ACTIVITIES held on 26th November 2011

Traditional Party

Quite rich in traditional and cultural heritage we Indians have a lot to pass on to our little ones. So, in order to apprise them of their affluent heritage we planned a “Traditional Party” for our pre-primary kids on 26th Nov. 2011.
The classrooms were decorated by the teachers for the occasion. The teachers explained about our various traditions to which everybody listened eagerly. Later the children participated in activities lined up for them like – Making lanterns, colouring ‘Diyas’, making ‘Torans’ etc. to mark the celebration. Later the kids enjoyed dancing to foot tapping notes. It was a cool party for all.

ACTIVITIES held on 9th November 2011

Ocean Wall

In the wake of their new theme – Marine Life, the Sr.K.G. kids showed a natural urge to get the feel of the water world. So, the special activity “Ocean Wall” planned to be held on 9th Nov.’11was a great welcome.
In this activity, the teacher had joined four white colored chart sheets for the children to draw an under water scene. Later she assisted them to make cut-outs of marine plants and animals as she kept telling them about under water life.
After coloring the charts in blue water color, children pasted their cut-outs to complete the activity. It sure was a creative way to enlighten the little ones about Marine Life.

ACTIVITIES held on 19th October 2011

Monkey Day

Nearing the end of their current theme-“Wild Animals”, our play group students also deserved a party so we arranged for them a “Monkey Day” celebration on 19th Oct’11. Already fascinated with the animal world the little ones relate mostly with one animal in particular and that is ‘MONKEY’.
It was quite a sight as all were dressed up as monkeys. To make the day special the children were also served bananas in their snack. All the kids looked very cute as they danced merrily on the notes of ‘Funny Funny monkeys’ with their teacher. Over all it was a great monkey day for all.

ACTIVITIES held on 13th September 2011

Visit to a Storyland

Wow! This place is so colorful, the imagination is the limit! Yes, you got it right we are in the story land, any child's heaven. The Junior K.G. children of our pre-primary department had A Visit to Story land scheduled in their curriculum on 13th September 2011.
During this event children were thrilled to talk about their favourite story characters like- Mickey Mouse, Dunno and most of all Noddy. They were excited to find the colorful Noddy books provided to them for reading.
They also watched the movie- ‘Noddy as an artist’. After the movie, they were asked different questions related to the movie which the children enjoyed answering. Altogether the children enjoyed their visit to story land very much.

ACTIVITIES held on 9th September 2011

Visit to the ZOO

Would you enjoy spending a day knowing about animals and befriending them? Ask any child, and they all will give the same answer -YES. That is how we planned a visit to the city Zoo for our nursery kids on 9th Sep 2011.
Children were overjoyed as they looked at so many animals and birds of different colors at the same place- deer, bears, tiger, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, chimpanzees, monkeys, cranes, parrots. Children were also very happy to look at the huge neck of the giraffe. Needless to say the children enjoyed this trip very much.  

ACTIVITIES held on 24th August 2011

Field Trip Report

On 24.8.11 students of Gr.6 went to Science center as an extension to the Unit-Simple Machines. Students were very excited to see different kinds of machines which work according to simple concepts of physics to make our life comfortable. The students enhanced their knowledge on the working of levers, pulley, inclined plane, etc and related them from examples of day to day usage. It was an exiting experience for them to see 3D movie and using different machines for experimenting the skills which they have learnt the oritically.  

ACTIVITIES held on 12 August 2011

INDIA DAY

On 12th August, 2011, the little patriots of pre-primary geared up to celebrate the Independence Day with a remarkable zeal and fervour. Dressed in shades of the Tricolour, they exhibited their love for their country. They sang the ‘National Anthem’ and danced to the tune of ‘Nanha, munna rahi’. Their creativity was expressed when they very innovatively, painted in tricolour, beautiful headbands and badges. The children of Jr.K.G. made their hand impressions on an outline map of India and Sr.K.G. participated in a friendly Quiz session related to our National Symbols followed by art activities.  

