Multiple Intelligences

Dazzling December

1/1/2023

Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!

Let’s glance through the month of ‘Dazzling December’.

“Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.”                               -Sarah Ban Breathnach
To help our students understand the importance of different kinds of homes we introduced ‘Homes’ as the theme of the month. The following topics were covered under this theme:
●      The children were introduced to the different kinds of homes of the insects like bees living in beehives, ants living in underground tunnels, and cricket living in green bushes, etc.
●      They enhanced their knowledge about the different types of houses such as ‘The Kutcha house and Pucca house’, ‘Igloo’ and ‘Tent houses’, tepees, houseboats, and stilt houses.
●      The students attempted a freehand drawing of their own houses to get a hands on experience.
●      The students were also apprised of the term ‘Bird Feeder’, wherein they made a bird feeder along with the educator using a recycled plastic bottle and grains.
●      Different kinds of birds and their nests were also explained by the educator through a PPT like a tailor bird, a woodpecker, a flightless bird, a hummingbird, an ostrich, and a lily trotter bird.

Naturalistic Intelligence

Naturalistic intelligence refers to a person’s interest in the ‘Natural’ world of animals, plants, and the natural world around them. Individuals with naturalist intelligence have a sensitivity to and appreciation for nature. Our little Suncitizens went out for a nature walk wherein they saw insect homes, birds, butterflies etc.

They also focused on conserving the environment through various ways using eco friendly material. They used old newspapers and made one paper bag to reduce the usage of polythene bags. Our little ones also made one craft activity for the festival 'Christmas' using eco friendly material.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence - English

Children were engaged in all aspects of language arts as they developed their oral language skills and began to read and write. They learnt to recognize and write the letters from 'X to Z’ in the workbook and also learnt the sounds these letters make.
Our little enthusiastic learners were also introduced to the middle sound of vowel ‘i’ through CVC words. They were taught to read and write, from left to right and from top-to-bottom through their English reader book. A few sight words were recapitulated and new sights words such as, in, is, the, an, and, had, he, on were introduced to the children through a PowerPoint Presentation.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence - Hindi

दिसंबर के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन म, य, र और ल का परिचय करवाया गया और इन व्यंजन से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए जैसे - 'म' से मछली, मटर, 'य' से यात्री, योग, 'र' से राजा, राखी और 'ल' से लाल, लड्डू। साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजनों से कई तरह के गीत गाये गए जैसे - म से मछली रानी, पानी में करे अपनी मनमानी, र से रथ बड़ा निराला, बैठे उस पर किस्मतवाल। कक्षा में इन व्यंजनों को बार बार दोहराया गया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

The children learnt to draw numbers from 11 to 20 on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebook. The concepts of ,’What comes Before‘, What comes After’ and ‘What comes in Between’ were also taken up with the help of number line. Children enjoyed the same and practiced in their workbooks.
Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write numbers from 25 to 28 under the concept of tens and ones through number slider and writing practice in the workbook. The children did oral counting from 1 to 80.

Storytelling

To encourage our young learners to use their imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator. It helps in enhancing their social and interpersonal skills. The children were fascinated to listen to the story- ‘Gruffalo’s Baby’ with appropriate props, expressions, and voice modulation.

Drama

Drama is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage. In the month of December, our children enjoyed the enactment of the story, ‘Rudolf – The Red Nose Reindeer’. I also enjoyed the activity of decoding the language, 'Beans'.

Visual Spatial Intelligence
Visual Art

Visual art helps children represent their thoughts, and skills and also help them explore their innate artistic skills creatively. The month started with a splash of colours where children coloured the maple leaves which they made during the clay session followed up by a ‘Nest Craft’ in the next week integrated into the concept of birds and their habitats using twigs and straws.
The third week commenced by preparing an igloo craft where the children learnt about types of houses. The month was culminated with ‘Christmas celebrations and preparation of ‘Christmas Craft’ where children made their own christmas trees and decorated them.

Clay Modelling

Clay has a naturally relaxing quality. Working with clay integrates mental, emotional, and kinaesthetic brain functions.
This time children created an autumn leaf and a cute fish. To integrate clay modelling with learning ‘Vyanjan’ ‘य’, our young artists sculpted a vehicle (यान).

Montessori

Beginning at an early age, Montessori nurtures order, concentration, and independence. Intentional classroom design, materials, and daily routines support the students’ emerging ‘Self-Regulation’, the ability to educate one’s self, and to think about what one is learning, in toddlers. This month children were introduced to the below given practical life experiences to enhance their Intrapersonal Intelligence:

●      CVC booklets-
Children attempted to read the vowel ‘I’ and ‘CVC’ words from CVC booklets.
●      Recap of letters ‘A-Z’ LMA box-
The educator reiterated upon the sounds and the formation of the letters through the LMA box.
●      Sand Paper letters ‘X’ and ‘Y’-
Children enhanced their understanding of the formation of the letters ‘X’ and ‘Y’ by tracing them on sandpaper material.

Imaginarium

‘Imaginarium’ is a place where children can ignite their imagination. Our little ‘Suncitizens’ explored various stations such as the ‘Kitchen Station, ‘Supermarket Station’, ‘Lego Station’, and the ‘Transport Station.’ They also explored sensory tables wherein they differentiated the rough and smooth objects. They also enjoyed making a house using different shapes in the ‘Imaginarium Lab.’

Musical Intelligence
“He who sings frightens away his ills.” – Miguel De Cervantes
Music helps students expand their minds and increase their self-confidence. It serves a greater purpose in our lives than simply providing amusement. Great scientists like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Einstein were also fond of music. By combining teaching and music, educators can help students increase their memory, concentration and academic performance.

Western Music

Students who have early music training, naturally develop their language skills and reasoning abilities. Music stimulates children’s emotional and cognitive abilities and allow their brain to think in a new and different way. Children along with the educator merrily sang the most peppy and much loved Christmas carol, “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.” Their keenness to learn the lyrics of the song was noticeable.

Dance

Dance is the confidence of moving body rhythmically to a piece of music. It is a freedom of expression and an act of transforming time into motion. Dance signifies joy and celebration too. In the month of December, Nursery children have practiced dance steps on 'Don't worry be happy' and 'Jingle Bells' song.

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Bodily Kinaesthetic activities make children aware of physical competence. It helps develop an active and a healthy lifestyle. Children along with the educator performed various health-enhancing physical activities such as dragging a ball between the cones, throwing a ball, shuttle run using the ball, skipping using hoola hoop, passing the cone through a relay race etc. Playing fire in the mountain game was a lot of fun.

EYP Play Area

We strongly believe in keeping our kids active, healthy, and happy. A playground is a
different tool of education altogether. Besides the game, it teaches team spirit,
determination, focus, and management.

The Play Area at Suncity is very carefully designed as per the requirements of the age of
the children. These playsets provide an opportunity to engage in dozens of fun games
that develop physical skills and improve imagination and cooperation with peers.

Skating

Skating is fun and also a great source of exercise. It improves a child's balance and coordination. Our little ‘Suncitizens’ have started to grasp the skills of walking and sliding in straight and zigzag lines. They have started doing the simple sitting and also relay race wherein they pass on the claps to their friends.

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell

It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations. Hence, all Nursery children born in December had their birthday celebration on Friday, 22nd December 2022.
The theme for the celebration was 'Christmas.' Children showcased their oral skills through a 'Show & Tell' activity. They were excited to speak their lines and were ready with their props. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party.

Events and Celebrations

Christmas

A special assembly was held on the occasion of Christmas. The students of Pre-Nursery – B shared a few details about the festival, highlighting the real meaning of Christmas i.e., being kind and generous towards others. They also performed a dance on the song, “Jingle bells”.

KG - C assembly on universal value, 'Gratitude'

As an age old saying says that “All that glitters is not gold”, the real gold shines within us in the form of various moral values and one of them is gratitude. On this note, the students of KG C presented a wonderful assembly on 2nd December 2022 on the topic ‘Gratitude’. The assembly commenced by paying gratitude to the five elements Fire, Air, Earth Water and Space through PE drill. The children also dramatized a splendid skit on the story ‘King Midas and the Golden Touch’ to demonstrate the importance of family, friends and nature and how one should be grateful for them.
The skit was followed by a mesmerizing dance performance. Children were appreciated for their spectacular performance and apprised everyone on the significance of gratitude and how it brings joy and happiness in our lives.

KG - D assembly on universal value, 'Empathy'

Empathy is the ability to understand things from another person's perspective. It's the ability to share someone else's feelings and emotions and understand why they're having those feelings.
Students of class KG D presented a beautiful assembly on 23rd December 2022 on the topic ‘Empathy.’ The assembly comprised a very interesting skit “Caterpillar lost his shoe” that showcased the children's talent and effectively conveyed the message that Empathy is one of many skills that help us build better relationships. When we resonate with people’s feelings, consider their perspective, or feel compassion for them, we are more likely to be generous and altruistic.

It was followed by an enthralling dance performance by our little ones. As one of the parents mentioned “We all know this word but we fail to put ourselves into someone else’s shoes. So, let’s imbibe this Universal value within ourselves – LET’S BE EMPATHETIC towards all living beings

Joy of Giving (Project Uphaar)

'Discover the Joy of Giving and you will discover the reason for living'.
As a part of the Project Uphaar initiative taken by Suncity, the little ones were encouraged to donate any one item of the woollen clothes (jacket, pullover, socks or shoes) to help the underprivileged people stay warm this winter. Suncitizens believe in learning by doing and we learnt the universal values of being kind and compassionate through these little initiatives to make the world a better place.

