Superb September
 
Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!
 
Let’s take a sneak peek into the month of “Superb September”
 
It seems unbelievable that the first term is already over! It was nice to witness our children happily settled, enjoying everything that our virtual classes offered! It has been a pleasure and privilege to see their personality unfold day by day with end number of activities which gives them the right exposure to express themselves. We at SUNCITY SCHOOL 37-D, focus upon making our little ones independent life-long learners through the theory of ‘Multiple Intelligences’.
 
 
Universal Value- ‘I am Compassion’ 
During the Rapport building sessions, children were explained the significance of the Universal Value- ‘I am Compassion’. The children were given various examples of the situations such as - What will you do if you come across a few homeless hungry stray animals? The importance of giving a smile, a hug, saying nice things to others etc. was discussed with the help of examples, a story and pictures.
 
Theme- Transport 
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Children enjoyed learning about the air and water modes of transport through various activities. They were made aware that the fastest mode of transportation is the Air transport.

• They were elated to listen to the sounds produced by various vehicles.
•  This was followed by an elaborative discussion on various means of water transport - manual boat, cargo boat, cruise ship and more.
• Children were taken back into the history wherein they learnt about the means of transport used in the past and then the same was compared with the transportation system of today.
• They thoroughly enjoyed their monthly theme with guessing games, collage-making, and riddles on the same. 

 

Naturalistic Intelligence
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Children were sensitized on the safe ways to celebrate the events and holidays during the pandemic. They were taken on a virtual trip to ‘hangar’ and children were delighted to see the airplanes. The educator discussed the different forms of energy such as solar, wind and hydro and also the ways to conserve energy. The terms ‘Reuse, Reduce and Recycle’ were also reinforced.
Children excitedly attempted the boat experiment which was conducted to understand how boats float on water. 

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English
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Learning phonics is one of the most important stepping stones in early reading. Children learnt the phonic sounds of letters -' Nn, Oo, and Pp’ along with their related vocabulary words through stories and flashcards.
They learnt to trace these letters on flour/semolina. Children practiced the formations of letters in their workbooks and revised writing the letters- 'a,b,c,& d' in their linguistic notebooks. They revisited sight words done so far and also learnt some new sight words- they, if, on, am.
 

Verbal LinguisticIntelligence –Hindi
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❖     बच्चों को व्यंजन ठ ,ड ,ढ त और  उनसे मिलते हुए शब्दों , वस्तुओ से कहानियों के द्वारा परिचय कराया गया।
❖     बच्चों ने अपनी अभ्यास पुस्तिका में इन व्यंजनों में रंग भरने का कार्य किया तथा व्यंजन गीत को गाने का
        आंनद भी लिया।
❖     अभी तक किये हुए सभी व्यंजन क से त तक को दोहराने का कार्य भी किया।
❖     हिंदी दिवस के उपल्क्ष में बच्चो ने गतिविधि ‘बूझो तो जाने’ के माध्यम से पशुओं और फलों पर आधारित
​        अनेक पहेलियों को भी सुलझाया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence 
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Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concentration.

• The children learnt to exhibit the value of numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebook.
• The concept of ‘missing numbers’ was also taken up with the help of a story- Ms. Polly and her missing shirts. Children enjoyed the same and practiced in their workbooks.
• The teacher introduced the ‘concept of what comes before’ through a story-Rabbit and its carrot and a video. They practiced the same in their workbooks.
• Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write numbers from 14 to 16 under the concept of tens and ones through various engaging activities like making a bundle of tens, story, tower making activity respectively.
• The children recapitulated the concept of ‘what comes in between’ (1-10) with the help of number line.
• The children did oral counting from 1 to 50. They also enjoyed ‘spot the difference activity’.

 

​Visual-Spatial Intelligence 

The visual arts allow children to enter into their imaginative world, to be creative and to engage in playful thinking. Skills children practice when participating in these activities include: grasping pencils, crayons, chalk and paintbrushes; paper cutting etc. helps children develop their fine muscles. To support and promote their experiences of the visual arts, following activities were carried out  this month:

• Children made a wonderful ‘Rocket craft’ integrated with the theme ‘Transport’, wherein they learned how to cut the paper into stripes to enhance their eye-hand coordination skill.
• An octopus craft was built by the children along with the educator related to the letter ‘o’. Children were introduced to a new paper rolling activity with the help of a pencil to give the look of tentacles of an octopus.
• Children made a ‘penguin craft’ related to letter ‘p’, wherein they enjoyed creating the body and head of the penguin. Their excitement while making the craft was noticeable. 

Musical Intelligence 
 Learning music can improve a child’s social and cognitive skills.
 
Indian Music
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Indian classical music inculcates a sense of structure & rhythm in one’s brain. Sangeet for all is the first Indian music curriculum with a carefully researched pedagogy, methodology, and resources that provides the young child with a solid foundation in music. Children practiced different songs like ‘Tidy up song’, ‘Rain song’, ‘Potato song’ ‘अरे रे रे कृष्णा’,‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाये’. They also enjoyed listening to the musical story of ‘Tansen’.

Western Music
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“Music is to the mind as air is to the body”.  - Plato
Practice makes us all perfect. With the ongoing western music sessions, our children are gaining musical intelligence each day. They learned a new song, ‘This little light of mine’.   

Dance 
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Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. The children strengthened their skill by dancing to the tunes of the song, ‘Dance Party’. 

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence 

Bodily Kinesthetics- If there is one thing that certainly achieves well, it is in helping children to develop and hone their motor skills. Think of all the running and climbing that the average child loves to be involved in. Kids can improve their balance and coordination with holistic benefits for mobility. So our little learners along with our educator learnt about fitness through live sessions and videos of simple and easy exercises using different props.

• Yoga poses through the recorded video. (Cat pose, cobra pose, rock pose, dog pose and mountain pose).
• Superhero exercises (hulk, wonder woman, spider mam, etc.)
• Exercises like warming up, stretching from head to toe, rolling on the back, teddy roll, bow pose roll, lotus pose and humming like bees. 

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell 
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“The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.”
The value of celebrating birthday parties specifically can help kids build relationships at school and may set them up with life-long friends. To inculcate the joy of togetherness we celebrated the birthdays of Nursery kids on September 30th, 2021 with full fervour. The educator reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party. We also conducted a ‘Show and Tell’ activity to enhance the confidence, communication and presentation skills of the children, integrated with the monthly theme, ‘Transport’, Wherein children dressed up according to the theme. Their efforts to present themselves in front of the class were praiseworthy. We also believe in Kiichi Tsuchiya saying, “The important thing is to keep trying.”

