The thrills, (and some spills!) continued this week!
Love, love, love, love is all we need
We celebrated Valentine's Day on Tuesday, 14 February and the treat of the day were the 'love letters' sent to the children, by family members and friends, which were read out in classes. The teachers have more in their update below.
IN THE MONTESSORI ENVIRONMENT
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| Clockwise - Opening the Valentine's Day Mail box, Sound boxes, Puzzle map, and (EPL) folding a napkin |
Exercises of Practical Life: How to Fold a Napkin (Medial Fold) – It is common etiquette to place a napkin when setting the table. This week, we have learnt to fold a napkin medially - an exercise from geometry that also requires small motor skills. Please do try it at home with as many variations as you can think of!
Sensorial: Sound Boxes (Pairing) - This activity is performed by pairing Sound Boxes. (The link provided offers more information on the properties and purpose of this Sensorial material.) The child develops the ability to discriminate the intensity of sounds, refining his auditory sense and thereby fine tuning hearing, which is critical to language development.
Names of Continents and Oceans - Locating and learning the names of the continents and oceans using the Continent Map.
Kinds of Leaves – The child is exposed to the area of botany to relate more to plant life. Here the types of leaves are introduced (simple and compound leaf).
Topics:
The Story of St Valentine
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The story of Valentine’s Day was narrated to the children to begin the celebration of the ‘Month of Love’. We used this version:
Opening of the Valentine's Day Post Box and reading the 'love letters'. The children listened with rapt attention to the dedications, sent by their parents, friends and teachers.
Cookery: We made ’chocolate coated pretzels’ and served those as a special snack
Cookery: We made ’chocolate coated pretzels’ and served those as a special snack
普通话 - Mandarin Pǔtōnghuà
Famous Places in China – Information was given to the children about a few beautiful places in China via media presentation.
1. Topic: Land and Water Formations
2. Famous places in China
3. Conversation: 'I love you.'
4. Song - counting star
THE EXTENDED-DAY
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Exercises of Practical Life – Washing the surface of a table, which is an activity in our daily lives. Presented with finer details, the child learns to follow a proper sequence when engaged in this activity.
Sensorial – Fabrics: The children learnt to identify a few fabrics, such as cotton, silk, jute and also to find their pairs within the Fabric Box, to exercise their tactile sense.
Mathematics– Decimal System Subtraction (Static): The children learnt the process or skill of taking one number or amount away from another and how it differs from addition.
Language – Descriptive Picture Stories: Using a picture as the reference to create a story as well as learning the use of capital letters and punctuation marks.
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| Valentine's Day Activities |
Topic: Artist: Henry Matisse (review)
Ongoing Art project: ‘Collage’ by Henry Matisse
Cookery: Lunch for Valentine’s Day
Art and Craft: Valentine’s Day bracelet and necklace
HINDI MILAP
Group discussion
Personalities:
Shivaji Maharaj (media presentation),
Shivaji Jayanti
Vocabulary:
Body parts and their function - हम अपने कानों से सुनते है।
Story Time:
मूर्ख ब्राह्मण
शिक्षा : हमे हमेशा अपने आप पर विश्वास करना चाहिए।
Word Study:
पैर, पेट, उंगली, हाथ, कान, नाक, आँख
Songs
१) बिल्ली गई दिल्ली//
दिल्ली में था बंदर//
लाल किले के अंदर//
बंदर ने दी मूंगफली//
बिल्ली लेकर उसे चली//
रास्ते मे था भालू//
बिल्ली बोला मैं खालू//
बिल्ली बोली झट म्याऊँ//
बिल्ली ने मारा पंजा//
भालू होगया गंजा//
२) हम आगे आगे आते है,
हम पीछे पीछे जाते है //
हम ऊपर ऊपर जाते है
हम नीचे नीचे आते है//
और हम घूम जाते है//
३) वंदे मातरम
४) गायत्री मंत्र
BIAN DANG BAN
1. Topic: Pets, we talked about the different kinds of pets
2. Learning to count the strokes in a Chinese character
3. Songs: Valentine's Day songs
4. Craft: A Heart
THE INFANT COMMUNITY
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| Care of Self - putting on one's shoes |
- How to mop the floor - for the development of large motor muscle and concentration, as well as how to keep one's environment clean
- Discussed the Valentine's Day Letter Box and read out the dedications
- Songs: *We are a Happy Family; *The More We Get Together
- Art and craft: Heart-shape Caterpillar
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| The pictures say it all! |
Notice
If you arrive after (9 a.m. or 2 p.m. on the session that your child attends), please seek assistance to enter the environment so the community within is not affected. You may do so at the Administrator's office, Finance office or at the main lobby and reception area. We are usually around the driveway at arrivals and do bear with us if we are delayed by an unforeseen matter. We will attend to you, as soon as possible.
If you arrive after (9 a.m. or 2 p.m. on the session that your child attends), please seek assistance to enter the environment so the community within is not affected. You may do so at the Administrator's office, Finance office or at the main lobby and reception area. We are usually around the driveway at arrivals and do bear with us if we are delayed by an unforeseen matter. We will attend to you, as soon as possible.
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