LEAP
Learn > Engage > Acquire > Perform

Think beyond the magic and get beyond the imagination!
To unleash the creativity of our children we conduct LEAP activities each month wherein children perform various brainstorming tasks to enhance their higher-order thinking skills and ingenuity to be future - ready.
Below are the activities performed by the students this month:

● Pattern drawing- Children made different kinds of patterns with the help of the coding given as per the letters
A- Sun
B- Flower
C- Ball
They were later asked to create patterns of pictures as per the coding given by the educator such as BCA, ACB, etc.

● Leap Age - Children were shown two pictures of their growth, one when they were a baby and the other as big kids. They were asked various questions in terms of their activities and hobbies to understand the difference between the age.
● Pattern Movements - Children were shown different gestures for the given pictures
Sun- clap,
Ice cream- nodding the head,
Flower- blinking of eyes
Children brainstormed by exploring different patterns randomly.
● Magnetic Maze - Students were introduced to the terms ‘magnet’ and ‘steel’ and were given a maze wherein they were supposed to help Mrs. Duck to reach her ducklings using a way that has a lock and key that sticks to the given magnet.
●Creative Impressions - Children discovered the artists within themselves and made wonderful paintings using fork impressions.

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Noble November

11/30/2022

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Dear Parents,
Let's glance through the month of ‘Noble November’
“Home is a shelter from storms- all sorts of storms.”
-William J.Bennett
As per the theme of the month ‘Homes’, we helped the students build an understanding of importance of homes in their lives. The students were also apprised of the characteristics of spring and winter seasons.

The students were astounded as they were introduced to Spring, Autumn, and Winter Seasons. The educator explained the same through various discussions and rhymes. Children seemed elated as they drew beautiful flowers and green grass on a sheet to depict the ‘Spring Season.’
The students were introduced to the term ‘Homes’ They enhanced their knowledge about the different types and sizes of ‘Animal Homes’ and their importance. Children learnt the same through rhymes and discussions. They also performed different activities such as making a cave of a bear using cotton and leaves.
The students were also apprised of the term ‘Habitat’ and enhanced their knowledge of the homes of wild animals such as caves, dens, tree hollows, holes, and burrows.
They also performed an activity related to the homes of farm animals wherein they matched the animals with their respective homes.

Naturalistic Intelligence

Naturalistic intelligence is the ability to identify and classify the elements of the environment, objects, animals or plants. It was stimulated in the classroom through activities.
Our little Suncitizens made a collage to represent autumn season by pasting dry leaves. They created their own season flipbook to showcase their talent by drawing different seasons. They showed their affection for pet animals and made a dog house- Kennel.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Learning a language enables children to discover their potential to communicate and express themselves.
Children were introduced to letters- ‘t’, ’u’, ‘v’ and ‘w’ along with their vocabulary words through stories, jolly phonics, and letter crafts. They learnt the formation of these letters through tracing on sand and writing the letters in their workbooks.
They were introduced to the reading of CVC words with the middle sound of vowel ‘e’ – ‘et’, ‘ed’, ‘eg’ and ‘en’ family words through the Verbal linguistic reader book. The children revisited the sight words done so far through a Power Point Presentation.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

नवंबर के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन न, प, फ और ब का परिचय करवाया गया। साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजन से शुरू होनेवाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए जैसे ‘न’ से नलका , 'प' से पतंग, 'फ' से फूल और 'ब' से बांसुरी। इन व्यंजनों को कविताओंके द्वारा समझाया गया जैसे न से नदी कल कल बहती, प से पतंग उडी पवन से, फ से फल जब घर में आए, खा के बच्चेसेहत बनाए। निम्न प्रकार से व्यंजनो को कार्यपत्रक के द्वारा दोहराया गया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Logical/Mathematical Intelligence involves the mental capacity of children to understand numbers and their quantification. It also enhances their logical reasoning and stimulates thinking.
The educator introduced the children to numbers from 21 to 24 through number cards. They practiced the numbers on the abacus using bindi/ sticky-stones and revised the concept by doing the book exercises. Children were able to identify and match number names from ‘one to ten’ and recapitulated the concept by doing the notebook tasks. The educator introduced the concept of ‘greater than’ with the help of a story- ‘Charlie the crocodile’ and revisited the concept of ‘What comes After, Before and in-between’ through the number line. They practiced the same in their workbooks and notebooks.Children orally counted numbers from 1 to 70 through audio-visual action songs. They also reiterated numbers from 9 to 15 and represented them on abacus. Later, they wrote the numbers in their respective notebooks.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

The children developed their finger dexterity and enhanced their hand eye coordination by creating beautiful crafts which were integrated with the theme of the month.
During the first week children made a ‘Snowman Craft’ which was integrated with the theme- ‘Winter Season’. Whereas in the second week, children had a gala time playing with colours where they stamped flowers with kitchen fork, followed up by ‘House Craft’ with different shapes as an introduction to the theme ‘Homes’.

Pottery

“Potter is a practical and lasting form of art. Not everyone can afford an original painting, but most people can afford pottery”-Susie Cooper

Keeping in mind the differentiated learning in mind, we advocate pottery sessions for our young hands. Every child shapes their own version of a sculpture. They made a tree, a kite, an autumn leaf, and a tree.

Storytelling

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. They help in enhancing the children’s social and interpersonal skills. The tiny tots were fascinated to listen to the stories “A baby hornbill learns to fly” and “The giving tree” with appropriate props, expressions, and voice modulation.

Drama

Drama means telling a story through actions and speech, acted on a stage through role play. Drama encourages them to think and act creatively, thus developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be applied in all areas of learning. In the month of November, children had lot of fun while listening and enacting on the story 'We are going on a Leaf Hunt’ and ‘If I built a house’.

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Bodily Kinaesthetic plays an important role in the early childhood development. It helps lay the foundation for an active and healthy life. Physical activity makes a child more active and energetic. It enhances their motor skills and brain development. So, our little learners along with the educator gained the fitness skills through sessions of various age-appropriate simple exercises and activities such as:
Hopping over sleeping and standing patterns within the hula hoops and shuttle run using a ball.

Skating

Skating helps to improve a child's balance and coordination. It is fun and also a great source of exercise. Our little suncitizens have started to grasp the skills of walking in straight and zigzag lines and also sliding while sitting on skates.

Musical Intelligence

Indian Music
Music is one of the only activities that uses whole brain, and leads to benefits like improved social skills and overall coordination.
Indian classical music helps in inculcating a sense of structure and rhythm in the children. During the month, they practiced -

Sangeet for All activities and vocal warm up.
‘आओ आओ संगीत बनायें‘ .
‘सा से संग’ .
‘सा रे गा मा’ .

Western Music

“Where words leave off, music begins.”
― Heinrich Heine

This month a beautiful song, ‘Little Snowflakes’ was practiced by the children. The children enjoyed singing this melodious and meaningful song with a lot of enthusiasm along with the educator. Their keenness to learn the rhythm of the song was praiseworthy.

Dance

Dance teaches the importance of movement and fitness in different ways through a variety of discipline. Dance develops physical, creative, imaginative, emotional and intellectual capacities within a person. During the month of November, Nursery children attempted to learn dance steps on ‘Umbrella’ song and also enjoyed steps on ‘Don’t worry be happy’.

Montessori

A Montessori curriculum focuses on key developmental milestones in children between the ages of three and five years old. Younger children focus on honing large muscle and language skills.
While the Montessori Method allows children to choose the activities they want to work on each day,there are specific “ground rules” for the class which are consistently enforced by the teacher and other students. This environment naturally teaches children self-discipline, and it refines important skills like concentration, self-control, and motivation.
This month children were introduced to the below given practical life and language lesson:

Zipping and unzipping - Children practiced how to zip and unzip through a zipper frame which certainly developed their pincer grip and eye-hand coordination.
Pouring activity- Children experienced pouring water from a kettle to another utensil to learn self-control and organization skills. These tasks help children coordinate their hand movements with what they are seeing and feeling
Sandpaper Letters tracing – Children attempted to trace the sandpaper letters ‘T t’ and ‘U u’ to enhance their understanding of writing the correct formation of these letters.
CVC words ‘e’ vowel -Children read the CVC words of vowel ‘e’ and matched them with the correct pictures given.

EYP Play Area

“Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.” – Diane Ackerman.

It is a happy talent to know how to play. Play allows a child to learn the skills of negotiation, problem-solving, sharing, and working within groups. Children practice decision-making skills, move at their own pace, and discover their own interests during play. Unstructured play leads to more physical movement and makes the children healthy. The EYP play area is the fount of such unstructured play.

Imaginarium

Imaginarium is a place wherein children can ignite their imagination. Our little Suncitizens explored various stations such as the kitchen station, supermarket station, Lego station, and the transport station.
Children made trains using the legos, they made houses with shapes. They did sorting of fruits and vegetables.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

Birthdays are special day and every child looks forward to their special day.
Hence, all Nursery children born in November had their birthday celebration on, 30th November 2022.
The theme for the celebration was ' Homes.' Children showcased their oral skills through a 'Show & Tell' activity. They were excited to speak their lines and were ready with their props. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party.

Events and Celebrations

EYP - Children’s Day celebration -2022

Children’s Day is celebrated in remembrance of India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, popularly known as Pandit Nehru, who was born on 14th of November in the year 1889. Suncity School-37 D organized an amazing “Science Magic Show” for the young Suncitizens. The magician performed several bewildering tricks that left our little Suncitizens astonished and awestruck. Not only a magic show, but our little ones also enjoyed a movie time with their friends while snacking on delicious popcorns and chocolates. Our children had a memorable experience as they enjoyed the wonderful events and went back home happy and overjoyed.

