ACTIVITIES held from 15th March to 21st March 2011

Fun with Colours

The Junior KG children had an opportunity to explore with colours on 18th March, 2011. They wore aprons, sat on the chairs, held a paintbrush between their toes, dipped it in paint and had fun painting on a paper. To add on to the fun element of this session, the students blew bubbles with coloured soapy water. They had a great time dancing to the music, too. 

Holi Celebration

On 18th March, 2011 the Pre-primary children celebrated Holi- the festival of colours. The teacher narrated the story of Prahlad and wicked Holika in the class. The children heard with amazement about the victory of good over evil when Holika got burnt in the fire and Prahlad was saved. The children of Senior KG enacted the story while the Junior KG children coloured a picture on Holi. The Nursery children made Holi greeting cards and the Playschool kids celebrated Holi with water play, throwing and splashing water on each other. The children had delicacies like jalebis, gujjias and puranpolis and sung a song on Holi. 

Navroz Celebration

On 21st March, 2011 the Pre-Primary children celebrated the Parsi festival called “Jamshed–e– Navroz.” The children learned how this festival is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Zoroastrian year to welcome the spring season. The children were also told how Parsis decorate their houses and the special traditional food and drink they make for the day. They learnt about the Fire temple or ‘Agiary’ and how the Parsis greet each other by saying “Sal Mubarak.” The children relished the delicacies of this festival. 

Visit to a Petrol Pump

On 16th March, 2011 the Junior KG children were taken on a field trip to the ‘Petrol Pump’ as they were learning about Transport. The teacher talked about the equipments kept at the pump and informed them about the petrol meter and air pump. The petrol pump attendant showed the children how to fill petrol or diesel in the fuel tank of the vehicles. The children really enjoyed watching the cars being washed at the petrol pump. It was a great learning experience for our children. 

A Visit to a Studio

On 15th March, 2011 the children of Senior KG went on a field trip to the ‘Swati Studio’ at Goregaon (East). The studio had a hospital set up for the serial ‘Behane’ on Star Plus. Once they reached Film City, the children were briefed about the people who make films and were shown equipments used for the same. They were also introduced to the director, producer, cameraman, a few technicians and actors. The children enjoyed interacting with the TV stars and were excited to have their photographs clicked with the crew. Overall, it was a stimulating experience for the children. 

Conflict Management

A workshop on Conflict Management was conducted for the teachers on 19th March, 2011. The causes of conflicts, their repercussions and methods of conflict management were discussed. The workshop started with an ice breaker session wherein the class was divided into two groups and each group tried to prove their points of view. There were healthy arguments and discussions and all the teachers participated with zeal and fervour. The workshop ended with a quiz and every right answer was awarded a STAR i.e. Stop Think Analyze Respond. 

ACTIVITIES held from 5th March to 11th March 2011

Baking Day

As per the theme of the month ‘Community Helpers,’ our Playschool children celebrated a special ‘Baking Day’ on 9th March, 2011. The class was setup like a bakery with mock breads, buns, cakes and pastries. A Playschool parent was invited to give a special demo on baking of a cake. She came pretending to be a Baker and mixed the ingredients in front of the children and decorated the pre prepared cake with the icing on it. Later the children relished the cake. It was a real treat for them. 

Businessman Visit

Senior KG on 7th March, 2011. This was conducted as a reinforcement session of the theme ‘Where do things come from?’ The Businessman spoke about the new inventions used in offices. He spoke about how communication has become faster through telephone, fax, mobiles and computers. The children were also briefed about the advances in transportation, equipment, storing, television and radio. The day concluded with the students asking questions to the Businessman and clearing their doubts. Thus the session was very informative for the children. 

ACTIVITIES held from 16th February to 18th February 2011

Solar System Day

On 16th February, 2011 Senior KG students had a Special Day called ‘The Solar System Day’. This day was conducted to reinforce the concept of the ‘Universe’. Children came dressed as planets, astronauts, Moon, Sun and aliens. Some children wore simple cutouts around their necks whereas some wore costumes made of bubble paper, paper bags etc. Each child was given an opportunity to talk about what he or she had come dressed as. The atmosphere in the class was wonderful with lots of excited chatter. The children thoroughly enjoyed this day.