ACTIVITIES held on 3rd August 2011

Colour Fun Day - Blue

Our reaction to colour is almost instantaneous and has a profound impact on the choices we make everyday.
The students of Nursery celebrated Colour Fun Day on 3rd August; 2011.The theme of the day was colour BLUE. The children came to school dressed in the soothing shades of blue. To enhance the colour concept, recognition and differentiation of colour in the children they were asked to finger paint with blue colour, make buildings of blue foam blocks and sort out blue beads from red beads. The day came to an end with an energetic dance by the children.  

ACTIVITIES held on 12th July 2011

My Dad Rocks

“Go east or west, my daddy is the best “.
My dad rocks – this was the feeling exhibited by the children of Playgroup when they participated in multiple learning games with their fathers. The daddies helped them solve various puzzles, making their children recognize colours and shapes followed with the parachute activity. The children learned with fun and sang many nursery rhymes with their daddies.  

ACTIVITIES held on 7th July 2011

I Love You Mom Day

“My reason to be happy, my reason to smile; with you I’ll grow and walk miles and miles; ever lovely, ever caring, my dear Mum your love is never ceasing.”
The students of Playgroup spent a wonderful time with their darling mummies on 7th July,’11. The day began with dancing on nursery rhymes, followed by making an adorable photo frame for the mothers to paste their picture with their child. Mothers prepared a treat for their children and made Monaco Chat whereas the children lent a helping hand. All in all they both thoroughly enjoyed the day and the mothers left thankful to have had such a memorable day.

ACTIVITIES held on 5th July 2011

Dressing Up Like Mummy & Daddy

“I wanna look like my mum, I wanna look like my dad, ‘coz my mum’s a pretty lady and dad’s a handsome lad…!” The children of Playgroup perfectly portrayed their mummies & daddies when they came dressed as their parents on 5th July, 2011.Their classroom had a ‘ Kitchen Corner ‘,’Washing Corner ‘ and an ‘ office corner ‘. The children happily played on the corners set for them. Most of all they enjoyed washing their handkerchiefs and mock iron them. The objectives of the Day were to give a time of free – play to the children and they made sure that they played freely on this day!

Festival Celebration: Baisakhi celebration

The festival of Baisakhi was celebrated with full fervor and festivity by the children of Vibgyor kids on 5th May,’11. The children were told about the significance of this festival and that in Punjab farmers celebrate it as a day of harvest. The children had come dressed in colourful traditional Punjabi attire. It was completely a party time for the children as they danced merrily on the beats of Bhangra music. The spirit of Baisakhi was perfectly expressed by these little dancers…!!

Festival Celebration: Easter celebration

The festival of Baisakhi was celebrated with full fervor and festivity by the children of Vibgyor kids on 5th May,’11. The children were told about the significance of this festival and that in Punjab farmers celebrate it as a day of harvest. The children had come dressed in colourful traditional Punjabi attire. It was completely a party time for the children as they danced merrily on the beats of Bhangra music. The spirit of Baisakhi was perfectly expressed by these little dancers…!!

ACTIVITIES held from 29th June to 5th July 2011

Tactile Sensory Zone

An activity on ‘Tactile Sensory Zone’ was conducted for the Junior K.G. children on 29th June in the classes. It was also part of their curriculum Sense Organs. Children were made to touch and feel the various textures like Velcro, coin, plastic cord, sand paper, cotton, match sticks, etc. Then they were told to remove object of the same texture as they had from a bag, without seeing it but by mere sense of touch( By blindfolding them). They were familiarized with the concept of differences between Smooth and Rough.
This activity helped them to understand the importance of sense of touch. They got an insight of how blind people go about their activities through sense of touch.  

Field trip to an Eye Specialist.

It is very often observed that children learn better with practical training, so on 30th June 2011, our Junior K.G. children had been to an Eye Specialist, Dr.Mandar Joglekar’s clinic for a field trip. This was arranged with a view to get an indepth knowledge of our organ EYE. Dr Joglekar explained to the children the method of eye checking by demonstrating it on one of them. He showed the children all the equipments used for eye checking. Next they were shown the lab where he explained how the lenses were prepared according to the numbers. A model of eye was shown and the children could easily answer about the different parts of the eye. All queries of the children related to the Eyes were solved. They also learnt how to take care of this delicate yet important organ.
This visit enhanced their knowledge about the organ EYE and its importance.  

