor Activities:
1) Hopping
2) Walking
3) Hopping from one place to other
 Non-Locomotor Skills:
1) Picking up a pencil
2) Jumping on Spot
3) Stretching on the Spot
Striking Skills:
1) Basics of catching and throwing
2) Catching with plastic balls
3) Throwing practice with plastic balls
Indigenous Games:
1) Blind man’s buff
2) Tag games
3) In & out (Jumping)
Manipulation Skills:
1) Rolling a ball
2) Lifting balls
3) Kicking balls
SKATING
Week 1: Basic/Beginner 1.0
 Walking on Skates
 Sliding on Skates
 Skating forward
Week 2: Basic/Beginner 2.0
 Skating crossing blow bar
 Simple sit
 Zig Zag forward
Week 3: Basic/Beginner 3.0
 Half camel on Left Leg
 Half Camel on Right Leg
 Full Camel any Leg
 T-Break/Breaking forward 
 
Water Play
Water is such a simple element that plays a significant role in the development of our children. Water Play gives them the opportunity to play and have fun in the outdoors. Water Play is both fun and educational and has a range of benefits for children’s social and emotional development. It also provides them with so many opportunities to explore different sensory experiences.  Children had a lot of fun during the water play activity.
Imaginarium 
 Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, and giving birth to evolution. -Albert Einstein

Children thoroughly enjoyed the pretend and play activities at different stations such as grooming station, shopping station, kitchen station, play gym, fire station, etc at the Imaginarium lab specially crafted for the development of the imaginative mind of our young learners. It helps in enhancing their creative thinking, gross motor skills, and visual-spatial intelligence.
Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell
Birthdays are days to have fun and celebrate. However, it is also a responsibility to learn about social behavior and party etiquettes. To make children learn, how to behave in social gatherings, a thematical birthday party was organized on 29th of July. The students dressed as 'Different types of plants' and showcased their learnings confidently.
Storytelling
Storytelling promotes brain development and imagination in children. It develops language & emotions, and helps in strengthening relationships. Keeping this view in mind, ‘Friend’ was the first story narrated this month, which emphasized upon the importance of helping and trusting each other. It was followed by a drawing activity in the second week, in which children made a drawing of two friends and represented their interdependence on each other through their drawings. They enjoyed listening to the story ‘The Foolish Timid Rabbit’ in the third week. This was followed by a ‘Puppet-Making Activity’ in the last week.
Drama
Drama allows kids to create their own identity by creating situations that have many similarities to the real world.  It helps them to make better decisions and to speak up for what’s right for them. Children practiced the sounds of various animals and listened to the stories of ‘चरवाहा बालक और भेड़िया  and तीन बकरे भाई ग्रफ्फ ’this month, with appropriate expressions and voice modulation.
Special Assembly
Spread your wings
As it’s time for swings
 
A lot of sweets
Dance
Beautiful scene
Everything in green
 
Lovely monsoon breeze
Let’s celebrate Teej
on beats
 
To welcome the monsoon season, the energetic students of KG C conducted a special assembly on the auspicious occasion of Teej, with lots of zeal and enthusiasm. Hartalika Teej or Hariyali Teej is a famous festival that commemorates the reunion of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Our kindergarten students apprised their friends with the significance of the festival wherein girls and women sing , dance and swing on the swings. The event concluded with a mesmerizing dance performance by the students on the song ‘Teej ayi Hariyali’ followed by the National Anthem
Summer Fruit Festival
 A summer fruit festival was organized to expand the vocabulary and awareness of children about summer fruits in terms of the following:
Name      
Colour of peel and pulp
Seeds of fruits           
​Products made from fruits
Each classroom displayed a summer fruit and products made from it. Children visited all the EYP classrooms and tasted an array of fruit products.
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Splendid April & Amazing May

5/20/2022

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Theme- Me/ Myself

​Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!
 
 
Let's glance through the months of 'Splendid April' and 'Amazing May'.
 
The beginning of a new session / term is always astounding. It lets the children find their way around a new school, meet new teachers and make new friends.
We feel overjoyed to see our excited and settled kids enjoying themselves on the school campus. It has been a boon and a privilege to watch these kids learn and grow day by day with the marvellous activities which give them the right exposure to express themselves.
During these months, we focused upon making our young learners acquire new skills and capabilities through the theory of 'Multiple Intelligences'.
 
Theme- Me/ myself 
Knowledge of the body parts and how they function is very essential for young learners as it builds and promotes good health and well-being. 
 
* The children were apprised of five sense organs and their importance through a sensory activity for understanding the sense of sight (eyes), sense of hearing (ears), sense of taste (tongue), sense of smell (nose), sense of touch (skin).
 