Visit to a Fire Station

The Nursery children were taken on a field trip to the Fire Station on 17th February, 2011 as per the theme ’People at work.’ At the Fire Station the children were told about the importance of the Fireman and how he helps us. They were also shown the uniform and the helmet of the Fireman. They were introduced to the Fire Engine, its different equipments and how they are used. The children were also given a demonstration on how a Fireman puts out a fire. Overall it was an exciting day for the children at the Fire Station. 

Visit to a Florist

Junior KG children got an opportunity to visit the Florist on 18th February, 2011. The Florist gave the children information on different types of flowers and demonstrated how to arrange colourful flowers in a basket and hand bouquet. He also showed the children artificial flowers which are used to decorate houses. The teacher talked about the features of different flowers and reinforced the concept taught in class. The beautiful flowers brought a smile on our children’s faces. 

ACTIVITIES held from 10th February to 15th February 2011

Check Your Teeth Day

As per the theme of the month, on 10th February, 2011 Nursery children were introduced to the community helper ‘Dentist’. The Special day started by giving the children information about how the dentist treats our teeth and gums, and gives medicines, particularly if we have a cavity. Later, the teacher who pretended to be a dentist checked the teeth of all the children. They were instructed on how to brush their teeth and keep them healthy by eating the right kind of food. The day ended by singing songs related to the topic. Overall it was a very informative session.

Colour Fun Day

The special day “Colour Fun day” was conducted on 11th February, 2011. The classrooms were decorated with purple coloured objects, streamers and balloons. The teachers and children were dressed in purple clothes. The entire ambience of the classroom was very cheerful. The day was brimming with activities like Purple Collage, Purple Streamer Race, Noisy Purple and Dancing with Purple Streamers. All the children enjoyed doing the classroom collage which was later displayed on the board. The celebration was a great way to recapitulate the concept – Colour PURPLE.

The Shoemaker and The Elves

Puppets can stimulate children's imagination, encourage creative play and are a wonderful interactive way to introduce theme concepts. On 15th February, 2011 our Nursery children celebrated a special day “Shoe Maker and The Elves Story” through a puppet show. The class was decorated with the different tools of a cobbler. The children were very excited to see puppets of the Shoemaker and Elves talking. The children were extremely fascinated by the puppet show and happily danced along with them. 

Fantastic Flowers

On 14th February, 2011 a special day was planned for Junior KG called the “FANTASTIC FLOWERS.” The special day was conducted by doing two activities. The first activity was ‘Seed turns into a Flower’ where the children dramatized the stages involved in the life cycle of a flower. The second activity was where the children finger painted on the flower cut-outs to enhance their creativity. 

Valentine‘s Day

The festival of Love, Valentine’s Day was celebrated on 14th February, 2011 by Pre-Primary children. The teachers sang songs on this occasion related to the festival. Nursery children were given ‘I love you’ cards for their parents. The children were told the story about St. Valentine, Cupid and the reason for the celebration of the festival. The little ones then had a Valentine treat where they made heart shaped jam sandwiches decorated with gems. Senior KG children made a Valentine greeting card for their parents which they happily took home.

ACTIVITIES held from 3rd February to 11th February 2011

Baking Day

On 7th February, 2011 our Nursery children celebrated the Special Day- ‘What Do Chefs Do?’ The class was set up like a bakery with breads, buns, cakes and pastries. They were introduced to a baker who demonstrated how to bake a cake. She showed them the process of mixing the ingredients for a cake and then iced and decorated a cake. The session was very interactive and fun filled. The children were then treated to the lip smacking cake brought by the baker.

A Carpenter’s Visit

On 4th February, 2011 our Nursery children had a special ‘Carpenter Visit Day.’ The school carpenter visited the classroom in the morning and demonstrated the use of different carpentry tools and how he used them to make furniture. This was followed by an art activity in which the children made a tree out of saw dust and then printed leaves for the tree. The carpentry tool corner displayed tools like peg sets and toy hammers. The children were encouraged to use them and pretend to be carpenters. It was a busy day for our little carpenters at work.

Getting into a Doctor’s Shoes

On 3rd February, 2011 our Nursery children had a fun session ‘Doctor and Nurse Dress Up Day’, after learning about these community helpers. They came dressed as doctors and nurses and were acquainted with their importance in our lives. A clinic was set up in the class where all the instruments used by doctors and nurses were displayed. The children pretended to be doctors checking their patients and the nurses assisted the doctors and helped them treat the patients. They sang songs related to the topic and had loads of fun celebrating this day.