Storytelling
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“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world”.
The month started with 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 NandiniNayar (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.

Drama
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Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance. In simple words, drama is a composition in verse or prose presenting a story in pantomime or dialogue. This month the educator narrated the stories, ‘कुम्हार की कहानी ‘, ‘कंजूस आदमी ‘. Later, they enjoyed a fun-filled way to emote certain feelings and situations.  

Events and Celebrations

हिंदी दिवस:

सनसिटी स्कूल,37डी के छात्रों ने हिंदी को भारत की आधिकारिक भाषाओं में अपनाने के लिए
14 सितंबरको हिंदी दिवस मनाया।कक्षा के॰जी॰- डी के छात्रों ने मुख्य प्रार्थना पेश की। बच्चों ने जानकारी साझा की कि हिंदी एक बहुत समृद्ध भाषा है और 14 सितंबर 1949 को हिंदी को भारत की राजभाषा घोषित किया गया। हिंदी प्रेम, एकता और भाईचारे की भाषा है।
कक्षा में छात्रों ने हिंदी में पहेलियों का आनंद लिया और सही जवाबों का अंदाजा
लगाया।यह उनके लिए एक रोमांचक गतिविधि थी।

Dear Parent,(s)
Greetings!
 
Let’s take a sneak peek into the month of “Amazing August”
The festive season is the most joyous time of the year for everyone. It is essential to teach the importance of festivals to our little ones. This festive month inspired our little ones not only with the spirit of patriotism, but they also learnt the significance of the Hindu festivals- Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami. 
 

​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.

Plants: The children learnt about various types of plants, their needs, parts of a plant, and uses of plants. They were also briefed on the ways to take care of the plants and how plants are useful to us.
Land transport: Transportation is an important part of everyday life. The children must understand its importance and the rules pertaining to it. They were made aware of the traffic lights and its importance, private and public transport, emergency vehicles, vehicles used in rural and urban areas, and railways. 

 

​The educator reiterated on the importance of plants and a few facts related to them. Children were introduced to different types of plants. They were also apprised of various parts of a plant and their functions. The process of photosynthesis was explained to them by which plants make their own food.
Our other theme of the month was ‘Transport’. Transportation is the necessity of our lives. The children understood its importance and the rules pertaining to it. They saw videos related to different means of land transport and road safety rules. The educator explained the topic in a fun way wherein they recited the rhymes like ‘Red Light., Red Light and Wheels on the Bus go round and round’.
The educator also apprised children on the effects of rising pollution on Earth and explained to students the best way to prevent air, land, and water pollution through discussions and activities.
They were encouraged to:

• Say no to plastic
• Segregate Waste/Garbage as ‘dry and wet’ at home

Our young minds were enlightened about SDG 13: Climate Action. The educator explained the ways of reducing air pollution by adopting sustainable ways for commuting such as:-

• Walking
• Cycling
• Transit
• Carpooling
• Using green vehicles

Children understood how the sustainable modes of transport are beneficial to stop climate change.
 
 

​Linguistic intelligence develops the child’s ability to understand both spoken and written language. It also helps children to communicate with ease using short sentences. Our young learners enjoyed singing the jolly phonics songs along with actions.
❖      The letters – ‘j’,‘k’, ‘l’, and ‘m’ were introduced through story narration, phonic sounds and related vocabulary words. The children also practiced letter formation by tracing the letters on flour/salt.
❖      The children revised writing the letters- ‘a and b’ in the Linguistic notebook.
❖      Sight words – The children revisited the sight words done so far and were introduced to the new sight words- he, she, they, of, that, this through a Power Point presentation.
 

हमारे नन्हे-नन्हे मास्टर माइंड हिंदी सत्रों में अपने शिक्षकों को "सुप्रभात महोदया जी"  कहने के लिए हमेशा उत्साहित रहते हैं। उन्हें फ्लैश कार्ड और कहानियों के माध्यम से नए व्यंजन छ , ज , झ और  ट के साथ-साथ संबंधित शब्दावली शब्दों से परिचित कराया गया और उन्होंने अपनी शब्दावली को बढ़ाने के लिए शब्दों के माध्यम से इन का उपयोग करना सीखा। उन्होंने व्यंजन गीत गाने का भी आनंद लिया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence helps the children to understand numbers and their quantification. It also enhances their logical reasoning and stimulates thinking. Educator introduced the ‘concept of tens and ones’ in an easy yet effective way where imaginary stories and hand-on activities viz. grouping, bundling of concrete objects were carried out. Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write numbers from 10 to 13 as per the concept of tens and ones. The “concept of 0 (zero)” was introduced through an activity and an audio-visual. They also acquired the concept of ‘what comes after and before’ with the help of ‘wormy apple number strip’. The children were engaged in oral counting from 1 to 50 through body movements.

​Visual-spatial activities enable the children to retain the information by creating visual pictures whether it is a letter craft, drawing various images or creating something to understand the importance of some festivals. Working with colours and creating something all by themselves makes them joyful and helps build a sense of achievement.  So, this month children were engaged in the following activities:

• Integrating the monthly theme of land transport with Visual Spatial, children made a Truck, using cut-outs of the shapes.
• Our little ones enjoyed making Jelly fish and lady Bird as the letter crafts for the letters ‘j’ and ‘ l’.
• The kids were delighted to colour and decorate the ‘Makhan Mattki’ craft, and discussed Lord Krishna’s fondness for Makhan/Butter.

Music stimulates the brain in a very powerful way because of our
emotional connection with it. Music can raise someone’s mood and get them excited. It can also improve long term memory and lead to better brain development. Learning music can improve a child’s social and cognitive skills. 

​“Music has the power to bring people together.” Music has the power to bring positivity and entertainment to the lives of everyone. Children love music because it holds the power to express and brings a sense of joy into their lives.  In this month, children practiced ‘ Sangeet for all’ activities , and sang the patriotic song, ‘ देश मेरे देश’ and the devotional song, ‘अरे रे रे कृष्णा’ song along with the educator. 