Gurunanak Jayanti

Guru Nanak Dev ji was the first of the ten Sikh gurus and the founder of Sikhism. His birth anniversary is celebrated as ‘Gurpurab’ across the globe. Guru Nanak travelled widely to spread the message of oneness and compassion. This year Guru Nanak Jayanti was celebrated on the 8 th of November ’22. To commemorate this auspicious occasion, the students of Pre-Nursery – A presented a special assembly on 7 th November ’22. The students came dressed in traditional attire and the assembly commenced with a prayer followed by a demonstration of the customary ‘Prabhat Pheri’. Students shared useful information relating to Guru Nanak Dev ji. The tiny tots also presented a dance performance. Finally, the ‘Ek Onkar’ prayer was chanted by the students.

KG-A Assembly on universal value 'Kindness'

Kindness is and always will be one of the most beautiful and powerful forces for good that exists in the entire world. It is the sincere and voluntary use of one’s time, talent, and resources to better the lives of others, one’s own life, and the world through genuine acts of love, compassion, generosity, and service.
Students of class KG A presented a beautiful assembly on 25th November 2022 on the topic ‘Kindness.’ The assembly comprised a very interesting skit that showcased the children's talent and effectively conveyed the message that kindness is an act of compassion, love, concern, and sympathy. Being kind to others instills a positive feeling and makes this world a better place to live. The skit was followed by a beautiful dance performance.

Maths Week

Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is
about understanding. -William Paul Thurston
Mathematics offers children a powerful way of communication. They learn to
explore and explain their ideas using symbols, diagrams, spoken and written
language. Mathematics helps children solve problems, measure, and develop spatial
awareness, along with how to use and understand shapes.
To foster the above skills this month, we facilitated ‘Math Week’ wherein children
did various hands-on learning practices through games.
 Hopscotch:
Children enjoyed playing the ‘Hop Scotch’ game wherein they were asked to
roll a dice. They were instructed to tell the educator, the number that came
after the number that appeared on the dice.
 Tan Gram:
To unleash our Children’s imagination, they were asked to create a figure
using the various shapes given to them. We were stunned to see their
creative masterpieces such as a house, a giant rocket, a ladybug etc.
 Number Board:
Our meticulous learners created a colour pattern with the dots given on a
number board while keeping the sequence of the numbers in mind.
This activity certainly enhanced their pre-math skills such as ordering.
 Number cards and counters:
To reinforce the quantification and recognition of numbers, children were
asked to read the numbers given on the number cards and later they placed
the correct number of counters as per the respective number.

LEAP

Learn >Engage >Acquire> Perform

‘Think beyond the magic and get beyond the imagination!’

To unleash the creativity of our children we conduct LEAP activities each month wherein children perform various brainstorming tasks to enhance their higher-order thinking skills and ingenuity to be future-ready.
Below are the activities performed by the students:

Pattern Movements: Children made various patterns as per the instructions given by the educator. They clapped, blinked, and tapped their shoulders according to the shape’s pattern given.

Age LEAP:

Children comprehended the activities which they used to do as a toddler and then they discussed the tasks they are able to perform at their current age. They enhanced their linguistic skills, thinking, and analytical skills through this activity.

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Outstanding October

11/7/2022

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Dear Parents,
Greetings,
Let's glance through the month of ‘Outstanding October’.

“The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.”
― C. JoyBell C.
To help the students build an understanding of ‘Shadows’, ‘Day & Night’, and Seasons, we incorporated ‘Earth’s Natural Cycle’ as the theme of the month.
• The children were introduced to the concept of ‘Shadows.’ They enhanced their knowledge about the different types and sizes of shadows through various activities such as a freehand drawing of the shadows of animals on an A4 sheet, and a shadow puppet show wherein they guessed different shadows of animals created by the educators with the help of hand movements.
• The students were also apprised of the concept of ‘Day and Night’, wherein they were shown the Sun’s reflection on the Earth, which filled their eyes with wonder and excitement.
• The concept of the ‘Water Cycle ‘was also explained by the educator through a video demonstration and a Power Point Presentation. The children also enjoyed making a water cycle craft.
• The children were thrilled to learn the astonishing facts about the Summer and Monsoon Seasons through a discussion and rhymes. They could relate them to their day-to-day activities.

Naturalistic

Concept of Day and Night using Globe activity:

Educators demonstrated the Earth's rotation using a globe. They enthusiastically spotted ‘Suncity School’ on the globe. Flashlights were used to explain the phenomena of day and night to the children.

Green Diwali:

Diwali is known as the festival of lights but it has now become synonymous with noise, crackers and pollution. To avoid these things educators discussed some alternatives for a Green Diwali such as avoiding electric lights, opting for diyas, disposing off the waste after Diwali, saying no to Crackers etc.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Learning phonics is one of the most important stepping stones in early reading. Children learnt the phonic sounds of letters -' Qq, Rr, and Ss’ along with their related vocabulary words through stories and flashcards.
They practiced the formations of letters in their workbooks and revised writing the letters- 'i, j, and k' in their linguistic notebooks. They also read vowel ‘a’ – ‘ab’, ‘ap’, ‘an’, ‘ag’, and ‘am’ family words through a letter slider word craft and Verbal linguistic reader book. Children revised sight words done so far and also learnt some new sight words- and, has, had, to.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

अक्टूबर के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन थ, द, और ध का परिचय करवाया गया। साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजन से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए जैसे ‘थ’ से थरमस, 'द' से दरवाज़ा और 'ध' से धागा। इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित कविताएं जैसे थ से थरमस में है चाय, द से दरवाजा बहुत बड़ा और ध से धनुष रखे कंधे पर कविता करवाई गयी। निम्न प्रकार से व्यंजन को दोहराया गया जैसे चित्र को देख कर रंग भरो। कक्षा में इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाली वस्तुएं दिखाई गई और हिंदी की पुस्तक में इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित अभ्यास करवाया गया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive
development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning,
problem-solving, and concentration.
● Children learnt to represent the numbers 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the abacus
along with the writing practice in their notebook.
● The concept of ‘missing numbers’ from 1-20 was also taken up with the
help of the story, ‘Ms. Polly and her missing shirts’. Children enjoyed
the same and later practiced the concept in their workbooks.

Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write
numbers from 17 to 21 under the concept of tens and ones through
various engaging activities such as making a bundle of tens, a story
and tower construction activity.
● Children attempted the oral counting from 1 to 50.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
During the month, children enjoyed crafts like letter ‘Rr’ rainbow craft as a part of letter introduction and also explored the colour combinations of a rainbow. During the second week children completed the ‘Diya Decoration’ activity in the clay modelling session.

Story telling

‘’Storytelling helps improve children’s linguistic skills, The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
During the month, children enjoyed story behind the significance and importance of ‘Diwali’ and ‘Room in my Broom’ followed up by related activities in the next week.

Drama

Drama allows students to communicate with and understand others in new ways. It develops self confidence, concentration, imagination and fun. Drama also enhances verbal and non-verbal communication skills. In the month of October, children had lot of fun while listening and enacting the story 'The Wolf's Shadow'.

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Bodily Kinaesthetic skills help to enhance the students’ gross motor skills, fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and much more. So, our little learners along with the educator learnt some exercises using different props.

They practiced variety of exercises like stretching, bending, jumping, running zig zag between the cones and rolling the ball towards the cone. They were also thrilled to perform the hurdle activity.

Skating

Skating helps to improve a child's balance and coordination. It is a great source of exercise and also helps in building muscle strength and flexibility. Our little suncitizens have started grasping the skills of walking in straight and zigzag lines and also sliding on skates.

Indian music

Music stimulates the brain in a very powerful way because of our emotional connection with it. During the month, children practised Sangeet4all activities, welcome song, vocal warm up - सा, रे, गा, मा ; नटखट चूहा song. They also enjoyed listening to a story related to Diwali.

Western music

Our music is inspired from nature and nature is what enriches it. During the month, the children enjoyed singing, 'This is Nature' song which helped them in enhancing rhythmic skills as well as building new vocabulary words.

Dance

Dance strengthens muscles and develops cognitive skills. Dancing can be a way to stay fit. During the month of October, Nursery children attempted to learn dance steps on the song ‘Bande mei tha dum'.

Clay modelling

Clay modelling gives children the opportunity to knead, punch, and roll with their hands and thereby improve their motor skills. Working with clay also helps to improve the child’s penmanship.
This month children made a rose and a beautiful diya.

EYP play area

“Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.”
~ Fred Rogers
Children always love free play and peer-to-peer interaction. They used their freedom of choice to play on slides, swings, sand-pit, and on their other favourite spots in the EYP play area.

Montessori

Beginning at an early age, Montessori nurtures order, concentration, and independence. Intentional classroom design, materials, and daily routines support the students’ “self-regulation” skills and the ability to educate one's self,
This month children were introduced to the below mentioned practical life experiences to enhance their Intrapersonal Intelligence:
• Setting up a table- Children learnt the etiquettes to set up a table before having the meal. They were demonstrated where and how to keep the fork and spoon, napkin, glass, bowl, and plate.
• Sweeping Activity- The educator demonstrated sweeping the floor with the help of a broom to clean the dust. Children also attempted this life skill to be more confident and independent.

Imaginarium

It is to be believed that imagination is one of the greatest gifts. A child's ability to imagine is limitless and has no bounds.
Our little suncitizens had fun playing with a variety of equipment at different learning stations such as the kitchen station, supermarket station, and lego station during the visit to the imaginarium.

L.E.A.P.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations in the classroom. They are keen to celebrate their special day with their class mates and teachers. Keeping up the spirit, birthdays of children born in the month of October were celebrated in the class. They were encouraged to speak a few lines on the topic related to the theme “Halloween”. They dressed according to the theme and used various props to showcase their speaking skills in the ‘Show and Tell’ activity. Children were made familiar about the basic etiquettes of how to behave in a party.