* Introduction to the external and internal body parts was taken forward through discussions, flashcards, and a video demonstration. Explanation of their functions, enabled the children to understand the significance of these body parts.
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Naturalistic

​“When we honour the Earth, we honour ourselves.” - L.M. Wridem 
  • The educator encouraged the children to adapt sustainable measures in every act in order to protect the ‘Mother Earth’ by giving real life examples through a Power Point Presentation. The children made ‘Earth Day’ head gears by re-using newspapers. They enthusiastically coloured the head gears and felt elated to wear them.
  • The educator also explained the importance of health to the children during a group discussion. This was in-sync with SDG-3, ‘Good health and Well-Being’. Children were made aware of the fact that they all are special in their own ways irrespective of their looks or choices because everyone has some qualities that are unique to them.
 
  • Children enjoyed watching the story of the ‘Ugly Duckling,’ which taught them to accept themselves the way they are and also to respect everyone around them. They also made ‘I am special’ mirror craft which made them feel great about themselves. Their enthusiasm while decorating the mirror was truly admirable.           
 
  • Discussion on ‘Why immunization is important?’ along with the pretend play was carried out to help children gain a better understanding on the process.
 
  • A discussion was held on ‘Healthy and Junk Food.’ The educator explained to the children, ‘Why junk food is harmful for our health?’ and how it affects our body adversely. Children also acquired knowledge on the importance of healthy food through a class activity.

Verbal Linguistic- English

​Learning phonics is one of the most important stepping stones in early reading. Children learnt the phonic sounds of letters -'Nn, Oo, and Pp’ with the related vocabulary words through stories and flashcards.
They learnt to trace these letters on flour/semolina. Children practiced the formations of letters in their workbooks and revised writing letters- 'a,b,c,& d' in their linguistic notebooks. They revisited sight words done so far and also learnt some new sight words- they, if, on, am.

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​Verbal Linguistic -Hindi

​​भाषा विकास एक मजबूत संचार प्रक्रिया की नींव रखती है । इसलिए छात्रों ने हिंदी भाषा का कौशल बढ़ाने के लिए एक कहानी एवं स्वर गीत के माध्यम से १३ स्वर का मौखिक ज्ञान प्राप्त किया।  नए स्वर उ, ऊ,अ,आ,अं,अ:  का लिखित अभ्यास किया और संबंधित शब्दावली चित्र बनाने भी सीखे ।
 

​Logical Mathematical

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. - Paul Halmos.
                                    
  • The children enjoyed exploring the SHIN Activity- FUN WITH NUMBERS workbook wherein they made different pictures through tracing on numbers and making shapes with the help of Triangular cards.
  • Introduction of pre-number concept –big and small, long and short, heaviest and lightest, biggest and smallest, longest and shortest, tallest and shortest through video demonstrations, real objects and workbook pages.
  • Introduction of ones-tens through a story and bundling activity. Later, the educator introduced ‘Abacus’ as a counting device. This was followed by the written work in the notebook.
  • Recapitulation of ‘Number Recognition’, ‘Quantification’ and ‘Writing of Numbers’ from 1-30 was done through flashcards, video demonstration and writing practice. 
  • Introduction and identification of ‘3D shapes - Sphere and Cone’ through a video demonstration and real objects.
  • Children practiced ‘Oral Counting from 1 to 100’ through actions.
  • Introduction of writing numbers from ‘1-40’ according to their Place Value followed by workbook pages. 

Visual- Spatial

Visual arts help children present their thoughts, skills and also help them explore while performing original power as well as artistic skills creatively.
  • Children enjoyed making a ‘Happy Me’ craft along with the educator.
  • Children attempted a unique activity by creating their portrait using the blow painting technique.
  • The educator reiterated upon some interesting facts about the extended family. Later, children enjoyed drawing a ‘Family Tree’.
  • Children loved making the ‘Earring Holder’ using ice cream sticks as a ‘Mother’s Day’ craft.
  • Children practiced making a ‘Dog Craft’ using an origami sheet.

​Musical Intelligence

Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.
 
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​Indian Music

​The music of India is as diverse as its culture. Indian music is a combination of two art forms: vocal music, and instrumental music.  It is based on the seven letters Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni. During the month of April, children practiced the vocal warm-up and greeting song, rhythm clapping, and also enjoyed singing हम जंगल मे गए’ and ‘सा रे गा मा’ song along with the educator.
During the month of May, children practiced the welcome song ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ’, vocal warmups, animal choir, rhythm clapping, and enjoyed singing ‘नटखट चूहा’ song along with the educator.

​Western Music

​The educator introduced a new song, ‘God’s love is so wonderful and Praise him. ‘Children could add new words to their vocabulary through this song and were enthralled to sing along.

