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Dear Parent(s) Greetings! Here is a concise overview of activities done by the students in the month of September 2021. Theme and Naturalistic-September Learning about empathy, relationships, the environment and nature are just some of the benefits children receive by caring for animals. 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. From the earliest age, learning the names of animals and their sounds are a key first language skill and many children’s toys and favourite characters are based on animals throughout childhood. There is a clear natural affinity between them. This month children enjoyed learning about the animals which included farm, pet and wild animals. They were also introduced to the concept of food chain
Universal Value- ‘I am Compassion’ Compassion is empathy, caring in action, and willingness to help others. Compassion sensitize people towards the sufferings of others and motivates them to go out of their way to help the physical, mental, or emotional griefs of another and themselves. Children were briefed about empathy, concern, and active compassion. Educator also discussed several ways in which children can show compassion (by saying encouraging words, sharing a hug or handshake, offering to help someone, motivating others, etc.).In one of the naturalistic sessions, the educator also discussed the importance and ways of taking care of animals and presented a video about being kind to animals. Naturalistic Intelligence
Verbal Linguistic Intelligence–English Children won half the battle in getting their foundation strong by learning the phonetic sounds from‘a-y’ along with their related vocabulary. They were able to recognize and write letters from ‘R r to Y y’ correctly. These letters were introduced through jolly phonics songs and flashcards of their related vocabulary words with the help of PowerPoint Presentations. Sight words play a key role in upskilling them to read short sentences. Children also attempted to read the ‘en’, ‘ed’ and ‘et’ stories from their English Reader book and also recapitulated vowel ‘a’ short stories. Verbal Linguistic Intelligence–Hindi सितम्बर माह में छात्रों को व्यंजन गीत और कहानी प्रस्तुति के माध्यम से व्यंजन ट, ठ, ढ, द, प ,ष 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 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. Our approach of integration through abacus has helped the children understand the concept of tens and ones, hence they are able to orally count and write till 100 as per the correct place value. Children got the opportunity to learn new concepts viz.- backward counting from 30-1, what comes before, after, and in between. These concepts were made fun by associating with an activity where the kids were guided by the educator to create the ‘Wormy Apple strips’. Their ongoing learning process in linguistic skills has helped them to link numerals with their names. They learned to recognize number names up till ‘Six’. Visual-Spatial Intelligence Art is a creative therapy which involves visual movements, imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children gained these skills with the help of various colouring and craft activities.
Musical Intelligence Indian Music
Western Music Children practiced singing the following songs, ‘Praise him’, ‘mercy is falling’ and ‘This little light of mine’ to the tune of a guitar in western music. 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, ‘It’s a Dance party everybody make your body dance’. Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence Bodily kinaesthetic intelligence highlights a person’s ability to use their whole body for expression and understanding. People who possess this intelligence are highly aware of their bodies and use the same for controlling their bodily motions. Children performed the yoga exercises (tree pose, warrior pose, lotus pose, cobra pose) during the first week followed up by superhero exercises in the second week. During the third and fourth week, a variety of exercises such as on the spot jogging, side bending, stretching, frog jump etc. were performed by the children along with the educator to build muscular strength and have an active body. 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 to the various expressions and feelings in stories like चालाककुम्हार’ and‘कंजूसआदमी’ in the first and second week respectively followed by a role play activity of ‘copy cats’ in the third week through facial expressions and actions. Storytelling The month started with an insightful and motivational story from the life of Gautam Buddha who believed in truthfulness and wisdom. In those days, cats were considered to be sinful animals. So, the story narrated in the first week of the month was titled ‘For the love of a cat’ (an Indian folk tale) which talked about the love and dedication of this animal towards its master and which totally changed the perception of the people towards this animal in those days followed by few cat activities in the second week. ‘Pranav’s picture’ a short and fun story by Nandini Nayar (author of several children’s books) was narrated along with the story re- telling activity by the children in the third week and an inspirational story based on the short incidents in ‘Kasturba Gandhi’s life was narrated in the last week of the month. Interpersonal Intelligence Birthday celebration& other Events Birthday Celebration: Celebrations are a fun and important way for children, families, and educators to actively learn about each other. Hence, all Kindergarten children who were born in the month of September had their birthday celebrations on Thursday, 30thSeptember 2021. The theme for the celebration was ‘My Favourite Animal’. Many students came dressed according to the theme and also carried toy animals or a picture related to it. They spoke a few lines on their ‘favorite animal’. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves and understood about different types of animals and various important facts related to them. The birthday celebration helped them in understanding how one should dress up for a party and behave in a social gathering. Hindi Diwas: हिंदी दिवस: नन्हे छात्रों ने हिंदी को भारत की आधिकारिक भाषाओं में अपनानेकेलिए 14 सितंबर को हिंदी दिवस मनाया। के. जी. डी के छात्रों ने हिंदी दिवस के उप्लक्षय में एक अद्भुत सभा का प्रदर्शन किया और अपने सभी सहपाठियो को अपनी राष्ट्र भाषा हिंदी के महत्व से जागृत किया। छात्रों ने कक्षा में अध्यापिका के साथ हिंदी के कुछ 'जीभअमेथुआ' का आनंद लिया।यह उनके लिए एक रोमांचक गतिविधि थी। Teacher's Day: The special Assembly was celebrated virtually on the 5th of September to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. To celebrate this occasion, students of KG C sang a song and danced acknowledging the contributions of their beloved teachers. Some of them also dressed up as their teachers, and enjoyed dancing to the song, ‘I love my teacher'.
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Dear Parent,(s) Greetings! Here is a concise overview of activities done by the students in the month of August 2021. Recapitulation of previously covered themes
Universal Value- ‘I am Respectful’ Children were explained the significance of the Universal Value – ‘I am Respectful’. Children were briefed on the use of magic words (Please, May I, Sorry, Thank you) during the Rapport Building sessions. The educator instilled the virtue of respect in the kids through discussions and some examples like appreciating children for patiently waiting for their turn, listening to their peers etc. Naturalistic Intelligence
     Verbal Linguistic Intelligence–English Listening, speaking, reading and writing are four key skills of every language. Children were recapitulated the phonic sound of letters a-p through jolly phonic song. They were introduced to the letters Nn- Pp along with their formations and their related vocabulary words. Children were also exposed to 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 भाषा विकास एक मजबूत संचार प्रक्रिया की नींव रखता है । इसलिए छात्रों ने भाषाई कौशल को बढ़ाने के लिए नए स्वर इ, ई, ऋ और स्वरगीत के माध्यम से अपनी शब्दावली को बढ़ाया I उन्होंने इन स्वरों को लिखने का अभ्यास किया और संबंधित शब्दावली चित्र बनाने भी सीखे ।    Logical Mathematical Intelligence
    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 coloring and craft activities such as:
Musical Intelligence Musical intelligence helps to improve the brainpower, the development of social skills and it has been scientifically proven that music has advantages and health benefits. Indian Music Children welcomed each other through the welcome song and practiced singing the song देश मेरेदेश’on the eve of Independence Day and ‘अरेरेरे कृष्णा! on the occasion of Krishna Janamashtami in Indian music.  Western Music Children learned the song ’Praise him’ 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 warmup exercises and danced to the tunes of the ‘Jai Ho song’ and ‘It’s a Dance party everybody make your body dance song’.  Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence Bodily-kinaesthetic Intelligence refers to a child’s ability to process information physically through body movement, control, and expression. Star war exercises and different yoga poses (tree pose, warrior pose, butterfly pose, etc.) were attempted by the students in the first week followed up by pom-pom/handkerchief exercises to develop hand coordination in the second week. During the third week, kids enjoyed power-packed workouts (windmill, punches, high knee jacks, ski hops, etc.) to build stamina and strength. In the last week, warmup exercises using their favorite soft toys were performed.  Drama Role activities in drama help develop the empathy skills of the child. They also develop the expression and control of feelings, motivate undiscovered feelings, and sometimes help in discharging negative feelings. Taking part in activities increases the self- confidence of the child as well. Keeping this view in mind, the educator narrated the story of ‘The Lion and the Ox’ and ‘The Magical Cap’ this month with appropriate expressions and voice modulation.  Storytelling When children are old enough to talk, they’re old enough to try telling a story. As children become more comfortable with storytelling, it’s fun to introduce more structured storytelling activities and games. ‘Apple plant life cycle 'activity was the first story activity performed this month with the children reiterating the importance of plants and trees around us, followed by the story of a ‘Friend’, which beautifully depicted the friendship between a cloud and a river. In the third week, an activity related to reading and writing of sight words was carried out with the children to enhance their vocabulary and reading skills.    