Events and Celebrations

Manner development visit- ‘Panchgaon Proudly Desi’.

"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use".
Amidst the cheers of Hip hip hooray, crunching of cookies, clicking of photos, our suncitizens reached their destination, 'Panchgaon Proudly Desi'. They exhibited an important aspect of social mannerism by greeting everyone, right from a neatly dressed Durban to all the staff members. After stressing on the importance of handwash, students were demonstrated an appropriate way (usage of cutlery and a cloth napkin) for consuming interesting food items - Wheat pasta, garlic bread and kheer. It was a pleasure to witness the frequent use of magic words, 'Thank you, excuse me' by the responsible suncitizens. Children practiced the table etiquettes and acquired the life skills which will be with them wherever they go and whatever they do.
The weather also supported us in our noble endeavour and we visited the organic farm at Panchgaon. They saw a few food items such as banana, orange, brinjal, herbs, sugarcane but the most surprising was the pumpkin sized LEMON and the ship of the dessert-Camel.
As children reached back school, they expressed gratitude to their educators and said, 'Thank you' for the wonderful 'Manner Development Visit'.

Diwali assembly by Nursery D students

Happy and Green Diwali Everyone! With the gleam of auspicious Diyas and the holy chants, may happiness and good luck fill your life forever!
The students of Nursery D confidently presented a wonderful assembly on the occasion of 'Diwali.' They presented a short skit on the 'Ramayana' which captivated the hearts and mind of the children. They also presented a mesmerizing dance performance which filled everyone's hearts with joy.
Our little ones promoted awareness on 'Green Diwali' by promoting the use of recycled paper for wrapping the gifts, flowers for rangoli, limiting firecrackers, and disposing off waste responsibly to save our environment. Our honourable Principal mam, Ms. Guneet Ohri, and Academic Head Ms. Bhawna Singh graced the event with their presence. Principal mam encouraged the students and reminded them to culminate the Project Upahaar phase-II, 'Spreading Smiles' by giving gifts to underprivileged section of the society.

Magic show- Halloween

Hocus Pocus... zip zap zoom!

Let's be sweet ….

Have a tricky treat!

In tune with the spirit of international mindedness, we celebrated and enjoyed “HALLOWEEN” in our own way, on 31st October 2022.

One of the educators disguised herself as ‘Witchy Witch’ and attempted a few magic tricks, which enthralled our little ones. The show was exotic and evidently, there was excitement all around.

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Super September

10/10/2022

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September is a special month for the students and the teachers as we celebrated Teacher’s Day on 5th September. It marks the birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the second President of free India. A plethora of activities were conducted for our little champs in order to foster the` गुरु शिष्य परम्परा `, of which we Indians are proud owners of. We celebrated ‘Hindi Diwas’, ‘Teachers’ Day’, ‘Verbal Linguistic Event’ and ‘Gandhi Jayanti ’ during this month.

Let’s take a sneak peek into the month of “Super September”

Theme: Air and Water Transport

Learning the different modes of transport is an inspiration for the future. Through this theme, our children explored about different vehicles that can move on land, in the air, and on water. They also learnt about other transport means like the hand glider, hot air balloon, helicopters and airplanes for going to far-off places. Water transport intrigued them in how they can travel by water on something as small as a rowboat to as large as a ship and even go under water in a submarine.

Naturalistic Intelligence

Trips and tours are very important for new learning and exposure. To enhance the knowledge, our little ones went on a virtual tour to the airport with the help of the educator using AV-link.
The educator introduced the concept of 3R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) through a rhyme:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
It’s very easy to do
It's simple to remember
Recycle what you use!
Separate glass and paper
Separate plastic and tin
Then put them their places
In the recycling bin.

SDG-7; ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’ was discussed in the class followed by explaining the different forms of energy like electricity, fuel and gas.
The boat experiment was done by our little ones through which they got to know about the concept of ‘Float and Sink’.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Learning a language enables children to discover their potential to communicate and express themselves.

Children recognized the letters ‘n’, ‘o' and' p' with the help of stories, phonic sounds through jolly phonics song, and their related vocabulary words. They also recapitulated writing letters 'e', 'f', 'g' and 'h' in their notebooks.
Children practiced reading a few sight words- that, is, it, at, this, in, they, she, he, if and of.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

सितम्बर के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन ठ, ड, ढ और त का परिचय करवाया गया। साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजन से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए जैसे ‘ठ’ से ठप्पा, 'ड' से डमरू 'ढ' से ढोलकऔर 'त' से तरबूज। इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित कविताएं जैसे ड से डमरू डम डम बाजे, ढ से ढपली बजती जाती करवाई गयी।निम्न प्रकार से व्यंजन को दोहराया गया जैसे चित्र को देखकर गोला लगाना। कक्षा में इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाली वस्तुएं दिखाई गई और हिंदी की पुस्तक में इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित अभ्यास करवाया।
इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित कविताएं जैसे ड से डमरू डम डम बाजे, ढ से ढपली बजती जाती करवाई गयी।निम्न प्रकार से व्यंजन को दोहराया गया जैसे चित्र को देखकर गोला लगाना। कक्षा में इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाली वस्तुएं दिखाई गई और हिंदी की पुस्तक में इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित अभ्यास करवाया गया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Stimulation of logical-mathematical intelligence promotes cognitive development, especially in terms of logical thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concentration. Children learnt to exhibit the value of numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebooks. 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.

Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write numbers from 14 to 16 under the concept of bundling followed by tens and ones activity. 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.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Visual Art

Art is a creative therapy that uses all disciplines of art, Visual movements, Imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children explored their aesthetic skills with the help of various coloring and craft activities.
During the month children enjoyed crafts like ‘Build your own Train’ where they wrote their name letters on the train and drew blocks whereas in the second-week letter ‘O’ octopus craft was done during the session followed up by the Letter ‘P’ penguin craft in the next week. As a part of the monthly theme ‘rocket craft’ took place in the last week of the month.

Storytelling

Storytelling helps improve children’s linguistic skills, instils a love for reading, and stir their imagination. Stories create magic, and a sense of wonder. They teach us about ourselves and others.
During the month, children enjoyed stories like ‘What the ladybird heard’ and ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ followed up by related activities in the next week.

Drama

Drama is a composition that tells a story by means of dialogue and action, to be performed by people. Drama enhances verbal and non-verbal expression of ideas and develops verbal and non- verbal communication skills.

Drama increases the creativity in children and gives them a better understanding of the world. In the month of September, children had a great time while listening and enacting the story, ‘Talking to the clouds’.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

Physical activities strengthen children’s bones, muscles, hearts and lungs, improves the coordination, balance, posture and flexibility.
Our little enthusiasts practiced warm- up exercises like on the spot jogging, jumping, and running. They enjoyed doing agility exercises like modified zig zag running with cones. Striking the ball using plastic bat and against the wall was a lot of much fun.

LEAP

Think beyond the magic and get beyond the imagination! To unleash the creativity of our children we conduct LEAP activities each month wherein children perform various brainstorming tasks to enhance their higher-order thinking skills and ingenuity to be future-ready.Below are the activities performed by the students this month:

Pitch a picture - children learned to describe a picture in their own words. The activity enabled them to strengthen their verbal-linguistic and visual thinking.
Float and sink - children were able to predict whether a given object will float or sink. This enhances their reasoning and thinking skills.
Building a block tower - children were asked to build a tower of blocks with one hand. The activity enabled them to enhance their focus and attention.

Skating

Skating is a great activity for a child's development. Our little ones have started to grasp the skills of balancing on wheels while bending, walking in straight or zigzag lines. Some obstacle games were played with the help of a skating coach which helps to improve their balance and coordination.

Indian Music

Musical experiences in childhood help accelerate brain development, particularly in the areas of listening skills and language acquisition. During the month, children practised Sangeet4All activities, welcome song, vocal warm up, rhythm clapping and railgaadi song.

Western Music

Children naturally love music! Whether it is soft and soothing or a lively tune, children feel it both physically and emotionally. Our children have been introduced to Solfege: ‘Do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti’ which is a method used to teach pitch and sight singing of western music. Solfege is helping them learn the tunes of the song ‘Do a deer’.

Dance

Dance is to move around to the rhythm of music by making a series of steps. Dance is to jump and move around with energy. Dance burns calories, strengthens muscles, develops cognitive skills and improves the body balance. It also increases flexibility and gives a good workout to the heart.
During the month of September, Nursery children attempted to learn dance steps on the song ‘I love my teacher’ on the occasion of Teacher’s Day. They also learnt dance steps on Dandiya song.

Clay Modelling

Clay modelling helps in the hand-eye coordination, develops problem-solving ability, and promotes creativity. It also gives a sense of accomplishment and independence. Children learnt to create something from scratch and see the fruits of their labour. This builds self-confidence and teaches them that they can do things independently.
Under integrated approach of learning, children made a necklace, a sailboat, and an airplane. The activities helped our little Suncitizens to visualise the objects in 3-dimension and relate to their classroom learning of letters.

EYP Play Area

Play area is an open-source that supports the educators to provide environment, that helps children reach their full developmental potential.
Through play, children explore and learn to understand the world around them as they get opportunities to communicate, discover, imagine, create, and manage new situations.

Montessori

The Montessori method of education fosters a sense of independence and personal development in the classroom. Our children developed motor control, coordination, concentration, independence, and a sense of responsibility in a Montessori classroom. Children practiced the numbers using the number beads and number cards.
They also practiced the concept of ‘Before and After’ using the number of flash cards. Children also used the Tens and Teens board to recapitulate numbers from 10 to 50. They practiced the formation of letters ‘n’, ‘o’, and ‘p’ on the sandpaper card. This activity not only allowed the children to trace the letters but also enabled them to feel the letter formations and identify their phonic sounds.