​Western Dance

​​Dancing stimulates the mind, body & soul. It increases cognitive strengths and prolongs life; that is the miracle of dance.’
Dance is a beautiful form of art that helps us express ourselves and promotes growth as well as enjoyment. During the month, the children attempted warmup exercises and thrilled themselves as they danced to the tune of the song, "Bam Bam bole" during the month of April and ‘Baby shark’ and ‘Walking through the jungle’ during the month of May.

​Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

Kinesthetic learning improves critical thinking and analytical skills through trial-and-error experimentation. Unlike auditory and visual learning methods, which simply present information to be absorbed, kinesthetic learning methods encourage children to discover information themselves. Children with bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence can learn more easily by doing, exploring, and discovering.
During these months students practiced:
  • Warm-up exercises like on the spot jogging, jumping and running.
  • Agility exercises like modified zig-zag running with cones.
Students were able to perform:
Locomotor & Non-Locomotors Activities: (KG-A)
  1. Hopping
  2. Walking
  3. Hopping from one place to other
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Non-Locomotor Skills:
  1. Pick up a pencil
  2. Jumping on a spot
  3. Stretching on a spot
Manipulation Skills: (KG-B)
  1. Rolling a ball
  2. Lifting the balls
  3. Kicking the balls
Striking Skills: (KG-C)
  1. Basics of catching and throwing
  2. Catching with plastic balls
  3. Throwing practice with plastic balls
Indigenous Games: (KG-D)
  1. Blind man’s buff
  2. Tag games
  3. In & out (Jumping)

​Skating

​Skating for exercise helps kids burn off extra energy, build strong muscles, and maintain a healthy weight. Stress reduction – Skating is a great way to alleviate stress as well. Skating helps the children build their endurance at a young age. Following are the activities held during the skating session:
Week 1: Basic/Beginner 1.0
  • Walking on Skates
  • Sliding on Skates
  • Skating forward
Week 2: Basic/Beginner 2.0
  • Skating crossing blow bar
  • Simple sit
  • Zig Zag forward
 
Week 3: Basic/Beginner 3.0
  • Half camel on Left Leg
  • Half Camel on Right Leg
  • Full Camel any Leg
  • T-Break/Breaking forward

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Water Play

With the weather heating up, there’s nothing more fun than spending time splashing and frolicking in the water on a hot day. Playing with water not only keeps your child feeling cool and having fun, but you may be surprised to learn that water play has so many amazing benefits for childhood development, making it one of the most popular activities in early childhood education. Water play is both fun and educational and has a range of benefits for your child’s social and emotional development, as well as developing their physical abilities and early literacy and numeracy skills. Children had fun during the water play activity.

Imaginarium

​Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, and giving birth to evolution. -Albert Einstein
Children thoroughly enjoyed the pretend and play activities at different stations such as grooming station, shopping station, kitchen station, play gym, fire station, etc at the Imaginarium lab specially crafted for the development of the imaginative mind of our young learners. It helps in enhancing their creative thinking, gross motor skills, and visual-spatial intelligence.

​Birthday Celebration -Show and Tell

Birthdays are feathers in the broad wings of Time. After Welcoming children with full enthusiasm on campus, the kindergarten children celebrated the birthdays of the children born in the month of April. Children were appraised about the basic party etiquettes and the use of magic words in a social gathering. A show and tell activity took place based on the monthly theme - "Me and Myself" and the Children spoke a few lines on it.

Storytelling

​​To encourage our young learners, to use their imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator. They help in enhancing their social and interpersonal skills. The children were fascinated to listen to the story of ‘Tails’ followed by an activity in which they enacted, played guessing game, and matched the figures of different animals with their tails.

​Drama

Drama makes students better communicators as it gives them a great opportunity to demonstrate their learning through different expressions and body language. The educator started the session with introducing animal sounds and played guessing the movements game with the children followed by story narration “Lion and the Cat”. In the following week the educator narrated the story of ‘The girl and the puppy’ and later the importance of healthy food was discussed through a story.

​Special Assembly- Eid-ul-fitr

May Allah accept your good deeds, forgive your transgressions and ease the suffering of all the people around the globe.
With this prayer in the heart and mind, a special assembly was presented by students of KG- A on the occasion of Eid- Ul -Fitr. This festival comes after the holy month of Ramadan. Our Kindergarten students apprised their friends of the spirit of the festival wherein people spread happiness, peace, and forgiveness amongst each other. Elders give Eidi to ones younger to them. The event concluded with a mesmerizing dance performance on the song, ‘Chhoti moti galti maaf karo’ by the students followed by the National Anthem.