​Practice makes us all perfect. With the ongoing western music sessions, children practiced singing the song, ‘Praise Him’, to the tunes of a guitar.

​Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. Children strengthened their body movements by dancing to the lyrics of the song, ‘ I am so Happy’.

​Kinesthetic learning often includes physical repetition of tasks, which builds muscle memory in children and further boosts retention. Movement can increase energy, which helps children stay focused. It also improves critical thinking, problem-solving skills and most importantly self-confidence.
To inculcate the above abilities and to control one's body movements, the children practiced various exercises such as:❖ Kids yoga - butterfly pose, flower pose, side plank, tree pose, warrior pose, breathing exercises.
​❖ Space workout exercises - catching the shooting stars, bending like a crescent moon, spinning on a flying saucer.
Children also practiced the ribbon drill along with free hand callisthenic exercises for the ‘Bodily kinesthetic event.'

As a child develops, we must nurture their communication skills so they are capable of expressing themselves, clearly and confidently, in all aspects and areas of their life. Thus, we conducted ‘show and tell’ activity for our little ones during the birthday celebrations. The birthdays of Nursery kids born in the month of August was celebrated on August 31st, 2021. The theme for the celebration was ‘My favourite mode of land transport.’ Educator reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party. Children were then encouraged to speak a few lines on the assigned theme. They were excited to speak their lines and exhibit their creative props.
 

​To encourage our young learners to use their imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator. The children were fascinated to listen to the stories - ‘Friends’ and “Vasu meets a tadpole“. They also enjoyed making ‘growth cycle of an apple’ and ‘cloud’ craft related to the stories mentioned above. 

In early childhood, drama needs no written lines to memorize, structured behaviour patterns to imitate, nor is an audience needed. Children need only a safe, interesting environment and freedom to experiment with roles, conflict, and problem solving.
Children could identify and differentiate between the right and wrong at their age levels if they are nurtured, guided, and supervised well. So keeping this aim in mind, stories like ‘हंस और केकड़े, 'जादुई टोपी' और 'चालाक कुम्हार' were narrated to promote the importance of ‘unity’ and ‘righteousness’ with appropriate expressions and voice modulations for children to practice and experiment with.

 

​Kinesthetic learning improves analytical skills through trial-and-error experimentation. We believe that practice is a crucial factor in a student’s learning and progress, but to have a platform to showcase their potential also matters.
We put up a, ‘Bodily Kinesthetic Event’ to give the students a chance to showcase their potential in sports.
The event started with some thrilling warm-up exercises along with stretching of limbs from head to toe. Children participated with full zeal with their tri – colour pom - poms held high. Their coordination and discipline were truly praise-worthy. They beautifully presented a ribbon drill along with free hand callisthenic exercises.
Their performance made everyone’s eyes twinkle with pride. Towards the end, they gave a round of applaud for themselves and were appreciated for their tremendous efforts. 

​ “Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living”?
-      Mahatma Gandhi
Children thoroughly enjoyed the celebration of our 75th Independence Day through a special assembly conducted by the students of KG A.They were explained the meaning and importance of Independence Day. Every year, the Prime Minister of India hoists the national flag at the Red Fort in New Delhi. It was followed by the activity of making tri colour kites using tearing and pasting technique. They were also told about the significance of tricolours and Ashoka Chakra in our national flag.

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 'Makhan Mattki' craft in their visual art session along with the educator.

​Dear Parent,
Greetings!
After the fun-filled summer break, children were welcomed back to yet another month of learning and growing.
The month of July was joyful and power packed with events and activities as the children were restarting their journey of online learning after a relaxing summer break.
Here is a brief of the plethora of activities which helped our children get exposure to first hand learning and honed their innate potential.
                                                                     
Let’s take a sneak peek into the month of July.

​ During the first week, the educator helped children to recall the importance of personal hygiene, functions of various body parts including sense organs and the concept of joint & nuclear family.
Educator discussed the universal value of this month – I am Honest.
The children were briefed about what honesty is through a story.
They were explained 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. Children also contributed and shared their day -to-day experiences in the class discussions.
As we proceeded with the theme - ​Plants. We ensured that the children understood the role of plants and trees in our lives. Life as we know it would not be possible without plants. All the basic and significant information like importance of plants, needs of a Plant, parts of a plant and its functions, process of Germination, uses of a plant and how ‘humans’ and ‘animals’ are dependent on plants were explained and discussed in a very child friendly manner. With the help of various teaching aids like PowerPoint presentations, real life objects and hands-on exercises children were made aware of the facts that in order to lead a healthy life we have to take care of plants and trees around us. Also, they were sensitized about the co-existence of various living and non living things in our environment. 

​❖     Children were made aware of the SDG 15- Life on Land, through an activity and a video. The educator discussed the impact of our actions on other living beings with whom we co-exist. Our little ones were encouraged to follow a few good practices such as use of cloth/paper bags in place of plastic bags, avoid use of disposables etc.
❖    Children were explained about the process of germination through a hands-on activity of sprouting chickpeas/green gram.
❖    The educator discussed the benefits and uses of plants. Children learnt and understood how to sow the stem/seeds of a plant and were encouraged to take care of their green friends.
  

​Linguistic intelligence enhances or improves the student’s ability to understand both spoken and written language. It is of utmost importance for a child to identify letters and learn their correct phonic sounds. It can only be achieved with regular practice -verbal and written.
The educator reiterated the identification, formation, phonic sounds, and vocabulary words of the letters from 'a-e' to expand the word bank of children.
Children were also introduced to the letters from ‘f’ to ‘i' in a similar manner.
Sight words act like connectors. Some sight words were also introduced along with the pictures for easy recognition and their use in everyday sentences.
 

​बच्चों का हिंदी सीखना उतना हीअनिवार्य है जितना किअंग्रेजीl
इसी विषय में बच्चों को कुछ नए शब्द सिखाये गएl
 
❖      रोज़ के बोले जाने वाले शब्दों को हिंदी में बताया गया जैसे कि सुप्रभात, महोदयI जी, धन्यवाद आदिl
❖      बच्चों ने हिंदी में अपना परिचय देने काअभ्यास कियाl
❖      बच्चों को व्यंजन 'क - ग' पढ़ाया गया l साथ हीअध्यापिका ने जादुई पिटारा के द्वारा व्यंजन से सम्बंधित वस्तुए दिखा कर इनकी पहचान भी कराई |

​​Logical Mathematical Intelligence is our ability to think logically, to reason and to identify connections between numbers, shapes and symbols. It is an important part of problem solving and critical thinking.
 