Imaginarium

Imaginarium is a space where students can use the resources as per their imagination. Their imaginative thoughts inspire creativity and bring out the best. Our little Suncitizens explored various stations in the lab. As per the theme, educators assisted them to design their favourite transport using the Lego. Legos were used by little ones in a very productive way.
The objective of an immersive environment is to engage and inspire students along with creating a sense of being transported to a different world. Our little Suncitizens were made aware of the different kinds of land transport used in urban and rural areas together with the traffic rules in the ‘Transport play Station.’

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations. Hence, the birthdays of Nursery children born in September were celebrated on Friday, 30th September 2022.
The theme for the celebration was ‘Water and Air transport’. The children were dressed according to the theme and used various props to showcase their speaking skills in the birthday ‘Show and Tell’ activity. They eagerly waited for their turns to share their knowledge with friends and reiterated upon the basic etiquettes to be adopted while attending a birthday part.

Events and Celebrations

Teachers’ Day celebration

A teacher is the eternal guru and guide whose love and guidance has shaped generations from times immemorial. She can inspire, motivate, ignite imagination, and instil love for learning. To honour the hard work and determination towards the profession, Teacher’s Day was celebrated on 5th of September 2022.
Students were told about the importance of the day and that the day also marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarwapali Radha Krishnan. They also showcased a lovely dance on song 'I love my teachers'. The day was concluded with token of love received from our little Suncitizens.

Verbal linguistic Event

The event was celebrated with interesting tongue twisters spoken by our young orators like:

कच्चा पापड़, पक्का पापड़.
खड़क सिंह के खड़कने से खड़कती हैं खिड़कियां, खिड़कियों के खड़कने से खड़कता है खड़क सिंह.
ऊंचा ऊंट, ऊंट की पीठ ऊंची, ऊंची पूंछ ऊंट की.
चंदू के चाचा ने चंदू की चाची को चांदनी रात में चांदी के चमच्च से चटनी चटाई.

Hindi Diwas Assembly by Nursery B students

हिंदुस्तान की शान है हिंदी
हर हिंदुस्तानी की पहचान ही हिंदी
एकता की अनुपम परंपरा है हिंदी
हर दिल का अरमान है हिंदी।।

14 सितम्बर 1949 को संविधान सभा ने यह निर्णय लिया कि हिन्दी संघ सरकार की आधिकारिक भाषा होगी। इसी उपलक्ष्य में प्रतिवर्ष १४ सितम्बर को हिंदी दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इस अवसर पर सनसिटी विद्यालय के नर्सरी - बी के छात्रों ने अपनी कक्षा की सभा में बहुत ही सुन्दर और सरल तरीके से हिंदी दिवस का महत्त्व समझाया और यह एहसास दिलाया की हिंदी भाषा हमें अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर मान और गौरव प्रदान करवाती है। हिंदी भाषा ने हमें एक नई पहचान दिलाई है। हिंदी संपूर्ण विश्व में बोली जाने वाली प्रमुख भाषाओं में से एक है। हिंदी हमारे स्वाभिमान और गर्व की भाषा है। प्रधानाचार्य जी ने भी बहुत सुन्दर शब्द कहे और सभा का अंत राष्ट्रीय गान के साथ किया गया।

Gandhi Jayanti assembly by Nursery C students

“My life is my message.” – M.K Gandhi

Our little Suncitizens celebrated Bapu ji’ s birthday with great zeal, enthusiasm, and patriotism. The special assembly conducted by Nursery C was held on 30th September to give a deep insight into the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. The assembly began with a morning prayer which was followed by the word of the day presented by the students of Nursery C. They confidently shared a few important facts about Mahatma Gandhi. They also showcased the glimpses of Gandhiji’s life which included the ‘Non-Violence Movement’ and ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.’ Gandhiji’s three monkeys depicted the importance of seeing good, hearing good and speaking good.
The audiences were left spellbound with the melodious vocal performance of a beautiful devotional bhajan ‘Raghupati Raghav raja ram’ and with the dance performance on the song, ‘Bande mein tha dum’ which filled the ambience with a feeling of patriotism for our country and gratitude towards Bapu. Towards the end, our beloved Principal ma’am, Ms Guneet Ohri motivated the children to imbibe the teachings of Gandhiji in their lives.

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Amazing August

8/26/2022

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Welcome to the buoyant and jubilant month of August that fills our heart with joy, pride and a feeling of patriotism as it is the month which marks the celebration of Independence Day, Friendship Day, Muharram, Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami. The festive season is the most joyous time of the year. It is essential to teach the importance of festivals to our little ones.

Let’s take a sneak peek into the month of “Amazing August”

Theme: Plants and Land Transport

Plants: Children learnt about the different types of plants along with the edible and non-edible parts of a plant. They recapitulated their knowledge on plants by visiting the school garden as well as the kitchen garden where they explored the different kinds of plants which are grown under and over the soil such as potatoes, onion, beetroot, mint leaves, brinjals, lady finger and many more.

Land transport: Transportation is an important part of everyday’s life. Children must understand its importance and the rules pertaining to it. They were made aware of the importance of traffic lights, private and public transport, emergency vehicles, vehicles used in rural and urban areas, and railways through discussions, flashcards, and video demonstrations.

Naturalistic Intelligence

The educator introduced the concept of plants by taking the children to the garden wherein they dug the mud and planted the saplings with the help of the ‘School Gardener’. The other theme of the month was ‘Transport’. Transportation is the necessity of our lives. Children must understand its importance and the rules pertaining to it. They watched videos related to different means of land transport and road safety rules. The educator explained the topic in a fun way wherein the children recited the rhymes like ‘Red Light, Red Light’ and ‘Wheels on the Bus go round and round’…. and insisted upon following the traffic rules.

The educator also apprised the children on the methods by which we can help in reducing the climate through discussions and activities. Activity (Best Out of Waste) was done to explain more about the prevention of pollution in the best way. Our young minds were enlightened on SDG 13: Climate Action. The educator also briefed the children about sustainable ways of commuting which includes walking, cycling, carpooling, use of green vehicles etc. to reduce traffic congestion and pollution.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

It is very important to enhance our children’s ability to use the letters and words effectively both while speaking and writing. Children were introduced to the letters ‘j’, ‘k’, ‘l’ and ‘m’ along with their related vocabulary words through stories and jolly phonics.

They learnt the formation of these letters through tracing in a sand tray and using their index finger. Children also traced these letters using crayons/pencils in the related workbook pages. They practiced reading CVC words of vowel ‘a’ in their Verbal Linguistic Reader Books and also a few sight words: that, is, it, at, this, in, they, she, he, if, of etc. The children also recapitulated writing the letters- ‘a and b’ in the Linguistic notebook.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – Hindi

अगस्त के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन च, छ, ज, झ, और ट का परिचय करवाया गया।
साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजन से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए जैसे ‘च’ से चमच्च, चाँद, ‘छ’ से छाता‘ज’ से जल ,झ’ से झंडा । कक्षा में हिंदी की पुस्तक में इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित कार्य करवाया गया और इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाली वस्तुएं भी दिखाई गई।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Number sense is very important for the young learners because it promotes confidence and encourages flexible thinking. It allows children to create a relationship with numbers and understand that every digit has a value.

Children learnt to count numbers from 1- 50 through actions. Children were also introduced to the following concepts, ‘What comes After (1-10)’, ‘What comes Before (1-5)’, concept of ‘Zero’ and concept of ‘Tens and Ones’ through various activities. They practiced writing numbers from 1- 13 as per the place value.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Visual Art

Art is a creative therapy that uses all disciplines of art, visual movements, imagination skills, and finger dexterity. Children explored their aesthetic skills with the help of various colouring and craft activities.

In the first week, children discussed various facts about plants and enjoyed leaf printing with their friends whereas in the second week they compiled cut-outs to make ‘Rakhis’ to celebrate ‘Rakshabandhan.’ Children enjoyed making a paper flute on the occasion of ‘Janmashtami’ and tricolour headgear on ‘Independence Day.’

Storytelling

Stories help in achieving awareness and at the same time improve emotional intelligence. While listening and understanding the stories, children subconsciously develop the ability to think for others. This feeling of correlating and concerning for others, makes one a better individual. During the month, children enjoyed listening to the story, ‘What a ladybug heard’ followed by a related activity.

Drama

Drama is telling a story through actions and speech. It develops verbal and non- verbal communication skills, individual and group communication skills. Drama enhances creative abilities in children and gives them a better understanding of themselves and the world.

In the month of August, children practiced delivering a particular dialogue in a variety of manner through voice modulation. They also enjoyed listening to a story, ‘Bunny and his favourite things’ and enacted the various modes of transport.

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Physical activities are crucial for the holistic development of young ones. The sports educator guided the children to perform various exercises such as side twist, front raise, knee up, upper body rotation, and knee balance, jumping jacks, knees up, body coordination and balancing sideways, opposite toe, tag games and kangaroo jumps. These activities not only strengthen children’s bones, muscles, hearts and lungs, but also improve children’s coordination, balance, posture and flexibility.

Skating

Skating helps to improve body balance and coordination. Our little Suncitizens have started to grasp the skills of balancing on wheels while bending, walking in a straight or zig zag line.

Indian Music

Children love music because it holds the power to express and bring a sense of joy into their lives. In this month, children practiced ‘Sangeet for all’ activities, vocal warm-ups, rhythm clapping, rail gaadi song and sang the patriotic song along with the educator.