Mother's Day Assembly

"Life does not come with a manual, it comes with a mother."
 A mother is the first teacher of every child. Her everlasting love makes your everyday special. We dedicate each moment of our lives to mothers and on this special day, kindergarteners of KG B came together and expressed their gratitude for their mothers by holding a special assembly. They shared their thoughts on what the word, ‘MOTHER’ means to us and danced to the tune of the song, ‘I LOVE MY MOMMY’. ​
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jiggling january

1/29/2022

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Theme and Naturalistic-January​

​Theme 1: Evolution of the ‘Earth’ and continents
• The educator made the children aware of how the ‘Earth’ evolved from what it was millions of years ago and how it got split into continents. The discussion enabled the children to develop a better understanding of the different continents and oceans in the world around them.
• Children enjoyed doing an activity of locating the different continents on a ball of earth.

​Naturalistic Intelligence

​• The educator discussed environment conservation and also provided children with the opportunity to discover the two different approaches to keep our planet safe. The importance of protecting the planet was also discussed.
• The children were made aware of the different habitats that support animals too. They learnt that a habitat provides the basic needs for a living being to survive.
• Children also indulged in doing an activity using “Best out of Waste” material that developed the ability in the young minds to think and organize the old and used resources to create something new and useful.

Universal Value- ‘I am Truthful’ ​

​At Suncity, we aim to inculcate the ‘Sanskars’ in our young learners through universal values. Through the value of being truthful, children learn to accept their strengths and weaknesses and thereby their failures and achievements. They learnt the value of commitment and being honest towards ourselves and others. A person who is truthful always speaks the truth, shows honest behaviour and is trustworthy. The teacher presented the video of the story ‘Pinocchio’ and discussed the value of always being truthful.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence–English ​

​Our kindergarteners focused largely on understanding letters, sounds, and words. They were delighted to take their first steps towards reading short sentences. They enriched their vocabulary by learning new words. Children were introduced to reading and writing of words with diagraph and blends – ‘ch’ , ‘sh’ , ‘cl’ , ‘bl’, ‘fl’, ‘gl’ and ‘sl’. They also enhanced their reading skills by reading some new sight words.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence– Hindi 

​जनवरी के महीने में छात्रों को गीत और कहानी के माध्यम से व्यंजन ड़, ज, छ, ह, क्ष और ण का परिचय कराया गया। साथ ही साथ दो अक्षरों से बनने वाले शब्दों का अभ्यास भी कराया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने व्यंजनों को कक्षा में दिखाया और इनसे बनने वाले शब्द भी सिखाये जैसे ज से जहाज, ज से जलेबी, छ से छाता, छ से छत्त, ह से हाथ, ह से हाथी I व्यंजन ‘ड़’ का प्रयोग सड़क शब्द में किया जाता है, व्यंजन ‘क्ष’ का प्रयोग कक्षा शब्द में किया जाता है और व्यंजन ‘ण’ का प्रयोग बाण शब्द में किया जाता है। छात्रों को इन व्यंजनों से बनने वाले शब्द बताये गए अथवा व्यंजनों का अभ्यास कार्य-पुस्तिका में कराया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence 

​Our little mathematicians are learning to understand the relationships between numbers and recognize how quantities relate to one another.
  • They recapitulated the concept of ‘Addition’, ‘Number Names’, ‘Before/After/In between’.
  • They were introduced to the concept of ‘Subtraction’ with the help of their fingers, pictures, concrete objects, and by drawing short standing lines.
  • To help our students, ace in understanding the position of various objects, we also introduced them to the concept of ‘Left and Right’.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence 

​Visual art helps children represent their thoughts, skills and also help them explore their innate artistic skills creatively.
• In the second week, the educator recapitulated the names of the seven continents through a continent song. Later, children enjoyed making a wall-hanging of the seven continents.
• In the third week, the children revised the features of the continent ‘Asia’ through an activity ‘Me on the map’ in which they detected their location by finding out their Home- City- State- Country and Continent on the map.
• In the fourth week, the educator explained about the continent ‘Australia’ through a ‘Kangaroo Craft’. Children learnt some interesting facts about kangaroos as well.

Musical Intelligence

​Music stimulates the brain in a very powerful way because of our emotional connection with it. It can also improve long term memory and leads to a better brain development. Learning music can improve a child’s social and cognitive skills. 

Indian Music 

​Music is spiritual; it also has the power to bring people together. It is a pleasant sound and a combination of melodies and harmony that soothes you. The children practiced the welcome song, ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ’, ‘Vocal Warm-ups’, ‘Instrument Song’, ‘Animal Choir’, ‘Rhythm Clapping’, and नारंगी (narangi) song in Indian Music. 

Western Music 

​The educator introduced a new song, ‘This is the day that the Lord has made’. Children could add new words to their vocabulary through this song and were enthralled to sing along.