Field trip to A Blind School

On 30th June 2011, our Senior K.G. children visited Dyaan Prabodhan Andh Shala at Mirajkar tikti, Kolhapur . The children were welcomed by the Blind School’s Authority. They witnessed how the visually impaired children carry on with their day to day activities of schooling, the Braille book by which they can read with the help of their finger tips touch and also their writing techniques. They also saw how the white cane is used by them for walking.The entire staff of the school was cooperative. Our children were both curious as well as amazed to see
the different techniques that were developed to make the visually impaired self sufficient.
This visit helped them to get acquainted to the visually impaired and to develop respect for them. This experience once again reinforced the importance of the organ Eye.

On 5th July, our Nursery kids were taken for a field trip to Mahaveer Garden.The sky was clear and bright, it was a perfect day for an outing. Our cute kids were all excited and in an upbeat mood. They left by the school bus.Mahaveer garden has ample pace, both in lawn as well as in play park area.Our kids made full use of this space, they watched the different flora and fauna, then they played some organized games and sang a few rhymes merrily. The play park area was their main attraction, as they wanted to play in the sand, on the slides, swings and seesaws. They were helped by the two teachers and the ancillary. Finally they left with cheerful faces.
The aim of this trip was to familiarize the children with gardens and play park and also social purpose of playing together and taking turns while playing.

ACTIVITIES held on 11th of May 2011 Special Activity: Tactile Sensory Zone The children of Jr.K.G participated in an enjoyable and informative activity – The Tactile Sensory zone on 11th May,’11. There were two activity games arranged for the children in which they had to identify the objects only by feeling them and later categorize the objects as ‘rough’ or ‘smooth’. The children not only learned about the Tactile Sense but enjoyed the activity through out.  ACTIVITIES held on 10th of May 2011 Special Day – Sing along Mummy “Not guitar strings, not drum beats, not harmony to tune along; What gets my foot tapping; is when my mama sings along...!” The students of Nursery had a beautiful day on 10th May.’11 when they danced and played along with their dear mummies..! Mummies too were in full gusto and even outdid their tiny toddlers when it came to energy and enthusiasm…!! They sang nursery rhymes with their children, danced ‘like’ children, learned new rhymes and gave their children a beautiful day to remember, a beautiful memory to cherish…!!!   ACTIVITIES held on 28th of April 2011 An Amazing Journey inside the Body Special activity –“An Amazing Journey inside the body”, was conducted on the 28th of April ’11. The children were taken to various “sense corners”, where the teachers had exhibited items and materials that the children had to recognize by senses of touch, hear, see, taste and smell. The children were blindfolded and taken to these corners and given hands on experience to explore their different senses. The children with the help of this activity were able to understand that how our senses are stimulated by experiencing different things. They thoroughly enjoyed the activity and concluded it by singing a rhyme related to body organs.     ACTIVITIES held on 27th of April 2011 Field Trip – Visit to ‘Chetna’ On 27th of April, the Sr. K.G children were taken to visit “Chetna”, an orphanage dedicated to visually/mentally challenged children. The purpose of the trip was to inculcate in our students, the feelings of consideration, generosity and respect for the ones who are disabled. Our children happily mingled with the children of Chetna, sang rhymes with them and very willingly posed for the camera with their new friends. The objective of the trip was completely achieved as our students not only learned how to accept and love all but also realized the importance of the sense organs. ACTIVITIES held on 26th of April 2011 Field Trip: Picnic to a Park “Sunday morning up with a lark…I think I’ll take a walk in the park…! Hey hey…it’s a beautiful day…!! “ It was a lovely morning on 26th of April ’11 and the gentle breeze with a light drizzle made it even more beautiful. The children of Nursery packed their bags and headed out for a picnic to “Buddha Park” with their teachers. There they played Ball Games and Frisbee; swung merrily on the swings, chased butterflies and enjoyed sumptuous snacks..!! All in all they enjoyed…..and indeed it was a beautiful day…!!