Western Music

Exposure to music helps children to speak more clearly, develop a larger vocabulary, and strengthen their social and emotional skills. With the ongoing western music sessions, children practiced singing the song, ‘Do Re Mi’ with their friends.

Dance

Dance is an art that consists sequences of movement. It strengthens muscles, improves body balance, and increases flexibility. Dance increases cognitive development. During this month, the children attempted dance steps on Independence Day and Janmashtami special song.

Pottery

Pottery nurtures child's creativity, boosts their imagination, imbibes self- confidence, and promotes social skills. It also calms down the hyperactive mind and develops resilience and cooperation.

Children sculpted an umbrella, a basket and a lollipop as a reinforcement activity. They also attempted to make Lord Ganesha's Idol on the occassion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

EYP Play Area

EYP play area is well-equipped with slides, swings, see-saw, sand pit, spring riders and so on. Here children chart their play activities by themselves, enhancing their incidental learning and promoting peer-to-peer interaction by playing on their favourite spots in the play area.

Montessori

Our little ones developed motor control, coordination, concentration, independence, and a sense of responsibility in a Montessori classroom. Children practiced the numbers 1-10 using the Number rods. They also practiced the concept of ‘Before and After’ using the number flash cards.

Children practiced the formation of letter ‘Mm’ on the sandpaper card. This activity not only allowed the children to trace the letters, but also enabled them to feel the letter formations and identify their phonic sounds. Children made an attempt to read CVC words using the LMA box.

Imaginarium

The ‘Imaginarium’ teaches students to think out of the box, to utilize the resources, and to work as a team. Activities in the Imaginarium are used to reinforce lessons from the traditional classroom in a way that encourages students to work together, identify problems, and use their imaginations.

The objective of an immersive environment is to engage and inspire students along with creating a sense of being transported to a different world. Our little Suncitizens were made aware about the different kinds of land transport used in urban and rural areas.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

Birthdays are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy. Keeping up the high spirit, birthdays of the children born in the month of August were celebrated in the class.

A ‘Show and Tell’ activity took place based on the theme, ‘Land Transport’ wherein the children waited for their turn to share their knowledge with friends and also imbibed the etiquettes necessary to attend a birthday party.

Events and Celebrations

15th August 2021 Independence Day:
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living”? - Mahatma Gandhi

Suncitizens celebrated India’s 75th Independence Day with immense respect and strong patriotic feelings. Children attended the flag hoisting ceremony followed by the solemn notes of the National Anthem. They stood proud in their freedom fighter attire to greet the chief guest as he passed through the corridors of the EYP wing. Our young nationals learnt about the national symbols and enjoyed making a ‘Tri colour’ head gear.

Janamashtami Assembly by KG D students

It is essential that we teach the basic rituals and traditions to the children right from the foundational years. The Krishna Janmashtami festival marks the birth of Krishna, one of the most popular deities worshipped by the Hindus. The students of KG D hosted a special assembly on the eve of ‘Janmashtami’. Our kindergarten students apprised their friends with the significance of the festival through a beautiful enactment of the birth of Lord Krishna. The event concluded with a mesmerising dance performance by the students on the song, ‘Voh krishna hai’ followed by the National Anthem.

Ganesh Chaturthi Assembly by Nur A students

'Ganpati Bappa Morya,
Mangal Moorti Morya'

"Life is long as his trunk, trouble as small as his mouse and moments as sweet as his ladoos."
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!!!!

Suncitizens of Nursery-A conducted a special assembly on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The students apprised their friends on the significance of the festival and the importance of eco-friendly ways of celebrating the festival. Dance performance on the song, 'Shree Ganesha Deva’ added splendour to the entire assembly. Children received blessings from the ‘Head of our school’ and loved having ‘Motichoor Ladoos’ as the Prasad.

Bodily-Kinaesthetic Event

We put up a, ‘Bodily Kinaesthetic 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 and enthusiasm. Their coordination and discipline were truly praise- worthy. They beautifully presented a few gross motor skills such as running, hopping along with a drill in the event.

Their performance made everyone’s eyes twinkle with pride. Towards the end, they gave a round of applauds for themselves and were appreciated for their tremendous efforts.

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Joyful July

8/5/2022

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Dear Parent(s),
Greetings!

After a fun-filled summer break, the children were welcomed back to school as we commenced with another month of innovative learning and growing.
Take a sneak peek into the month of ‘Joyful July’

THEME-Plants

The theme – 'Plants' was introduced to the children where they were shown a real plant. They explored and identified different parts of a plant. Educators promoted the fact that parts of a plant include roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruits.

Children were made aware that every part of a plant works in coordination and performs various functions. They also got acquainted with the importance of each part of a plant. The root anchors the plant in the ground and stem supports the plant above the ground. Leaves make food for the plant. The concept was taught with the help of various hands-on learning activities and visual resources such as PowerPoint Presentations (PPT), flashcards and educational puzzle. The educator also explained the process by which different plant species grow from a single seed into a plant through ‘Seed Germination Activity’.

Educator showed some products like oil, pulses, cotton, medicines, paper, pencil etc. and asked children to think about the source of these things or where do we get these things from? Children acquired knowledge about the fact that humans and animals are dependent on plants for food and shelter. Children were made aware that plants need sunlight, air, water, soil and care to grow.

Naturalistic Intelligence-

The educator explained the parts of a plant, how a plant grows from a seed to a tree and what it needs to grow. A seed germination activity was carried out in the class as an experimental learning activity to reinforce the learning of this topic.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence

Linguistic intelligence enhances or improves the students’ ability to understand language. It can only be achieved with regular practice -verbally and written. It is of utmost importance for a child to identify letters and learn their correct phonic sounds. The educator reiterated upon the identification, formation, phonic sounds, and vocabulary words of the letters from a-e to enhance the students’ vocabulary. The children learnt letters from ‘f’ to ‘i’; along with their related vocabulary words through stories and jolly phonics. They also learnt the formation of these letters. Sight words act like connectors. Some sight words were also introduced such as, ‘in, at, it, is, I, me’ with the pictures for easy recognition and their use in everyday sentences.

Logical Mathematical Intelligence:

Our little mathematicians learnt, how to master the relationships between numbers and understood how quantities relate to one another. In this month, they recapitulated the shapes like rectangle, square and triangle. They were introduced to new shapes like pentagon and hexagon. Class educator reiterated that pentagon has 5 sides and hexagon has 6 sides through video demonstrations. Children enjoyed recapitulating the ‘Pre-Number Concepts’ like ‘big and small, ‘heavy and light’, ‘tall and short’,’more and less’. They learnt to identify numbers 5,6,7 and 8 through quantification and learnt formation of numbers through various activities. They also understood numbers on the number line.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence:

Bodily-kinesthetic is a learning style often referred to as 'learning with the hands' or physical learning. It is defined as fine and gross motor skills, dexterity or agility, eye/hand coordination and balancing body.

Skating:

Children have started to grasp the concept of balance on wheels. They have been successfully doing the walking exercises.

Western music:

‘Fun, Fabulous, Uplifting and Magical’. These are just a few words that describe music together. Our music sessions provide a comfortable and engaging environment for the children and strengthen their memory.
Children practiced singing the song, ‘This is the day that the Lord has made’.

Indian music:

Children performed vocal warm-ups which helps to prepare the children for the intense variations that come along with singing. They enjoyed singing sa re ga , railgaadi song etc.

Dance:

Dancing stimulates the mind, body & soul. It increases cognitive strengths and prolongs life; that is the miracle of dance.’

Dance is a beautiful form of art that helps us express ourselves and promotes growth as well as enjoyment. During the month, the children attempted warm up exercises and thrilled themselves. They danced to the tune of the song, ‘I’m so happy’.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration: Show and Tell

Birthday is a very special and the most important day of everyone’s life. When celebrated with family and friends, it becomes memorable. A ‘Show and Tell’ activity took place based on the theme ‘All about Plants’, wherein the students waited for their turn to share the knowledge with friends and also imbibed the etiquettes to be adopted while attending a birthday party.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Visual Art:
Spatial awareness and spatial relations encourage creativity and imaginative thinking in the children. It also motivates them to think out of the box. Children were delighted to make various ‘letter crafts’ such as letter g,h and i. They also enjoyed drawing parts of a plant as part of their monthly theme.

Story Telling

Story telling refers to describing ideas, beliefs, personal experiences and life- lessons through stories that evoke powerful emotions and insights. It creates an immersive experience that allows young learners to learn the language in a dynamic and entertaining way. The children were fascinated to listen to the story- ‘Friend’ and ‘The Foolish Timid Rabbit’ with appropriate props, expressions and voice modulation.

Drama

A drama is telling a story by means of dialogue and actions to be performed by the actors. It develops verbal and non- verbal, communication skills. Drama enhances students’ creative abilities and gives them a better understanding of themselves and their world. With this aim in mind, stories like ‘शेर और चूहे’ were told to the children to enhance their verbal and non-verbal expression of ideas with appropriate expressions and voice modulation.

Pottery

The children enhanced their sensorial and fine motor skills by making a fruit using play dough. They also created the letter g, number 8 and pots with clay as a reinforcement of classroom learning.

EYP Play Area

Children always love free play and peer to peer interaction. They used their freedom of choice to play on slides, swings, sand-pit and on their other favourite spots in the EYP play area.

Montessori

Montessori teaching helps in building self-confidence and self-esteem in children. Our little ones develop motor control and coordination, independence, concentration, and a sense of responsibility in a Montessori classroom.

Children practiced the formation of letters from “F f till I i” on the sand paper. This activity not only allowed the children to trace the letters, but also enabled them to feel their pattern and identify the phonic sounds. They also had a lot of fun demonstrating a Montessori activity wherein they used tongs to transfer the objects from one container to the other.