Dance

‘Dancing stimulates the mind, body & soul. It increases cognitive strengths and prolongs life; that is the miracle of dance.’
Dance is a beautiful form of art that helps us express ourselves and promotes growth as well as enjoyment. During the month, the children attempted warmup exercises and thrilled themselves as they danced to the tune of the song, "Rangla Punjab".
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Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence 

​Kinaesthetic learning often includes physical repetition of tasks, which builds muscle memory in children and further boosts retention. Movement can increase energy, which helps children stay focused. It also improves critical thinking, problem-solving skills and most importantly self-confidence. To inculcate the above abilities and to control one's body movements, the children practiced various exercises. Post winter vacation, the classes resumed from the second week wherein children performed the ‘Alphabet Yoga’ exercises from letters A-G along with the educator. During the second week, letters G-J were covered, followed up by letters K-Z in the last week. The Yoga poses helped in bringing co-ordination, balance and flexibility in the children.

Drama

​Drama is a unique form of creative expression, and it takes a lot of courage to stand on a stage and speak in front of an audience. It develops creative imagination in children and allows them to think and express themselves independently. Keeping this aim in mind, the educator narrated the following story in this month-
1. ‘छोट़ा संजू’(Chota Sanju) which was followed by questions and answers.

Story telling

​Stories help in achieving awareness and at the same time, it improves emotional intelligence and control over one’s emotions. While listening and understanding to stories, children subconsciously develop the ability to think for others. This feeling of correlating and concern for others, makes one a better individual. The following stories were taken up by the educator during the month of January:
‘The Clever Tailor’- This story was a beautiful depiction of Indian attires used in the medieval times by the people of the Indian origin. It is an Indian version of the European folktale which was narrated to the children to enhance their understanding on culture and tradition.
‘The Clever Tailor - Activity’– As a recapitulation of the story narrated in the previous week, children drew apparels like (kurta, odni, saafa) mentioned in the story using different lines (standing, sleeping, slanting) and curves (front open, back open, upwards and downwards)
Chintu’s Cap – In the last week of the month, a fun story emphasizing on wisdom and presence of mind was narrated to our smart learners.

​Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration& other Events
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Birthday Celebration:
Celebrations bring joy and excitement. Birthday celebrations are important for emotional and social development. Fоr children, thеіr birthday іѕ thе mоѕt exciting day оf thе year, dеfіnіtеlу mоrе important thаn аnу оthеr day. Keeping up the spirit, birthdays of Kindergarten students, born in the month of January were celebrated on January 31st. The theme for the celebration was ‘Continents’. All students carried a picture, objects related to the theme. They presented a ‘Show and Tell’ activity related to the theme. The birthday celebrations helped them in understanding good manners, the use of three magic words, and the importance of maintaining decorum while attending a birthday party.
​Lohri and Makar Sakranti :
Our youngest enthusiasts of Nursery D and Pre Nursery were thrilled to present their first virtual assembly on ‘Lohri’ and ‘Makar Sankranti’. The educator apprised them of the harvest festivals of India through a video. They were familiarised about the fact that Makar Sankranti marks the beginning of the spring season.
​Republic Day-
“Sare jahan se accha Hindustan hamara, Hum bulbule hai iske , ye gulsita hamara”
Our Kindergarteners celebrated the glory of a free India and upheld the pride and honour of being an Indian. We celebrated 73rd Republic Day of India with great zeal on the virtual platform.
During the assembly, the children showcased the culture and traditions of few states of India. They took pride in presenting their skills. Children also highlighted the importance of few rights which are mentioned in the Constitution of India. In the end, our little enthusiasts presented a scintillating dance performance and National Anthem which filled the environment with the spirit of patriotism. It was indeed a spectacular assembly.
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Dazzling december

12/21/2021

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Theme: Dinosaurs and Christmas
Dinosaurs and Christmas

Theme 1: Dinosaurs and Christmas
“Dinosaurs are one of the best ways for children to learn about the evolutionary history of our planet”.
These incredible and fascinating creatures taught children more about how they came into existence, adapted, survived and disappeared.
 The educator made children aware of the spirit of Christmas celebrations. Children sang ‘Christmas Carols’ along with the
teacher.


Universal Value
‘Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.’
Wisdom guides us from making unwise decisions and it is a gift that we can give to our children. At Suncity, we aim to inculcate the ‘Sanskars’ in our young learners through universal values. The value for this month was ‘I Am Wise’. To cultivate this virtuous value and to help each child understand that we are wise when we pay respect and obey to others, the educator narrated the story of ‘The Wise Rabbit’. Children were taught to think before they speak and accept other people for who they
are. 

 

Naturalistic Intelligence
•Students were able to differentiate between reptiles and amphibians.
•Students learnt some interesting facts about reptiles.
•The educator also discussed about climate change that helped children understand the real causes behind the climate crisis, that would help them start taking responsibility for making changes.
•Teaching conservation to the next generation is important, as attitudes about the earth's natural resources begin to develop at a tender age. The educator sensitized the children about the benefits of conservation of natural resources.
•Educator also showed a video on extinct and endangered animals that helped them understand sustainability and the damage and threat to native animals and their envi
ronment.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – English 
As beginners learn to read, incorporating simple sentences is a great way to help students put their reading skills together. Children were guided and encouraged to read sight words and names of a few fruits. They were encouraged to read sight words and create a word wall at home for independent reading practice. They practiced reading and writing short sentences along with the concept of ‘This and That’. They learnt to recognize and write the rhyming words of ‘o’ family.