❖ The children recapitulated the pre-number concepts – Tall/Short, big / small, heavy/light. They were also introduced to the concept of More/ Less with the help of concrete objects.
❖They recapitulated numbers from 1-4 along with the quantification and formation. They also practiced oral counting from 1 to 30.
❖ The educator introduced the children to numbers from 5 to 9 through number cards.
❖The children were able to quantify the numbers from 5-9 through concrete objects like lady finger/beans, almonds, crayons and finger counting. They were also introduced to the number names of numbers from 5-9 with the help of flashcards.
❖ Two new shapes, ‘Pentagon & Hexagon’ were introduced to the children, with the help of a PPT. Various objects and figures related to these shapes were also discussed with them.
❖ The educator introduced the concept of ‘what comes after’ (1-5) through a number line.

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The children made wonderful crafts, developed their finger dexterity and also enhanced their coordination skills. The crafts were integrated with the theme of the month.
They enjoyed making the following:· 
    ❖ ‘Flower craft’ integrated with the number 5 and letter ‘f’,·     
    ❖  Drawing the parts of a plant 'Needs of a plant craft·      
    ❖ Thumb print activity integrated with the letters ‘g, ‘h’ and ‘i’.
They were extremely delighted to create these amazing end products.

Children performed vocal warm -ups which helped to prepare our children for the intense variations that come along with singing. They practiced singing sargam, welcome song, rain song, sounds of animals and ‘गुरु वंदना.

Practice makes us all perfect. With the ongoing western musical sessions, our children are getting future ready and are gaining musical intelligence each day. They revised the song ’God’s love’ to the tunes of a guitar. They also learnt and practiced singing a new song, ‘Mercy is falling’. 

​Children strengthen their cognitive abilities and memory skills through dance. It improves flexibility, balance & coordination. Dance and movement patterns also develop kinesthetic memory. Children attempted hand movements and learnt dance moves on the song, ‘I am so happy’.

During early childhood, movement is an important sensitivity for all children, as it is the vehicle to obtain experiences. It helps to enhance their gross motor, fine motor skills and the eye-hand coordination. Children practiced the coordination of upper and lower body, forward and lateral motion, up and down motion etc. They attempted types of jumps such as jumping with two feet, hopping, spot jumping.
They were also introduced to different types of exercises like:-
❖      Underwater exercises- crab pose, shark pose, turtle pose.
​❖      Animal yoga – cat pose, snake pose, dog pose.

Birthdays mean fun and laughter all around. This day brings happiness for the birthday boy or girl and also for children who are a part of the celebration. Nursery kids born in the month of June & July celebrated their birthday on July 30th. The theme for the celebration was ‘Uses of plants.’ Children showcased their oral skills through a ‘Show & Tell’ activity based on the theme. Children were excited to speak their lines and were ready with their props. Children were also briefed about the correct manners and etiquettes while attending a birthday party.

​The most important gains for using drama in education are; healthily achieving expression of feelings, and developing creative imagination in children. With this aim in mind, stories like 'एक चालाक खरगोश', ‘एक शैतान बच्चा’ and ‘The proud peacock’ were told to children to enhance their verbal and non-verbal expression of ideas.

​​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.

​The young learners were divided into 5 teams of summer fruits and they confidently spoke about the colour, texture, bi-products of the assigned fruits. Thereafter, they were thrilled to be on a virtual tour to various beautiful orchards of these fruits. The session concluded with the making of ‘Mango Pudding' which they relished with their family members. 

​Visualization is using imagination to mentally represent an object which is not physically present. Working with tools like colourful paints, crayons, painting brushes, shapes etc. builds the young learners visual -spatial abilities which is crucial for their learning process.
A captivating Scratch Art was demonstrated and aptly guided to help the little ones etch colourful masterpieces using a blunt pencil. This definitely activated children’s creative side and they enthusiastically carried out this art and created an original design while revealing wonderful colours underneath.
 
 

​Theme: ‘Endangered Animals’, ‘Tiger’ and ‘Myself, Family and Friends’.
The children learn the best from their surroundings and the environment. They love to do anything involving nature and the outdoors.Therefore, sensitizing students about nature at a young age is of vital importance.Therefore, the young learners of Suncity came close to nature when they learnt about Endangered Species of animals. They understood the difference between endangered and extinct species. They also explored the reasons for their extinction and planned some ways to contribute to the noble cause of animal welfare and conservation. They revisited the topics of ‘Tiger’ and ‘Myself, Family and Friends.’ 

​Verbal Linguistic Intelligence-English
To enhance the vocabulary and their linguistic intelligence, the children revisited three letter words with ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘o’ as the middle sounds. They also learnt about ‘Sentences’ and practiced reading them with the help of sight words and jolly phonics. They also practiced writing of letters from ‘a to q’ in four lines.
 
Sight words:  is, it, in, if, of, to, his, him, her,that,at, this, for, they, she, he, we, our, your, me, my.
 
PS: Kindly read the CVC words by its sound and not by the letter name. Kindly read the Sight Words with letter name and not by their sound.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence-Hindi
The children were introduced to vyanjans ‘ स’ and ‘ ह’  and recapitulated all the vyanjans till ‘ष’ along with their related vocabulary words through picture cards. They played a fun game ‘Jadoo ka Pitara’ in which they took turns to pull out different objects from a magic box and then matched them with the related vyanjans. Following this, the children also attempted fun worksheets in their Hindi workbook.They thoroughly enjoyed singing the related vyanjan song.

 

​Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
The educators took a recap of Number Names from ‘one to ten’ through matching cards activity. The students also revisited ‘quantification of numbers’ concept through counting real objects like pens, ice cream sticks, beads etc. and by playing a game ‘Passing the basket’. The concepts of ‘what comes in between, what comes after and what comes before’ were revised with the help of colourful number cards. They recapitulated the concept of ‘Missing numbers’ through number line Activity.

​Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration
Celebrations are a fun and important way for children, families and educators to actively learn about each other.Hence, all Nursery children who were born in the month of February had their birthday celebrations on Friday, 28th February. 2020. The children came prepared as their favorite endangered or extinct animal and presented a show ‘n’ tell activity in the class. They also enjoyed the dance party during their AV session.