Interpersonal Intelligence Birthday celebration & other Events Birthday Celebrations -It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations. They are excited 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 virtually celebrated on Tuesday, August 31st, 2021. The theme for the celebration was ‘Different Types of Insects’. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party. The children were dressed according to the theme and used various props to showcase their speaking skills in the birthday show and tell activity. Bodily kinaesthetic Event- Physical Fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Keeping this in mind, the bodily-Kinaesthetic event was organized on the virtual platform on 14th August 2021. The kids performed warm up exercises followed by a fun PT drill wherein they used pompoms made of tricolor paper to showcase their ability to control body movements along with the props. Independence Day - Children of KG - A conducted the first virtual assembly of the session on Independence Day and explained the true meaning and importance of ‘independence’. This year, we celebrated the 75th Independence Day wherein children dressed up in anyone of the colors of our Indian flag. Later, the children made a kite using an old newspaper and painted it in tricolors of our Indian flag. Janmashtami-It is always essential that the kids should be taught the basic rituals and traditions. The students of KG B hosted a special assembly on the eve of ‘Janmashtami’. Children were briefed on the significance of this Hindu festival and they enjoyed making a flute craft in their visual art session along with the educator. Dear Parent, (s) Greetings! After the fun-filled summer break, children were welcomed back to yet another month of learning and growing. Here is a concise overview of activities done by the students in the month of July 2021. Recapitulation of previously covered themes Recap has proven to be beneficial for our young learners. Therefore, the educator recapitulated the concept of sense organs, internal and external body parts through a quiz, rhymes and PPT. Theme 1: Dog Pets can serve different purposes for children. They increase opportunities for us to go outside and exercise while taking them out for a walk. Dogs are good companions for human beings and make the home environment quite lively. • Children/Educators who have pet dogs were encouraged to bring their dogs in the virtual session and introduce it to the other children. • Different breeds of dogs were introduced to the children through a video and PPT. • Discussion about their home, babies, body parts was also held during the sessions. Theme 2: Out in the Garden Children learn new skills, have fun, play and develop self-confidence by spending time in the garden tending to plants and growing their own food. Most children love digging in the soil, getting dirty, creating things and watching plants grow.
Universal Value Children were explained the significance of the Universal Value – ‘I am Honest’ as part of our annual theme, ‘So Hum’. They were enlightened about the fact that honesty is not just about telling the truth. It's about being real with yourself and others about who you are, what you want and what you need to live your most authentic life. Honesty promotes openness, empowers us and enables us to develop consistency in how we present the facts.Children were shown a short story, ‘I am Honest’ .They were encouraged to share their thoughts on being honest to others. Naturalistic Intelligence    Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – English Children have built a strong foundation for themselves by learning the phonetic sounds of letters from ‘a-z’ along with their related vocabulary words. They also practiced the formations of letters Ii, Jj, Kk and L l through air tracing and writing. Children have become quite independent in reading the cvc words. Three letter words along with various sight words helped the students in reading short sentences as well. Students took immense pleasure while reading short sentences and going a level up by practicing to read vowel ‘a’ story through a PPT. Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – Hindi बच्चों का हिंदी सीखना उतना ही अनिवार्य है जितना कि अंग्रेजी l इसलिए जुलाई के माह में बच्चों को स्वर गीत, कहानी और कविता के माध्यम से स्वरों (ओ,औ,ए और ऐ) का परिचय दिया गया। साथ ही लिखित अभ्यास द्वारा और कुछ चीज़ें दिखाकर इनकी पहचान भी कराई गयी। बच्चों ने बड़े उत्साह के साथ स्वरों (उ, ऊ, अ) की पुनरावृति के लिए सुंदर फ्लैशकार्ड बनाकर कक्षा में सबको प्रस्तुत किए । Logical Mathematical Intelligence 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 and a ‘Ruler activity’. They also attempted related fun worksheets in their Math workbook. They practiced oral counting from 1 – 80 through a fun song. Children reiterated the concept of ones-tens through notebook worksheets. They were introduced to a Number Song and were excited to learn to write number names from ‘One to Three’ through play dough and wheat flour tracing activity. They also revisited the concepts of 2D and 3D shapes and undertook interesting activities like making Shapes collage with newspaper strips/thread and 3d shapes using play dough. Children made different figures from shin edu kit using different shapes such as trapezium and triangle 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.