Verbal LinguisticIntelligence –Hindi
दिसंबर के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन गीत और कहानी के माध्यम से व्यंजन च, न, ल, ड, झ, घ और ध का परिचय कराया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने व्यंजनों को दिखाया और इनसे शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये जैसे - च से चम्मच, न से नथ, ल से लोमड़ी, ड से डमरू, झ से झरना, घ से घर, ध से धन। साथ ही साथ बच्चों को इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया और व्यंजनों का अभ्यास कार्य-पुस्तिका में कराया।
Logical Mathematical Intelligence​
Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concentration.
  • Educator introduced the concept of ‘addition’ and its symbol through a story ‘Gus the plus using a few concrete objects like buttons, blocks, erasers, or pencils.
Later, children enjoyed the activity of making the '+' plus sign by pasting 2 strips of paper. They also practiced addition by drawing lines and doing practice sums in the workbook.
During the second half of the month, alternate phrases for 'addition' like 'sum up', 'more than, 'together', 'all of them', ' one more' and 'total' were also discussed.
  • Children also revisited the concepts of ‘what comes after/before’ and ‘in between’ through fun worksheets in the workbook.
  • They were introduced to the concept of ‘odd one out’ through various household objects like spoons/fork; pens/pencil; crayons/sketch pens; bowls/mug etc. The concept was further fostered with the help of a video demonstration. Later, children completed practice questions in their workbooks. 
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Visual-Spatial Intelligence 
Visual arts help children represent their thoughts & skills and also help them explore their innate creative and artistic skills. In the first week, the educator discussed Wildlife Conservation Day as it falls on Dec 4th every year. Later the children made a free-hand drawing of reptiles and amphibians. In the second week, the children danced to the song ‘Dinosaurs have great big teeth’. Later they made 3D Dinosaur Craft along with the educator. In the third week, the children made the reindeer headband craft on the occasion of Christmas as they sang the famous carol ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’. In the fourth week, children made ‘Climate Change Earth Craft’. Later they made drawings to showcase the ways in which they could make a crying mother earth happy.


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Musical Intelligence
Indian Music 

Music is a vital part of a human life. It spreads happiness and joy in everyone’s life. The children practiced the welcome song ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ, vocal warm ups, rhythm clapping, ‘Head shoulders knees and toes’ and ‘Shake-the shaker’ song.
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Western Music
Children practiced singing the most popular and the much loved carol, ‘Rudolph the red- nosed reindeer’ along with the educator. 

Dance
Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. Physical fitness is just one of the many benefits of dance that can enhance a child’s life in many ways. During the month, the children did warm up exercises and were thrilled to dance to the tune of the ‘Jingle bells’ song.
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Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence
Bodily-Kinaesthetic is a learning style often referred to as ‘learning with the hands’ or physical learning.People with Bodily- Kinaesthetic intelligence can learn more easily by doing, exploring, and discovering. The month was full of exercises to boost the students’ stamina and gross motor skills.
During the first week, children performed ball exercises (flip and catch, tiny toss, etc.) They had the fitness run during the second week. During the third week the children enjoyed the hula hoop exercises along with the educator. 

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Drama
Dramatic play is a type of play in which children accept and designate roles, and then act them out. It is an activity where they break through their norms, pretend to be someone or something different from themselves and dramatize situations and feelings for the characters they have chosen. This month the educator narrated the following stories-
1. टुनि और बिल्ली की कहानी
2. झूठा तोता



 
Storytelling

Storytelling is an effective tool for learning and development in children. Storytelling helps in building empathy in the children, enables brain development and lays the foundation for the development of social, communication and interpersonal skills. The following stories were narrated by the educator during the month of December:
•         ‘What could it be’- This story talked about wishful thinking and role of imagination in a child’s life. It featured an unopened gift box and children were made to do the guesswork; underlying hidden desires and needs of the children during childhood in a fun way.
•         ‘We’re all wonders’ – This story aligns with the value “I am Tolerant’. It emphasizes upon accepting individual differences in terms of thoughts, ideas, behaviours and lifestyles with respect and reverence. God has made everyone equal but it’s one’s attitude and beliefs which makes one stand out from the rest and though we all have different strengths and weaknesses, we should always try to take good from others in order to grow and progress. In the following week, a worksheet activity “See, think and wonder” was done in which children were given a situation and they had to think, visualize and create pictures depending on what they see, think and wonder.