​Other co-curricular activities
 
Drama
Children learnt about a variety of moods and facial expressions through different characters of the stories ‘Phoota Ghadaa’ and ‘Asali Maa’. They also learnt about different body postures to portray different characters.

​AV
Audio Visuals help in the effective implementation of a lesson. Through AV sessions, the children learn and retain the concepts better and for longer duration. It leads to enhancement in students' critical and analytical thinking. The children watched the following videos:
 

• Learn all about Endangered species of animals
• Interesting facts about Tiger 
• We Are A Family Song
• Importance of family
• Story: A friend in need is a friend indeed
• Food chain song
• Maha Shivratri Story

​Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence techniques improve a child's ability to process information physically through hand and body movement. It also fosters body control and expression. It helps them to strengthen their gross and fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. So our little learners learned about the fitness skills through several activities:

• Jumping & Turning 360 degrees
• Stretching of legs
• Forward & backward rolls
• Running and jumping practice
• Yoga drill

EYP Play Area 
The children enjoyed free play in the EYP play area. It helped in the development of their gross motor skills, social-emotional well-being, and peer play skills.

​Dance
Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. The children strengthened their skill by dancing on the songs ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai….’.
 

Musical Intelligence
Musical intelligence enables children to recognize sounds and tones with ease. They appreciate music and rhythm and can joyfully learn songs and melodies.
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Indian Music (Sangeet for all)
Children delightfully played musical instruments – SwarTarang and Shakers. They practiced chanting ‘Om NamahShivaay’ and learnt a song ‘ HoliAai Holi Aai….’.

​Western music 
The children recapitulated all the songs learnt during their western music class. They sang the songs like ‘ God’s Love.., Dididi Dong…., Praise him…, FelizNavidad…, Clock Song…, Who has seen the wind..?and Doe a deer a female deer…..’
 

​Library
To improve focus and concentration, the children were asked to undertake a self-reading session in the library. The educator also narrated different stories to our young learners like ‘You, Me and Empathy' and ‘My Even Day’.
 

Montessori 
The children performed the following activities in the Montessori lab:

• Matching Number Names 1 to 10
• Joining letters to form CVC words with ‘a’ and ‘e’ in the middle
• Matching picture cards with the three letter words

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​Pottery
The children were super excited to make the clay models of ‘heart shaped pendant’ for Valentine’s week, ‘trident’ for Shivratri and ‘haathi’ for revisiting the vyanjan ह. 

​Storytelling
To encourage active participation and to promote the use of imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator wherein an inspiring story was narrated to the young ones ‘When I grow up’ The young learners were fascinated to know about different professions that they can opt from like Astronaut, Veterinary and Scientist etc. They also attempted a related worksheet wherein they drew and colored the picture related to their favorite profession.

​Tab Kids
The children were delighted to do the following activities on their respective tabs:

• Matching vyanjans with related pictures
• Missing numbers
• Tracing of letters i to q

Visual Spatial Intelligence 
The children developed their fine motor skills and increased finger dexterity by making the various crafts. They thoroughly enjoyed making the craft of ‘Panda’ as an endangered species of animal.They enhanced their aesthetic skills by making the craft of ‘Om’ on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. They also loved to make a ‘Photo Frame’ with popsicle sticks as a culmination art activity for the month. 

​Events and Celebrations
 
Annual Day ‘VERVE’
Verve 2019-20 1st Annual function of Suncity 37D commenced with the glitz and glamour of spectacular music and dance performances followed by a theatrical adaptation of the 'Jungle Book'
The event began with a harmonic musical rendition of 'The Million Dreams'. The play, keeping the charm of the classic tale had its twist to it reiterating the significance to conserve nature.
The students of class Nursery enthusiastically participated in the Annual Day. This helped them to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behavior in groups; to have confidence in their abilities.
The mesmerizing grand finale had students dance to the rhythmic tunes of the song- 'Love Song to the Earth’ that conveys the message of nurturing nature. 

​Shivratri
The children learnt about the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri. They understood the importance of this special day and made the crafts of ‘Om’ and a trident. They were told that once a year in late winter and before the arrival of Summer, marks Maha Shivaratri which means "The Great Night of Lord Shiva" and signifies Shiva’s marriage with Parvati.
The students of KG C presented a wonderful assembly to celebrate the festivities of Maha Shivratri. They spoke about the significance of this special day when Lord Shiva tied a knot of togetherness with Goddess Parvati. They were delighted to chant the mantra ‘Om Namah Shivay’ and purified their mind and body. While expressing their gratitude towards Lord Shiva, they also gave a message to the audience to visit the temple on this gracious day and educated them about the way of taking Prasad.

..​Dear parent(s),
Warm greetings!
We were delighted to welcome our children back after the fulfilled winter vacations to yet another month of learning and growing.
Let’s take a sneak peek into the joyous month of January .

Theme-Tiger
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It is vital to sensitize our children at an early age about the importance of saving tigers from extinction. It’s important to protect tigers so that they can continue to live in a safe environment. Hence the theme taken for the month of January was Tiger.

• The teacher first introduced the cat family to the children through picture cards and discussed facts related to it.
• This was followed by an elaborative discussion on the distinctive features of the tiger through a paper cut-out of a tiger.
• The children were also made aware about the ways by which tigers find their food and what do they eat. The teacher also talked about the habitat of a tiger.
• She also introduced the false eye of the tiger. The tigers have white spots surrounded by black fur on the back of their ears. It has been suggested that they act as false eyes to warn of their presence or discourage other species from attacking them from behind.
• The educator conferred about the new vocabulary terms such as dew claw, pugmark, prey and predator.
• The children were explained the meaning of ‘ambush’ and ‘pounce’. Ambush means to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them. Pouncing means to spring forward suddenly so as to attack or seize someone or something. The teacher also showed video related to it.
• They were introduced to the term herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers through picture cards, rhymes and videos. She further discussed about the food chain and its significance.

Naturalistic Intelligence
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The teacher introduced the children to the festival of Basant Panchami. The children were explained that the festival marks the end of winter season and the beginning of spring season. Vasant Panchami means the fifth day of spring. It takes place 40 days before Holi and marks the start of preparations for that festival. The colour yellow is strongly associated with Basant Panchami, representing the fields of mustard which is a common sight in the areas of Punjab and Haryana at this time of the year. People wear bright yellow clothes and cook colourful food to mark the beginning of spring, with many of the dishes cooked being yellow, such as sweetened rice, flavored with saffron. The children also made a craft on this occasion by using the simple technique of fork printing. 

