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The week ended on a high note with these ‘best choices’:
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| Adonia |
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| Andrew |
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| Aruna |
IN THE MONTESSORI ENVIRONMENTS ...
Touch Tablets (Pairing) – Experiencing varying degrees of roughness (ultimately leading to a smooth surface) is represented in the Montessori environment with the Touch Tablets. The activity of pairing similar surfaces together by ‘feeling’ the Tablets is a development of our tactile sense.
BOTANY:
Parts of a Root – From learning about the parts of a tree, the children know that the roots are usually located in the soil below the plant. They also learnt that a root has its own parts: tap root, lateral root, root hair and root cap.
GEOMETRY: Parts of a Triangle
The children learnt the names of the parts of a triangle learning to name and identify its parts, e.g. the apex or vertex – the highest point of a triangle, the altitude – the height of a triangle, the angle – the space between two intersecting lines and the base – the bottom part of the triangle.
BIOLOGY: Parts of a Cow
This is a further exploration of the world of Zoology. Here the children learnt the names of the parts of a cow: head, body, tail, hooved feet and udders.
GROUP TOPICS:
Famous Places in India – media presentation of a few beautiful places in India and their; geographical location, construction and history. They learnt that the ‘Taj Mahal’ as one of the Seven Wonders of the World!
MANDARIN
Group Topics:
Learning the names of the seven continents
Learning the names of the types of leaves - simple and compound
Conversations: “How are you?” and responses
Extended Day
Exercise of Practical Life - Washing a Cloth:
This purposeful exercise requires the use of small and large motor movements and has a practical value to life at home.
Sensorial – Stereognostic Bags:
To perform this activity the child uses a blind fold and feels the items in a bag attempting to identify them. There are bags which contain objects that varies in shapes, sizes and textures.
Language – Word Study: Animals and their Homes, Animals and their Young Ones, singular and plural, synonyms, homophones, antonyms, etc. This activity helps to enhance the child’s awareness of spellings and the different meanings of words.
Mathematics – Decimal System Subtraction (Dynamic): This is to show the child that subtractions is the concept of changing from one category (place value) to another.
Ongoing group art project – The children started a group art project inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. He wanted people to enjoy the colours and shapes in his paintings. He also said that “good art does not have to look like something in a
photo. Abstract art can be beautiful too”. We certainly agree.
All of us are excitedly looking forward to the results of the project!
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| Group Abstract Art Project |
BIAN DANG BAN
Group Discussion:
1. Animals in a Farm
2. Learning to use Classifiers
3. Song: Animals in a Farm
4. Craft: A fish
HINDI
Group discussion:
Group discussion:
Identifying vegetables and learning about the benefit of each.
Shivratri - Friday, 24th February 2017
Story Time: Story of Markandeya
Word study:
शिव रात्रि, दूध, बेल पत्र, उपवास, मन्दिर, अभिषेक, फल, नारियल, भिंडी, टमाटर, आलू
Songs/ Poem :
१) आलू बोला मुझको खा लो |
मैं तुमको मोटा कर दूंगा |
पालक बोली मुझको खा लो |
मैं तुमको ताकत दे दूँगी |
गाजर, भिन्डी, बैंगन |
गोभी, मटर, टमाटर बोले |
अगर हमें भी खाओगे |
शीघ्र बड़े हो जाओगे |
२) वंदे मातरम् ।
३) छोटा नाटा मकोड़ा …
ऊपर चड़ गया
४) ॐ त्रियम्बकं यजामहे, सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनं
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मोक्षिय मामृतात्
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BIAN DANG BAN Top Left: Group Lesson, Top Right: Writing characters for domestic animals
BIAN DANG BAN 2nd Row Left: Learning to identify characters for farm animals, 2nd Row Right: Group Lessons
HINDI 3rd Row Left and Right: Learning about Vegetables
HINDI Last Row: Tracing Hindi script, Last Row Right: Learning about Vegetables
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INFANT COMMUNITY
Activity: Arranging Flowers - learning to follow a sequence of activity
1. Taking water from a tap
2. Pouring water through a funnel
3. Putting the vase with the flowers on the table after the ‘arrangement’
4. Cleaning up any spills and restoration of the material
Language: Picture cards:
Learning the parts of the human face - eye, nose, month, ear
Songs: *One Little Finger, *Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes, *The Finger Family
Discussion: Keeping one’s work on one’s rug.
ON A FURTHER NOTE: PUNCTUALITY
We find that we have to re-visit this subject, (particularly for the morning session) as the number of children who habitually arrive after 8:15a.m. is disrupting the flow of work in the classrooms. The children who are already in the classroom by 8:15a.m. should be provided with a peaceful environment in which to work and your cooperation is needed to make this happen. Needless to say, the ‘latecomers’ themselves feel awkward about entering a working environment. Our doors are opened for arrivals at 7:50a.m. to 8:15a.m. in the morning and 12:20p.m. to 12:30p.m. in the afternoon.
Please support us in this effort to make classroom time productive and conducive.