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Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration & Other Events

Birthdays are very special and memorable in everyone's life. Each and every child waits for this day curiously. So how can we miss this? Keeping up the spirits high, in the current scenario, we celebrated the birthdays of children born in the month of December virtually. The theme was ‘Christmas’. Children were encouraged to speak a few lines on the theme through the ‘show and tell’ activity. They dressed along with the coordinated props and shared their knowledge and thoughts with their friends and teachers. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes and mannerisms while attending a birthday party.

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Joy of Giving (Project Uphaar-
 'Discover the Joy of Giving and you will discover the reason for living'.
As a part of the Project Uphaar initiative taken by Suncity, the little ones were encouraged to donate blankets through a 'Blanket Donation Drive' to the ones in need in these chilly winters. Suncitizens believe in learning by doing and we learnt the universal values of being kind and compassionate through these little initiatives to make the world a better place.
Math Week
Math Week (13th-17th December)
was commenced by a brainstorming session with our little mathematicians wherein children were asked a few questions like ‘When do you get up? When do you go to bed? When do we start our first class in the morning?
  • This was followed by a 'Time reading' activity which involved them in a hands-on task of making dummy clocks and wristwatch making in their notebooks.
  • They were also introduced to the concept of time-'half past' on the clock cut-out by making the clock hands and also by playing an online game during the Math week.
                                                         

 


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NOURISHING NOVEMBER

12/2/2021

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Greetings!

 
Theme: Aquatic Life
 
Our goal for this month was to make children familiar with a large variety of ocean-dwelling animals. By understanding how everything is connected in the sea and ocean and how we interact with it as humans, children learnt to care and to protect the ocean as in the future they would want the Marine life to be a better place. They also learnt to identify the features of different sea animals. 
​Universal Value- I am Tolerant
Being aware of one's values helps us understand and direct our attitudes and behaviours. Our little masterminds were made aware of the universal value, “I am Tolerant” wherein they were explained about a few important values like - taking ownership of their feelings, respecting individual differences, being sensitive to the language they choose, through video demonstrations. They were made to understand that being tolerant removes one's self-imposed barriers and allows us to think broadly and enjoy greater inner peace. Children were encouraged to share their thoughts with their peers and educators through positive affirmations about how can they implement this universal value in their lives.

​Naturalistic Intelligence

  • Discovering new ideas is an integral part of learning science. Children enjoyed the activity of reusing the Coconut coir to make coco peat and understood that how it is beneficial for plants. It was a great way to impart knowledge to these small children.
  • The educator also introduced new terms- Algae and Fungi. The Teacher discussed how it is useful for sea animals.
  • Science offers children an understanding of the world around them. It nurtures their intellectual curiosity, acquires new ways of asking questions, and instills a scientific temperament in them. The educator introduced two experiments explaining how - “Air exerts pressure” and “How does rain occur?” through hands-on activities. They were excited to conduct these and also share their views on the experiments and learnt something new about their surroundings.
​Verbal Linguistic-English
Encouraging young children to engage in reading helps them develop into confident and independent learners. We encouraged children to start reading sight words that further helps in promoting reading comprehension. Children practiced reading sight words like after, going, with, make etc. Our little learners assimilated the concept of ‘rhyming words’ and practiced reading and writing words with the help of interactive worksheets. The reading practice of ‘u’ vowel CVC words was also done through web links.
​Verbal Linguistic-Hindi                   
व्यंजन गीत और कहानी के माध्यम से व्यंजन ब, क, र, स, य, थ का परिचय दिया गया। अध्यापिका जी ने बच्चों को इन अक्षरों से शुरू होने वाले अनेक नए शब्द सिखाये और साथ ही साथ बच्चों को भी कुछ और शब्दों को बताने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया। बच्चों ने भी रोजमर्रा में प्रयोग होने वाले अनेक नए शब्दों को बताया व अपना भाषा ज्ञान बढ़ाया। भाषा विकास एक मजबूत संचार प्रक्रिया की नींव रखता है । इसलिए सनसिटी के छात्रों ने भाषाई कौशल को बढ़ाने के लिए नए व्यंजन ‘ख’, ‘श’, ‘ग’, ‘म’, ‘भ’, ‘त’ सीखे और अपनी शब्दावली को बढ़ाने के लिए शब्दों के माध्यम से इनका उपयोग करना सीखा। उन्होंने इन व्यंजनो को लिखने का अभ्यास भी किया और संबंधित शब्दावली चित्र बनाने भी सीखे । इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने व्यंजन को जोड़कर दो अक्षर के शब्द बनाना भी सीखा ।
​Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
As children mature, their development of mathematical concepts continues. We take a creative approach to teach cognitive skills to children. Colourful and interactive activities encouraged the children to learn essential math concepts in a fun way.
  • The Bundle concept was demonstrated using concrete objects like popsicle sticks, pencils, crayons, etc.
  • Backward counting was introduced from 50-1 along with oral and written practice.
  • Children upskilled their Number names till Ten through a song, writing, and drawing corresponding pictures.
  • The concept of ‘More or less’ was explained through an activity where countable and uncountable real-time objects were shown and children were asked to predict, simply to enhance their practical knowledge.
  • Comparison of numbers was emphasized through Charlie the crocodile story and an online game. The concept was reinforced through a worksheet.
  • The Concept of time – O'clock was introduced through a video demonstration and clock-making activity to give a basic understanding of time.
Visual-Spatial Intelligence 
Visual arts help children represent their thoughts and skills and also help them explore while performing original power as well as artistic skills creatively.
  • In the second week, children enjoyed making a ‘paper rose’ on the occasion of children’s day and discovered facts about chacha Nehru and his love for children.
  • In the third week, the educator discussed a few facts related to the ‘Gurpurab’ festival through a video and children enjoyed making a craft of ‘ChaurSahib’ on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.
  • In the fourth week, the educator discussed the impact of plastic on the aquatic world and emphasized on reducing the usage of plastic. Later, the children made a poster on ‘Say No to water pollution’.
Musical Intelligence:
Music is a universal language, loved by children and adults in cultures throughout the world. Incorporating music into routines and play in the early years has a positive influence on your child's early development. It can get them moving, thinking, and inspires creativity.
Indian Music
  • The children practiced the welcome song ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ’, vocal warmups, balloon breathing, animal choir, Aum, rhythm clapping, and Shanti Mantra in Indian Music.
 