Ants Go Marching

The ‘Ants Go Marching’ day was conducted on 7th February, 2011. The children came dressed like ants in beautiful costumes and they also carried suitable props. The special day began with the singing of the song ‘Ants Go Marching’. Later they enthralled the teachers with a music and movement session where they danced to the song ‘Ants Parade’. It was an incredible experience to see our little ones parading together.

ET Comes to School

The special day ‘ET Comes to School’ related to the unit ‘Our Universe’ was conducted on 8th February, 2011. The children were told about the probability of life on Mars and the existence of aliens. They also watched a movie on ‘ET’ which they found exciting. The amazing powers of the aliens and their space ships fascinated them. Later, they recalled and illustrated what they had seen in the movie. They enjoyed giving their alien and the planet from which they imagined it had come, a name. It was a thrilling day full of fun.

The Ultimate Stress Buster

On 5th February, 2011 the Junior KG teachers had a workshop to train them on how to cope with stress. The session began with an ice breaker activity in which the participants had to identify where they felt stress in their body. This was followed by a stress test which helped them understand the level of stress in their bodies. They were then given case studies where they formulated an appropriate solution for it and this was followed with a discussion on techniques and strategies to get rid of stress. This session enlightened teachers how to cope with stress in their lives.

ACTIVITIES held from 20th January to 24th January 2011

Sea Creatures Come Alive

On 20th January, 2011 our Playschool children celebrated a special day ‘Sea Creatures Come Alive.’ It was a fun session to learn about sea creatures. The children were dressed up as sea creatures. The class was set up with blue gelatine paper, sea weeds, shells and cut-outs of different sea creatures to liven up the atmosphere of life under water. The children were acquainted with the features and food habits of various sea creatures and sang different songs related to the topic. Our tiny tots had loads of fun celebrating this day.

Beautiful Birds

On 20th January, 2011, Junior Kg children got a closer picture of birds through a special day planned for them called ‘Beautiful Birds.’ During the “Bird Watch’ activity, the children viewed a video on different birds. The children were very excited watching the exotic bird. They enjoyed drawing the different stages of the life cycle of a bird in their mini book of ‘A Chick Hatches’. This special day was conducted with the hope that just likes birds, our children also amaze us with their power of flight in the challenging world.

Recycling Day

On 20th January, 2011 Senior Kg children had a special day called Recycling Day based on the theme ‘Protect Our Planet.’ Teachers explained the term ‘Recycle’ and how natural resources available today should be conserved and used sparingly so that they can be used over a longer period of time. Simple ways to save and conserve our natural resources were shared with the children. They learnt a song ‘Recycling in my home.’ Children made small carry bags out of newspaper, painted a smiley with yellow paint on it and took it home.

Visit to a National Park

On 21st January, 2011 Senior Kg children were taken to a field trip to reinforce their concepts on the theme ‘Protect Our Planet.’ The children had already learnt about the importance of conservation of plants and trees. They reached the garden in the morning and went for a nature walk within the garden. The teachers explained the various types of plants and trees and allowed the children to play with the sand toys they had brought with them. It was a magnificent learning experience for them. 

Republic Day Celebration

On 24th January, 2011 Pre-Primary section celebrated Republic Day where children came dressed up in the tri-colour clothes enthused with the spirit of patriotism. They were briefed about the national flag, national bird, and national flower and were also told why Republic Day is celebrated. Various creative activities such as making tri-coloured badges were conducted for the children which they enjoyed thoroughly. At the end of the session children stood up and sang the national anthem and the song ‘Nanha munha raahi hoon’. 

ACTIVITIES held from 11th January to 18th January 2011

Fishy Fun

On 12th January, 2011 our Playschool children had a special Fishy Fun Day. The teacher brought a real fish in class and shared information about the fish and the different parts of its body. The children played a very interesting game “Fishy Fun Race” where in they had to stand at the starting line with a fishing rod. The teacher whistled and the children ran to collect the fish cut out placed on the tracks and kept it in the tray. Later they carried the tub and ran to the finishing line. The children participated enthusiastically and enjoyed the session.