Imaginarium

Play Builds Imagination and Creativity and also foster children’s curiosity to learn through fun. Our little Suncitizens were super excited to explore various fun playing stations in Imaginarium like transport corner, supermarket stations and making various structures with Lego. Children get hands-on experience of real-life activities through these tools. They explored various corners like the Lego table, mini gym, and small world play tables. They identified different shapes through lego blocks and recognized square and rectangle shape objects around them. They also took pleasure in counting different objects as a part of their learning.

Water Play

‘Water Water all around, Splash Splash on the ground’

Water play is the most important part of the preschool curriculum as it helps to develop and strengthen children's gross and fine motor skills along with vocabulary development. Water play is a fantastic way for kids to cool off on a hot, sunny day as well as learn some valuable skills.

Our Nursery children had a wonderful time during their water play activity. They thoroughly enjoyed playing in water fountain, splashing and sprinkling water on their friends.

Celebrations and Events

A summer fruit festival was organized to expand the vocabulary and awareness of children about summer fruits. Each classroom displayed a summer fruit and products made from it. Fruits like mango, jamun, coconut, cherry, plum, pineapple, pear, watermelon and apple were a part of the showcase. Children enthusiastically brought various products made from the various fruits. They visited all the EYP classrooms and tasted an array of fruit products.

Teej Assembly by KG C students

To welcome the monsoon season, the energetic students of KG C conducted a special assembly on the auspicious occasion of Teej, with lots of zeal and enthusiasm. Hartalika Teej or Hariyali Teej is a famous festival that commemorates the reunion of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Our kindergarten students apprised their friends with the significance of the festival wherein girls and women sing, dance and swing on the swings. The event concluded with a mesmerising dance performance by the students on the song ‘Teej ayi Hariyali’ followed by the National Anthem.

Verbal Linguistic - Hindi

जुलाई के महीने में छात्रों को व्यंजन क, ख, ग और घ का परिचय करवाया गया। साथ ही साथ इन व्यंजन से शुरू होने वाले नए शब्द सिखाये गए। कक्षा में हिंदी की पुस्तक में इन व्यंजनों से सम्बंधित कार्य करवाया गया और इन व्यंजनों से शुरू होने वाली वस्तुएं भी दिखाई गई।

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Amazing April and Magical May

5/18/2022

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Dear Parent(s),
Greetings!
It has been a wonderful beginning to the new session! Four weeks have just flown by …

Our yearly theme is 'Srijan' means 'Creation'. Creation is the action or process of bringing something into existence.
This year's theme is dedicated to nurturing the creativity of our learners. Each child is a creator and has the potential to grow, develop and evolve.

Let's take a sneak peek into the days gone by...

THEME-Me and Myself

The theme – 'Me and Myself' was introduced to the children where they got to know about themselves. Educators promoted the fact that each one of them is unique and different in their own way.

Children got acquainted with the names of their body parts and five senses. They were also made aware of the importance of the various parts of the body in our daily routine with the help of various hands-on learning activities and visual resources such as PowerPoint Presentations (PPT) and flashcards.
The educator explained the significance of maintaining personal hygiene. They were also introduced to various healthy and junk food items with the help of Powerpoint presentations, audiovisuals, and picture cards.

Naturalistic Intelligence:

The Sustainable Development Goal integrated with the monthly theme was, SDG-3;’Good health and wellbeing’. Children experienced the importance of using soap through the ‘Soap and Pepper’ experiment wherein they learnt about how they can keep away the germs through the application of soap. The educators also sensitized the children on how they need to take care of their sense organs.
An activity was conducted that emphasized how healthy food and a good diet help the body grow well and fight against diseases.
The educator explained the concept of a ‘Family’ by creating and explaining the ‘Family Tree’.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence

Learning a language enables children to discover their potential to communicate and express themselves.
Literacy skills such as tracing sleeping lines, standing lines, and slanting lines using crayons and through hands-on activity helped the children to work on their pre-writing skills.
Children recognised the letters ‘a’, ‘b,’ ‘c’,d and e ’’ with the help of stories, phonic sounds through jolly phonics song, and their related vocabulary words. The formation of the letters was demonstrated and practiced with the use of crayons, air tracing, and sand letter cards.

Logical /Mathematical Intelligence

Number sense, or the basics of learning about numbers, is the first vital math skill. During this month, children learnt recognition of numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 through audio-visual, rhymes, tracing activities and quantifying concrete objects available around them, counting their body parts, etc. Few Pre-number concepts were also introduced such as 'Big and Small', 'heavy and light', and 'tall and short' through concrete objects.
Learning about shapes is always fun for them. Children were familiarized with different shapes that they see around such as a square, a rectangle and a triangle. These shapes were introduced with the help of real objects.

Verbal Linguistic Hindi

अप्रैल और मई के महीने में छात्रों को हिंदी में बोले जाने वाले शब्दों का परिचय करवाया जैसे - सुप्रभात, महोदया जी, कक्षा, छात्र, दिनांक और स्वागत। साथ ही साथ हिंदी में कविता 'आलू बोला मुझको खालो' तथा कहानी 'प्यासा कौवा' सिखाई गई।

Bodily- Kinesthetic Intelligence

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
- John F. Kennedy

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence is defined as fine and gross motor skills, eye/hand coordination, dexterity or agility, balance, and body awareness. So, our little learners acquired an array of skills through the following fitness games.

Skating:
As roller skating is the perfect way to combine fitness with fun. The
coach helped children develop the skill of walking with the skates on. Students learnt to balance their bodies. With the safety gears intact, they were not scared to fall.

Physical Education:

During the months of April and May, children along with the educator learnt about the manipulation skills wherein they practiced kicking, bouncing, catching, throwing, lifting and dribbling exercises.

Musical Intelligence

Western music:
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
---Plato

Children naturally love music! Whether it is soft and soothing or a lively tune.
The educator introduced multiple musical instruments (Guitar, drum,
Casio) along with the rhythm of the drum beats. The children sang the
song, ‘God’s love’ and “ Praise Him” along with the educator.

Indian music:
Indian classical music creates a spiritual link and helps the students stay connected with the roots of Indian culture. It broadens communication skills and helps the students depict their emotions. 'Sangeet for All' is the first Indian music curriculum with a carefully researched pedagogy, methodology, and resources that provides young children with a solid foundation in music.
This month the children practiced singing the following songs: -

welcome song, ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाओ’
Greetings song
नटखट चूहा

Dance:

Body movements through dance are learnings that communicate messages and represent actions, which help, develop fine and gross motor skills, and social skills improve balance and coordination. Children had great fun learning steps on the following songs:
‘Bum Bum Bole, Masti Mein dolein’
‘I love my mommy’
‘Walking in the jungle’ songs alongwith a few warm-ups exercises.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration: Show and Tell

Birthday is one of the most special days for everyone and if celebrated with friends it becomes memorable. A “Show and Tell” activity took place based on the theme, ‘Healthy and Junk food’, wherein they waited for their turn to share their knowledge with friends and also imbibed the etiquettes to be adopted while attending a birthday party.

Visual- Spatial Intelligence

Visual Art:
Art is a creative therapy, which uses all disciplines of art; Visual movements,
imagination skills, aesthetic skills, and finger dexterity. Children explored
aesthetic skills with the help of these various colouring and craft activities. Making a welcome card on the first day was a lot of fun.
The educator encouraged the children to show various emotions like -happy/sad/excited/angry based on different situations. The children enjoyed drawing their emotions. Learning letters through visual art adds to the fun. Children showed a keen interest in doing fingerprinting to make ‘a’ for ant, ‘b’ for butterfly in the month of April and ‘e’ for elephant along with mother’s day craft in the month of may.

Co-scholastic domains

Story Telling
To encourage our young learners to use their imagination and creativity, storytelling sessions were conducted by the educator. It helps in enhancing their social and interpersonal skills. The children were fascinated to listen to the story- ‘Thirsty crow’ and ‘छोटा सा मोटा सा लौटा’ with appropriate props, expressions, and voice modulation.

Drama:
The most important gains of using drama in education are; healthily achieving expression of feelings, and developing creative imagination in children. With this aim in mind warm up exercises like ‘Copy me’ and story like ‘Gummy Bear ’ and ‘The girl and the dog’ were done with children to enhance their verbal and non-verbal expression of ideas with appropriate expressions and voice modulation.

Pottery
The educator explained the basics of clay modeling. They created a smiley face using different shapes and a snail by forming it into a spiral basket using the clay.
The students were delighted to see their creations. Children practiced the formation of the letters, ‘a, b and c’ with clay and playdough.

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

Montessori
Montessori helps in building self-confidence and self-esteem in a child.
Children practiced the life skills of ‘spooning’ and ‘dry pouring’ (Spooning beans from one bowl to another) using the Montessori apparatus. They also practiced tracing the formation of the letters 'a’, 'b’ & ‘c’ using sandpaper letter cards and identifying letters through the large moveable alphabet box.

Imaginarium
Children get hands-on experience of real-life activities. They participated in role-playing in the supermarket area and also explored various corners like the Lego table, mini gym, and small world play tables.

Water Play
‘Splash, splash everywhere puddles of water here and there.’
Water play is an inevitable part of the preschool curriculum as it helps in gross motor development, and eye-hand coordination and also helps in vocabulary development.
The little ones in the Nursery had a wonderful time during their water play activity. Bubbling with excitement and enthusiasm, in their colorful swimsuits, the children thoroughly enjoyed the fountain play activity, splashing water at their friends.

Celebrations and Events

Children along with learning enjoyed the spirit of special days.