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence-English
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We focus in developing our children’s ability to use letters and words effectively both while speaking and easily understand the written work. It is very important to remind our little ones of their previous knowledge.

• Recapitulation of letters through sand paper tracing.

• They revisited letter ‘s’ to ‘z’ through jolly phonics and also practiced the writing of these letters in their linguistic notebook.

• They practiced reading CVC words with the middle sound of ‘a’ and ‘e’ in their Verbal Linguistic Readers.
• The children were also introduced to writing of letters in four lines. They were given writing practice of letters a, b, c & d.
• Sight words:  that, is, it, at, this, in, they, she, he, if and of.

 
PS: Kindly read the letter by its sound and not by its name.

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
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Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, information processing, thinking capacity, memorization, reasoning, conceptual acquisition, classification, problem solving, and concentration.

• The teacher took a recap of numbers from 11 to 28 with the help of an abacus demonstrating tens and ones. Later on, the children also practiced writing of these numbers in their math notebook.
• Reinforcement of Backward counting (10 – 1) was done through number line.

• The children did oral counting from 1 to 100.
• They also revisited ‘what comes in between’ and ‘what comes after’ in the class. They also attempted worksheets based on both the concepts in their logical math notebook.

Interpersonal Intelligence
 
Birthday celebration
Celebrations are a fun and important way for children, families and educators to actively learn about each other. Hence, all Nursery children who were born in the month of January had their birthday celebrations on Friday, 31st January. 2020. The theme for the celebration is ‘Tiger’. All students came dressed according to the theme and also carried an object or a picture related to it. They spoke a few lines about the same. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The birthday celebrations helped them in understanding how to behave while attending a party. They also learnt how one should dress up for a party. The children also learnt to use the three magic words- ‘Thank you’, ‘Sorry’ and ‘Excuse Me’ in a social gathering.

Visual Spatial Intelligence
The children developed their aesthetic skills by making a tiger’s mask and national flag of India using Q-tip painting. It also helped in developing their fine motor skills and increased their finger dexterity.

Other co-curricular activities
 
AV
Audio Visuals helps in the effective implementation of a lesson.  Through AV sessions, the children learn and retain the concepts better and for longer duration. It leads to enhancement in students' critical and analytical thinking. The children watched the following clips during their AV slot:
 

• Learn all about tigers
• Interesting tiger facts
• Five Little Speckled Frogs
• We shall overcome
• Good morning song
• The little light of mine
• Food chain song

Events and Celebrations
 
Parent Assembly
The children of KG-C presented a mesmerizing assembly on the animal’s kingdom. They were dressed beautifully as various wild animals. They showcased the importance of maintaining balance between the living and non-living things in the ecosystem. They gave all of us a beautiful message of making this world a happy place and by taking a pledge to protect our planet and to be more sensitive towards the animals.

Republic Day Celebrations
Suncity School, 37D celebrated India’s 71st Republic Day with great zeal and enthusiasm. The event was marked by flag hoisting by our school’s principal Ms. Guneet Ohri and chief guest Major general R.S. Chand. Following this, the young Suncitizens of class II sang a patriotic song honoring the brave hearts of our country. The children briefed everyone about the significance of this special day. The event came to an end with a motivational speech by Major general R.S Chand to our children.

Basant Panchami Assembly
The students of KG-B presented a mesmerizing assembly on the occasion of Vasant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja, Shree Panchami, or the Basant Festival of Kites. Vasant Panchami welcomes spring, people dress in yellow to mark flowering mustard fields. The children came dressed beautifully in yellow attire. They talked about the significance of this festival and also sang a mellifluous Saraswati Vandana. 

Theme of the Month- Homes
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One subject most kids enjoy learning about is, ‘Animals’. Our world is filled with a variety of animals and birds and it is important for children to know as much as possible about them. Knowledge about the animal kingdom and their homes helped kids to explore the world of animals. They were exposed to different types of animals like wild, pet, farm through books, picture cards, videos, soft toys etc. They were acquainted with their characteristics along with the importance of homes of these animals.
Make learning fun for kids is what we always aim at Suncity,Thus children were encouraged to participate in pretend play of animals. They used objects, actions or ideas using their own imagination to form a story using animal soft toys.
They were also made aware about different types of insects and their attributes. Children were very much excited to know that insects have only 3 body parts and 6 legs. 

​Writing standards define the knowledge and skills needed for writing proficiency. Children were engaged in all aspects of language arts as they developed their oral language skills and began to read and write. They were introduced to the writing process through various writing activities like air tracing, sand pit tracing, tracing free hand on their tables etc. They learnt to recognise and write the letters from ‘a to r’ in the notebook and also understood the sounds that these letters make.
Reading is always a fun and imaginative time for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. Children were made aware that letters can be arranged into words and have a meaning too. They were taught to read and write from left-to-right and from top-to-bottom. Our little master minds were introduced to the middle sound of vowel ‘i’ and ‘o’ words.

​Hindi is an important language to learn, for children of Indian origin but also all children who want the advantage of knowing one of the most spoken languages in the world. They learnt new vyanjans म, य, र, ल along with its related vocabulary words through flash cards and stories. They also enjoyed singing vyanjan song.

Gymnastics
The enhancement of physical and mental development of children is certainly the most important contribution of sports for children. Our children performed different body movements for better coordination and balance like:

• Jumping Turn 360 degree
• Legs opening in three directions
• Forward and Backward side rolls
• Hand stands with support of wall
• Endurance and coordination ability

Skating
Skating is a great way for kids to stay active, learn new skills, and have fun. Children were encouraged to roll on their skates through step-by-step instructions in pleasant and supervised surroundings that make learning safe and easy. They gained an understanding to balance them while walking with skates.

Western Music 
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”------ Plato
Along with ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Feliz Navidad’, children’s most requested song is Rudolf, the Red Nosed Reindeer! Kids love Christmas and giving them the right ​soundtrack for Christmas really helped to ignite the holiday spirit by making them even more excited for the season. It was indeed fun for them singing Christmas carols in their music sessions.