Western music
  • In the first week -‘Children practiced singing the song, ‘Walk walk walk in the light’ along with the educator.
Dance 
Dancing is surely the most basic form of expression. It also improves our physical health. During the month, children attempted warmup exercises and danced to the tune of the ‘Let’s go deep deep’ song.
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence:
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence highlights a person’s ability to use their whole body for expression and understanding. Children who possess this intelligence are highly aware of their bodies and use the same for controlling their bodily motions, using it deftly in the capacity that they like. As the month started with loads of celebrations, classes resumed from the second week of the month where children performed aquatic animal yoga (crab position, turtle position, etc.). The third and the fourth week were infused with various enjoyable exercises using hula hoop rings to help children develop their gross motor skills. 
Interpersonal IntelligenceHelping children develop the full range of interpersonal skills is one of the most important things we can do to ensure they grow up to have healthy relationships with others.
 
Storytelling-
Storytelling helps improve children’s linguistic skills, instills a love for reading, and stirs their imagination. Stories create magic, a sense of wonder, teach us about ourselves and others. The following stories were narrated by the educator during the month of November:
  • ‘The Last Bargain’- This story talks about the role of the choices we make in our lives and tells us that, ‘We must stick to what we need, not what we desire.’ Children were told the importance of eliminating the desire for unwanted and unnecessary things even if they look appealing.
  • In the following week, the children made a craft of a mouse from the story, ‘The last bargain’.
  • In the third week, a story related to the number ‘Four’ was told, featuring all things which represent the number ‘four’ around us. Children were very elated listening to this fun-filled story.
 
Drama
A drama is a type of story acted out before an audience. The characters, or the people in the story, often come into conflict with each other over something and thus arise various expressions, dialogues, and feelings in stories. This month the educator narrated the following stories-
1. टुनि और बिल्ली की कहानी
2. शेर और चूहे की कहानी
​Celebrations:
​Every child is super excited about his/her birthday. Keeping up this spirit, the
birthdays of children born in the month of November were celebrated with
their friends and teachers virtually. A ‘show and tell’ activity took place based on
the theme, ‘Aquatic world’. Children dressed as Aquatic animals along with
coordinated props for this much awaited and loved event. They eagerly waited for their turns to share their knowledge with friends and reiterated the basic etiquettes to be adopted while attending a birthday party.
​Science Week
 
 The children conducted experiments for Air and water. They were thrilled to see the pom pom jumping as they blew air through a straw in a half-cut bottle. Through this experiment, they understood the fact that air exerts pressure. The process of formation of rain was done by using warm water and closing it with a lid. This was a visual treat for the children and it enhanced their understanding of the process of the water cycle.
​Project Hariyali Phase 2
 
Project Hariyali is an initiative taken by Suncity school to plant more and more trees with the belief that - if you nurture them today, they will nurture you tomorrow. As a part of this initiative, our little suncitizens experienced how to make organic cocopeat at home using coconut coir, mud and water. The educator briefed the little ones about the benefits of cocopeat. In addition to this, They were also shown a picture of the lemongrass plant and were encouraged to include a lemongrass plant in their homes owing to its health benefits and excellent feature of repelling mosquitoes.
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