Pyjama Party

On 11th January, 2011 our Playschool children had a special “Pyjama Party”. The children had come to school dressed in their pyjamas with their favourite soft toy .The classrooms were decorated with stars and moon cut-outs. Mattresses, blankets and pillows were laid out to make the room cosy. Students had to pretend that it is night and they had to follow the night routine. The teacher told them a bed time story and our little ones cuddled with their toy in the bed. The party was enjoyed tremendously by our playschool children.

Workshop on Interpersonal Communication

A workshop on Interpersonal Communication was conducted for the Pre-Primary teachers on 14th January, 2011. The workshop began with a humorous ice breaker game which made the teachers realise the importance of effective communication. The definition and meaning of Interpersonal communication was explained. Different types of communication and barriers to communication were also explained. The workshop finally concluded with a hilarious video of Charlie Chaplin which is an excellent example of non-verbal communication.

Kite Flying Day

On 13th January, 2011 the Pre-primary kids celebrated Makar Sankranti – the Festival of Kites. Senior Kg children drew a picture of a person flying a kite. Junior Kg teachers imparted information about how this festival is celebrated in different states of India. The children eagerly made patterns using crayons. Playschool children were given kite cut-outs on which they made handprints. Nursery children did finger painting on their kites. The children were taken out and shown how to fly kites. Pre-primary children had fun celebrating this festival in their own special way.

Clean City Green City

On 18th January, 2011 Senior Kg celebrated a special day called ‘Clean City Green City’ to learn about the importance of conserving our natural resources and protecting our planet Earth. This special day was conducted to create awareness in the children about keeping the environment clean. They were also taught how to sort out garbage. They sifted the wet and dry garbage and put them in separate dustbins. The children were also informed about which waste can be broken down and mixed into the soil and which cannot. The children enjoyed the unique experience thoroughly.

ACTIVITIES held from 10th January to 14th January 2010

Busy, Busy Spider

A special day – “The Busy, Busy Spider” was held on 10th January, 2011 in which each child was given a character and they had to come dressed accordingly. It was a brilliant effort by the parents to dress their children in colourful costumes and provide appropriate props for their characters. The story, “The Busy, Busy Spider”, a very good reinforcement for the concept of ‘Spider’ and ‘Farm animals’, was woven around different farm animals and their sounds. Children thoroughly loved and enjoyed the session. The parents were also appreciated for their zeal and enthusiasm.

ACTIVITIES held from 29th November to 3rd December 2010

Birdie Dance

Birdie Dance Day was held on 26th November. The children of the Playschool came dressed as different birds and presented some very creative and innovative costumes. They came forward one by one and informed their friends about the features and food habits of the birds. They danced the “Birdie Dance” and pretended to fly in the class by flapping their wings. It was a real delight to see our little birdies dancing.

Underwater Sea Creatures

On 26th November our Nursery children had a special UNDERWATER ADVENTURE DAY. They came to school dressed as sea creatures. The class was converted into a seascape with blue gelatin paper, sea weeds, and shells and cutouts of different sea creatures to enliven the atmosphere. The students sang different songs on marine life and had loads of fun.

Octopus Art

On 26th November, Jr.KG children enjoyed a Special Day called Octopus Art Day. They had loads of fun painting white chart paper with sponge using green paint. After the paper dried, they drew eyes and a mouth with a black marker, cut the octopus outline out of that paper and hung the sea creatures from the octopus’s arms. Octopus Art helped the children develop their creativity and reinforced the concept of marine creatures taught in the class.

The Shark Tale

The Jr. KG children enjoyed a Special Day. It was ‘Shark Tale’ movie watch on 26th November. The teacher gave the children a gist of the movie before they viewed it. The children had fun watching it and were very excited to see different underwater creatures. This movie helped our little ones recapitulate what they had learnt about marine creatures .

Visit To An Aquarium

On 30th November, the Jr. KG children went on a field trip to an Aquarium. They were filled with excitement and enthusiasm which they vocalised with numerous questions as the teacher drew their attention to the different types of fish, spoke about their characteristics and their food. The children were overawed to watch the fish swim by and each longed for a pet fish of his own.

ACTIVITIES held from 22nd November to 29th November 2010

Froggy Fun

On 24th November, our Nursery children celebrated “FROGGY FUN DAY”. At the start of the day our little artists made frog headgear by painting frog cutouts green and putting black spots on them. They were then introduced to a Froggy fun race in which they had to leap like a frog and reach the finish line. They participated spontaneously and enjoyed the session.