We begin communicating from the moment we are born; letting our mothers know we have arrived with our first cry. As a child develops, it is important we nurture their communication skills so they are capable of expressing themselves, clearly and confidently, in all aspects and areas of their life. Thus, we conducted ‘show and tell’ activity for the little ones during the birthday celebrations.
Birthday Celebrations:
Soaking in the spirit of Christmas tiny tots of Early Years celebrated their birthdays in the festive month of the year. They were delighted to share their thoughts by saying few lines on Christmas. 

Audio Visual
We at Suncity provide an environment which helps in developing the child’s ability to learn, communicate, trust and love and develop confidence. Children enjoyed watching the following videos related to our theme “Homes”..

• Letter stories
• Farm animals and their homes
• Wild animals and their homes
• Insects and their basic body parts and lifecycle
• Birds and different types of nests
• Rhymes – Jingle Bells, Santa Claus, Joy to the World, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, Showers of blessings, we wish you a Merry Christmas.

Our little actors loved the time spent in the drama class. They experienced and learnt about different emotions and expressions of sad, angry, happy and excited through fun activities such as role play of stories under proper guidance of their drama teacher. Children showed great interest while listening to the stories narrated by the drama sir like “God’s blessings”, “The poet and the rich man” and “Birbal and the elephant”.

​Excellent reading habits begin in the early years. Introducing children to literature supports their readiness, promotes early literacy and supports a love of language. Our little explorers always seek immense pleasure while exploring books in the library which fosters critical and creative thinking skills. They were narrated the stories like “Dom’s Dragon” and “The Dragon and The Phoenix”.

​CVC words are integral to any pre-reading program and they have a special importance in the Montessori Method, as they are the first step from knowing the letter sounds to sounding out simple words. Children practiced reading the middle sound vowel of ‘a’ , ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘o’ with the help of pink scheme (CVC booklet).They practiced the concept of ‘tens and ones’ with the help of golden beads and also practiced quantification using spindle box.

“Art is a place for children to learn, to trust their ideas themselves and to explore what is possible”- Marry Ann F. Kohl.
Children loved to mess with clay during their pottery sessions. They learnt to make machli, Christmas tree, roti and lattu related to their topics beings taught in the class.

​Story telling speaks a child’s imagination and stimulates curiosity. Children loved to hear stories of Commotion in the ocean (various sea animals), The Dino world (different types of dinosaurs) and Animals in winter (process of hibernation, migration and adaptation). They gained knowledge of new vocabulary words through stories.

​Children loved to explore various activities on the tabs which helped them to develop their thinking skills. They attempted activities like hunting for numbers and letters and traced numbers and vyanjans by using index finger, solving patterns and decorating Christmas tree.

Children love visiting Imaginarium and explore the different learning centres. These learning centres are exceptional wherein children experience hands on learning activities which are well planned and arranged for the tiny tots. The pet shop and kitchen area were the favourite zones for pretend play for them. 

​As values of compassion, kindness and consideration should be embedded right from the childhood and to inculcate the spirit of sharing amongst the students we celebrated “The Joy of Giving Week” in the school wherein our little ones contributed food items, warm clothes, books etc .

Christmas is now celebrated by people around the world. It’s a time when family and friends come together and remember the good things they have. People, and especially children, also eagerly await Christmas as it’s a time when one gives and receive presents.
The secret Santa - Surprise Gift is something that children mainly look forward to. Children were excited to receive gift from their secret friends. Children took out chits and became his/her's Secret Santa by giving the gifts and making Christmas merrier.

The school was beautifully decorated and everybody was dressed in red and white (Santa’s favourite colours). The students sang melodious carols and danced beautifully to wish their teachers and classmates. The boundless joy of celebrating the festival was visible on the faces of all the children after a grand entry of Santa in the classroom.

Christmas is a time to give and forgive. It is Celebrated as a joyous affair everywhere, we too, at Suncity, celebrated Christmas as a happy time for our children. Thus, a special assembly was conducted wherein the children of Nursery showcased a skit based on the birth of Jesus on 24th December, 2019 in the School Gymnasium. The students enthusiastically participated and enacted the roles of Mother Mary, Father Joseph, the angels, shepherds, the wise men etc. The students spoke the dialogues confidently and clearly on stage.

Naturalistic Intelligence - Earth’s Natural Cycle
Our little ones developed sensitivity and the sense of appreciation for nature by conducting numerous activities that brought them close to their natural surroundings. Earth’s natural cycle was the theme for the month wherein the children learned about:

Seasons
The little learners loved to make the craft of ‘umbrella’ as they recapitulated the characteristics of the rainy season. The attributes of winter and spring seasons were introduced to them by showing pictures and real objects. They were informed about the ways to keep themselves safe and warm during the winter season through a story 'Help George to keep himself safe during the winter season.
Hibernation
The students were excited to learn about hibernating animals. They were informed about the difference between healthy human sleep and the process of hibernation. They were amazed to know that the animals hibernate to escape from cold.
 Migration
Our students performed an interesting activity, “Let’s Help The Animals To Migrate” on the Migration of animals. They were also shown a video to explain why do animals migrate.
 Homes
​The children were narrated a story ‘Home Sweet Home’ wherein they were on vacation and thus explored different kinds of homes around the world like an igloo, a tent house, or a houseboat. They also loved to watch the story 'Three Little Pigs' on the screen.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence-Hindi
The little Sun citizens loved singing the Vyanjan song with relevant actions. They were introduced to vyanjans ‘प’, ‘फ’, and ‘भ’ along with their related vocabulary through stories, flashcards, and real-life objects. They also attempted similar fun worksheets in their workbooks.
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EYP Play Area 
The children enjoyed free play in the EYP play area and in the Activity Room. It helped in the development of their gross motor skills, social-emotional well-being, and peer play skills.​