Musical Intelligence Indian Music Music plays a key role in the overall development of the students hence it is being carried out as a significant compponent of the online sessions as well. Children attempted the sangeet 4 all activities, sang the ‘rain song’ , practiced the sounds around us and ‘गुरु वंदना’ as a part of Indian music lessons. Western Music “Fun, Fabulous, Uplifting, Magical. These are just a few words that describe music together. Our music sessions provide a fun, comfortable environment for children and strengthen their memory. Children practiced singing the song, ‘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 the child's life in so many ways. During the month, the children did warmup exercises and were thrilled to dance to the tune of "I am so happy" song.    Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence techniques improve a child's ability to process information physically through hand and body movement. Animal Tabata exercises (donkey, kangaroo, flamingo, crab, etc.) were attempted by the children in the first week followed by underwater sea animal exercises (crab, fish, dolphin etc.) in the second week. Baby shark warm up exercises and workouts were performed during the third week and a week later, the children enjoyed practicing some yoga poses like cat pose, rock pose, dog pose, cobra pose, and the mountain pose to build upon their muscular and mental strength as per the kids yoga video book.   Drama Drama helps develop feelings in a healthy way, encourages children to think and express themselves independently. Children listened and enacted the stories of ‘एक शैतान बच्चा’, ‘घमंडी मोर’, ‘चालाक खरगोश’ this month with appropriate expressions and voice modulation.   Storytelling Storytelling helps improve children’s language skills, instills a love for reading, stirs their imagination, and teaches moral values. Keeping this view in mind, ‘A baby hornbill learns to fly’ was the first story narrated this month which emphasized the importance of being independent in one’s life through the story of a bird. It was followed by a hornbill-making activity using hand and foot impressions in the second week. Children enjoyed listening to the story of “Our Useful plants’ as per the ongoing theme of the month in the following week.    Interpersonal Intelligence Birthday celebration & other events Birthday Celebrations - Birthday brings joy and frolic to one and all. However, it comes with a responsibility to train the children about social grace and courtesy too. Hence to reiterate the rules and etiquettes of a social gathering, a thematical virtual birthday party was organized on 30th of July. The students dressed themselves as ‘Different types of trees’ and displayed a variety of props while speaking a few lines on the given theme.         Project Hariyali - The educators demonstrated the process to plant 'Mint' during the class. The educator explained the benefits of planting this medicinal herb. The children observed and attempted it along with the educator. They pledged to take care of their ‘Green Friend’ and were encouraged to create a food product with its leaves later.     Summer Fruit Festival - The event was all about our little ones exploring their aesthetic and spatial skills with the help of a MAZE activity and they truly enjoyed seeking the way out of the maze for their favourite toy car. This activity enhanced their skills of directions(Left, Right, U-Turn) and estimations (near and far). They created this maze by drawing a random zig-zag path on a blank sheet and decorated it by making various buildings on the side like school, hospital etc. and colouring them.     Visual Spatial Event - The event was all about our little ones exploring their aesthetic and spatial skills with the help of a MAZE activity and they truly enjoyed seeking the way out of the maze for their favourite toy car. This activity enhanced their skills of directions(Left, Right, U-Turn) and estimations (near and far). They created this maze by drawing a random zig-zag path on a blank sheet and decorated it by making various buildings on the side like school, hospital etc. and colouring them.     
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