Teddy’s Day Out

On 23rd November, our Playschool children celebrated Teddy Bear Day. They came to school with their teddy bears. The teacher encouraged them to speak about their little toy. The children took their teddy bears on an outdoor picnic where they pretended to feed and care for them. They enjoyed a melodious singing session during the picnic.

Children’s Day

On 22nd November , Pre-school Vibgyorites celebrated Chacha Nehru’s birthday with gusto. They came dressed in party attire. Various activities like making paper plate frogs and sponge painting of Fred the frog, were immensely enjoyed by them. The puppet show, which followed, kept them mesmerized. Later, they drew their interpretation of the puppet show which revealed their creativity. A most memorable day indeed!

Halloween

Halloween was celebrated on 28th October. Playschool children made Jack-o Lanterns using empty Bisleri bottles. Nursery children made peek-a-boo Halloween masks using paper plates. Jr. K.G. children enjoyed making the Witch’s Hat while the Sr. K.G. made lanterns out of orange chart paper and stuck black cutouts of scary faces on them. Celebrating Halloween created a spooky feeling all over the school. The children thoroughly enjoyed scaring their friends.

Getting Traditional

On 29th October 2010, Pre-Primary children came dressed in ethnic wear. The teacher explained the significance of Diwali to the students. The Playschool children decorated their earthen diyas with glitter and sequins. The Nursery children made lanterns. Jr.K.G children made colorful ‘torans’ and ‘diyas’. Sr. K.G Children made wind chimes with thermocol glasses. They enthusiastically participated in games, danced to the tune of traditional songs and made bright and colourful Diwali cards to carry home. It was a delightful day for our tiny tots.

ACTIVITIES held from 19th October to 25th October 2010

Discipline Management

VIBGYOR is proud of its constant endeavour to enhance teacher effectiveness by conducting regular In-house training workshops for the teachers. A well-designed module, prepared by VITT (VIBGYOR Institute of Teacher Training) is sent every month by the CO to the centres, where these workshops are conducted by the Section Heads.

Discipline cannot be forced; it should be instilled, so as to make the child distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.On 23 October 2010 a workshop on Discipline Management was conducted for the Pre-Primary teachers with the help of role play and power point presentations. The following topics were explained:
Types of student discipline followed world wide
Classroom Behavioural Management
Methods of Discipline Management:
Effective Discipline Tips:
The workshop was very informative and all the teachers attended it with immense interest.

Finding Nemo

The Nursery children had a Special Day on 25th October 2010 on the theme Water World. The children viewed a VCD ’Finding Nemo’ where children got the opportunity to see different kinds of sea creatures on a big screen. After watching the movie they had a follow up activity through an interactive session to discuss what they had viewed. This session enhanced their understanding of these animals and was undoubtedly a thrilling experience for them.

Colour Fun Day

A Colour Fun day was celebrated on 27th October . It was an “Orange Day” where all the classrooms were decorated with orange coloured objects. The teachers and children were dressed in orange coloured clothes. Various activities were organized for the children such as Orange Collage , Sorting orange inter star links, Noisy orange and Dancing with orange streamers. The children had fun doing the classroom collage activity which was later displayed on the board. It was an amazing day bringing both joy and learning for the children.

Fantastic Marine Facts

On 27 October 2010, Sr. K.G. celebrated a Special Day called ‘Fantastic Marine Facts’ as they were learning about marine life. The session began with the reading of some interesting facts about marine creatures. Children were asked to source some facts about sea creatures. Some brought interesting pictures while others made beautiful cutouts with facts written on them. They were amazed to hear the facts and the teachers even asked questions based on these facts as a recap. Overall it was an interactive and informative session.

Ocean Wall

The children of Sr. K.G. had a Special Day called Ocean wall on 22 October as a part of the theme ‘Marine Creatures’. Children painted cutouts of fish and jelly fish and stuck strips of cellophane paper as tentacles on the jellyfish. They twisted green crepe paper to make sea weeds. Finally they painted two chart papers with blue paint to create the impression of an ocean. The colourful marine creatures were stuck on the ocean to create an ocean wall. This was displayed in the class.