Skating
Skating is a high fitness activity that results in the development of both gross motor and excellent motor skills. Our children enjoyed all the skating sessions to the fullest and built upon their muscular strength. They learned the balancing skills during all their sessions.
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Dance
Dancing is an excellent source of entertainment, laughter, and joy. The children strengthened their skill by dancing on the song ‘I Only Want You For Christmas.'
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Dramatics
Drama helped children develop their communication skills and build upon their emotional intelligence. It also enhanced their confidence while they indulged in activities like characterization, voice modulation, and facial expressions during the storytelling sessions. They were told a number of stories like ‘The Falcon And The Crow’, ‘King Cobra And The Ant’, ‘The Small boat And The Sea’ and ‘The Hermit And The Jumping Rat’.
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Library
To improve focus and concentration, the children were asked to undertake a self-reading session in the library. While reading, they were also asked to find out the sight words from the storybook-like I, the, is, it, am, this, that, etc. The educator also narrated different stories to our young learners like ‘Pee Ka Boo Park!’, ‘ Night- Night,' 'Happy Families,' The Ginger Breadman' and ' The Three Little Pigs.' ​

Montessori 
The children performed the following activities in the Montessori lab:

• Recap of the concept of tens and ones through golden beads
• Sandpaper tracing of numerals from 1 to 20
• Joining letters to form CVC words with ‘a’ and ‘e’ in the middle
• Spooning beans from one bowl to another

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Pottery
The children were super excited to make the clay models of turtle, fruits, and vase as per the instructions given by the educator. This activity helped them in developing their fine motor skills.
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Storytelling
To encourage active participation and to promote the use of imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator wherein a few stories were narrated to the young ones like ‘Paula the Vet' and 'Hermit The Crab.'
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Tab Kids
The children were delighted to play the following activities on their respective tabs:
·Missing letters
·Missing numbers
·Let’s Count
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Events and Celebrations
Science Week
For fostering scientific learning in early childhood, active hand on learning is important and this can be best achieved through science experiments. Few experiments were planned for the little ones during the Science Week.

· Water  proofing of homes: The students were demonstrated that the roof tiles are the most waterproof, followed by the sticks and then the grass. They observed that the roof tiles kept the inside of the house dry whereas the grass and the wooden sticks let some water seep it.
· Absorption of water by raisins: The children conducted an experiment in which they observed that when the raisins are placed in water, they absorb water and swell up.
· Importance of moisture in clay: The children were explained that the amount of water present in clay is called the moisture content. They also observed the changes in the colour and texture of the clay as it absorbed water and as it got dry.
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Gurpurab Celebration
Guru Nanak Jayanti was celebrated by the EYP children with full enthusiasm. They conducted an assembly on ‘Gurpurab’ emphasising on the significance of this day. They were also told that the festivities in the Sikh religion revolve around the anniversaries of the 10 Sikh Gurus. They offered prayers to the Sikh Gurus and then took religious processions (Prabhat Pheri) in the school premises while singing praises of Wahe Guru.
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Grandparents’ Day Celebration
To shower love and respect to the grandparents of our little angels, a grand event was organised as ‘Naman’. A series of activities were planned for the loving grandparents wherein they enjoyed painting, running and racing together with their kids. This was indeed a great opportunity for our young learners to spend value time with their Dada-Dadi and Nana-Nani and hence they took home some loving memories that they will cherish forever.  
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​Dear parent(s),
We at Suncity School, 37D ensure that our children learn through play. We focus on the welfare, learning and all-round development of our children. They learn by playing, exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outdoors.
Here is a brief of the plethora of activities to expose our dear children to first hand learning and hone their innate potential.

Theme- Earth’s Natural Cycle
The theme of the month was Earth’s natural cycle. Natural cycles balance and regulate Earth and its atmosphere. Thus, it’s very important for children in the early years to understand these phenomena. The children were explained about the process of formation of a shadow through an activity-Shadow Play. The children delightfully observed this activity and thereby understood the process of formation of shadow.

• They conducted an experiment to understand the formation of day and night with the help of a globe and a torch.
• The children were narrated a story focusing on characteristics of different seasons.
• The educator introduced the five seasons- summer, winter, monsoon, spring and autumn and further discussed their key features. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about different seasons and also made craft related to each season, which was given to them as a takeaway every Friday of the week.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence-English
·         It is very important to remind our little ones of their previous knowledge; thus, children had a recap of letters ‘a’ to ‘q’ with the help of jolly phonics and by making a letter train. It helped them in recalling the letters covered so far. It also enhanced their sorting and sequencing skills. They also did some fun worksheets which helped them in revisiting the letters done so far.
·         The children were introduced to letter ‘r’ and ‘s’ through stories with the help of flash cards, paper cutouts and real-life objects. They also practiced writing of letter ‘r’ and ‘s’ in their workbook.

• They did a recap of letters ‘r’ and ‘s’ by making related crafts. They thoroughly enjoyed making ‘r’ is for rabbit and ‘s’ is for snake.

·         The educator also introduced three letter words through flash cards and story narration. Words introduced were cab, dab, jab, jab, lab, nab, tab, bad, dad, mad, pad and sad.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
Our emotional intelligence is rooted in kinesthetic awareness. Our body can tell us about our feelings. It helps us to become aware and act accordingly. Therefore, the development of the kinesthetic intelligence is a very important tool that contributes to a happy harmonious life.

• Gymnastics

Gymnastics teaches children the basics of living a healthy lifestyle and reinforces the importance of staying active. The students learnt the skills necessary to establish a fitness routine. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning the following exercises during their gymnastics class:

• Jumping & Turn 360 degrees
• Jumping (Tuck and straddle)
• Legs opening in three directions
• Forward & backward rolls
• Half stand practices
• Walking on the narrow gap between gymnastics mats
• Endurance and flexibility practice 

• EYP Play Area

Children enjoyed free play in the EYP play area. It helped in the development of their gross motor skills, social emotional well-being and peer play skills.

• Skating

Skating for exercise helps kids burn off extra energy, build strong muscles, and maintain a healthy weight. The children learnt balancing and walking with skates. It helped in enhancing their balance and coordination.

• Dance

The children receive many artistic, cultural, cognitive and physical benefits from dance instructions. It enhances their physical, emotional, and social skills. They learnt the Train Dance, Butterfly Dance and a dance to be performed on the occasion of Deepawali.

Musical Intelligence
Musical intelligence helps in development of language and reasoning. Students who have early musical training will develop the areas of the brain related to language and reasoning. It strengthens their social and emotional skills.  

• Indian Music (Sangeet for all)

Music helps children in building a positive attitude towards learning. An integral part of the Sangeet4All program is playing instruments and making music together. Hence, the children learnt a new musical instrument – Swar Tarang. They delightfully sang the Sargam song. They were very excited while singing the Diwali song- ‘Maan Mai Deep Jalaye’