Baisakhi: Children were briefed about the importance of this harvest festival. Farmers wherein thank God for the abundant harvest and pray for future prosperity observe this day as a thanksgiving day. Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus celebrate it. The children enjoyed the session by dancing to the tune of Bhangra beats and doing a tear and pasting activity on a corn shape cutout.

Earth Day: In an endeavour to encourage our young learners, to understand and know the facts about our planet Earth, a briefing session was arranged. The educator talked about the various ways, to save the ‘Mother Earth’. Some of the measures which were discussed were:

Do not Litter, switch off Lights and Fans when it's not needed.
Use the water wisely.
Plant more trees.

They also discussed about the 3Rs -Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Children made paper pouches by using old newspapers and decorating them with their handprints.

Eid: May Allah accept your good deeds, forgive your transgressions and ease the suffering of all the people around the globe. With this prayer in the heart and mind, a special assembly was presented by students of KG- A on the occasion of Eid- Ul -Fitr. This festival comes after the holy month of Ramadan. Our Kindergarten students apprised their friends of the spirit of the festival wherein people spread happiness, peace, and forgiveness amongst each other. Elders give Eidi to ones younger than them. The event concluded with a mesmerizing dance performance on the song, ‘छोटी मोटी गलती माफ़ करो’ by the students followed by the National Anthem.

Mothers day: The children learnt about and celebrated the festival of Mothers day through a special assembly put together by the students of Kg B. They also created a special craft to take back home as a mothers day gift.

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Fabulous February and marvellous March

3/3/2022

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Dear Parent,
Greetings

‘Spring Time Is A Season Of Great Hope And Strength.’

In the month of February and March, with the pleasant weather around, we discussed the significance of ‘Vasant Panchami’ with our little ones and continued the learning journey on the theme, ‘Tiger’.

So, let’s take an elaborative look into the activities which were conducted during
the month of February and March.

Theme: Tiger & Recapitulation of the previous themes

Children understood the meaning of endangered and extinct species of animals and ‘Tiger’ as an endangered species. They also explored the reasons for their extinction and discussed many ways to contribute to the noble cause of animal conservation.

Recapitulation is not only an important part of teaching, but an essential
element in the path of learning. Our young learners revisited the following
themes:

Me, my family and friends
All about plants and their importance
Modes of transport- Land, air and water
Emergency vehicles and emergency numbers

As the session has come to an end, the educator did the recap of theme earth’s natural cycle through the handful of fun activities such as making their own ‘seasons booklet’, story session and JAM (just a minute) activity.

Universal Value- ‘I am Hopeful’

We aim to inculcate the ‘Sanskaars’ in our young learners through universal values. The universal value for this month was – I am Hopeful. The educators encouraged the children to express their feelings through the activities– what makes you happy, what makes you sad.
Effective ways to feel hopeful were discussed with the students through a story and an activity, 'Flicker of Hope'. The children graphically represented their hopes on the flicker through simple drawings.

Naturalistic Intelligence

The educator discussed the importance of SDG-15 – Life on Land, with the children. The goal stives to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and stop biodiversity loss. The educator reiterated upon the concept of healthy and junk food through a PPT and also conducted an activity where the children were asked to categories the same.The children also learnt table layout and dining etiquettes.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence - English

Verbal linguistic intelligence develops children’s ability to think and express their thoughts verbally. It also enhances their reading skills by clubbing the phonic sounds of the letters to form words. Our students learnt to communicate with ease using short sentences.

They were introduced to the reading of ‘CVC Words’ with middle sound of vowel ‘u’ – ‘un’, ‘ub’, ‘ug’, ‘ut’, ‘up’ and ‘us’ family words through the Verbal linguistic reader book.
Our young learners were introduced to the reading of short sentences comprising of vowel ‘o’ family words.
They also recapitulated the alphabet, ‘a – z’ along with their jolly phonics songs and presented the objects/ pictures of the related vocabulary words. They also practiced writing these letters in the English notebook.
Recapitulation gives students an opportunity to reflect on what they have learnt, it helps them develop analytical skills. Keeping this in mind, our young enthusiasts were engaged in activities wherein they were shown concrete objects/pictures related to CVC words such as bag, fan, bat, cat etc.
Children practiced reading the short sentences comprising of vowel ‘a’, 'e', and 'i' family CVC words.
Our young learners enhanced their linguistic skills by recapitulating the CVC words done so far through the fun worksheets in their Linguistic Reader book.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

बच्चों को व्यंजन स, ह, क्ष, त्र और ज्ञ का उनसे मिलते हुए शब्दों, वस्तुओ व कहानियों के द्वारा
परिचय कराया गया।

बच्चों ने गतिविधि के द्वारा व्यंजनो को दोहराया व बाद में व्यंजन सम्बंधित चित्र भी बनाये|
बच्चों ने अपनी अभ्यास पुस्तिका में इन व्यंजनों में रंग भरने का भी कार्य किया तथा व्यंजन गीत को गाने का आंनद भी लिया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

-Paul Halmos.
Mathematics gives us hope, that every problem has a solution. The children learnt to draw numbers from ‘23 to 26’ on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebook.

Revisited the concept of what comes after, before and in-between through a fun activity followed by writing practice in the workbook.
Recapitulated the recognition, quantification and writing of numbers from 1-30 through flashcards, video presentation and writing practice.
The educator reiterated the concept of ‘greater numbers’ with the help of a story – Charlie the Crocodile.
The educator took the concept of ‘Number Names’ through a game followed by writing practice in the Math notebook.
The educator recapitulated the concept of basic shapes through a shape song. Later, children enjoyed making these shapes using play dough.
Children attempted oral counting from 1 to 100.
The educator introduced the concept of addition with concrete objects.
The educator reinforced the term ‘Pattern’ by various activities: -Clap patterns, Actions patterns, Shapes pattern, color patterns and also attempted diagram patterns in the workbook.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Visual-spatial intelligence enables the children to remember the information by creating visual pictures. This enhances the child’s ability to perceive, analyse, and understand visual information in the world around them. Visual-spatial abilities can be used in everyday life. To enhance this quality, the children did the following activities:

To reiterate upon the theme ‘Tiger’, children attempted a freehand drawing of a ‘Tiger’ and its habitat along with the educator.
The kids were delighted to make an art work on ‘Vasant Panchami’. Later, the educator sensitised children on the significance of the festival.
Children created a family craft using a handprint, added their imagination to it in terms of a variety of hair styles, accessories etc. to recapitulate the concept of ‘Family’ and its importance.
Our little ones enjoyed making a fire truck using different shapes.
Children made Holi craft and their Graduation Badges as they will be promoted to grade KG.

Musical Intelligence

Music is the soul of life and gives immense peace to us.

Indian Music

Children, along with the educator, participated in ‘Vocal Warm-up exercises’, ‘Rapid Fire Quiz’ and ‘Show and Tell’ games.

Children, along with the educator, enjoyed practicing the following songs:
Welcome song, ‘आओ आओ संगीत बनाएं’
‘Jungle song’
Rhythm clapping
‘Play and play and Stop’ song
‘गिनती’ song
To enjoy the spirit of ‘Holi’ a beautiful song ‘होली आई’ was introduced.

Western Music

‘Music is a vital part of human life. It spreads happiness and joy in a person’s life’

In the months of February and March, children along with the educator enjoyed singing a melodious song, ’Deep in the ocean’ and 'This is the day that the Lord has made'. They also practiced solo singing on these songs along with actions.

Dance
“Dance is a language of emotions.”
– Priyanshu Singh

Dancing is the best exercise for our body and it keeps our mind healthy and fit. It also helps children develop emotionally, socially and cognitively. Children had fun learning wonderful steps on the song – ‘Boom Chicka Boom’, which strengthened their gross motor skills and confidence. Their participation while dancing was truly praiseworthy.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
“Your productivity will double with increased physical activity.”
-Laila Gifty Akita

Physical education helps in developing the students’ competence and confidence. The importance of physical education programme is to help students enhance a wide range of skills as well as give them the ability to use tactics, strategies and more ideas to perform. This month the children had a tremendous time participating in the following activities:

The Encanto Run: In this virtual game, children performed various

activities such as jumping, dodging, chopping, spinning and running.

Yoga Asanas: Children, along with the educator, practiced the ‘Tree pose’, ‘Aero plane pose’, ‘L’ pose, ‘Lotus pose’ and ‘Triangle pose.’
The children enjoyed zig-zag running through the cones which enhanced their locomotor skills.
Zumba exercises to improve the body coordination.

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell

As children grow, we need to develop their communication skills, so that they are capable of expressing themselves, clearly and confidently. 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 February were celebrated on February, 28th. The theme for the celebration was ‘SDG 15 – Life on land.’ The educator reiterated upon the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party.
We celebrated the birthdays of children born in the month of March on 16th March, 2022. The theme was ‘My memories in Nursery’. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes while attending a birthday party. They were encouraged to speak a few lines on the theme through the ‘show and tell’ activity. They dressed along with the coordinated props and shared their best memories with their friends and teachers.

Storytelling

Stories increase children's willingness to express their thoughts and feelings Stories reveal universal truths about the world. Stories and other story related activities taken this month were with the sole objective of encouraging ‘learning is fun ‘and learning through play way method whether it was learning through numbers, curves or through other basic shapes. The stories narrated in this month were –
1.‘Chintu’s Cap’ followed by an activity- children enjoyed making ‘Chintu the mouse’ with the help of numbers.
2.'एक्की दुक्की' – This hilarious Marathi folktale was narrated to the children in Hindi with simple moral of helping others in need.
'एक्की दुक्की'-Activity- 'एक्की दुक्की, the two girls (with one and two hairs respectively) were drawn using shapes.
3. The educator narrated such beautiful stories to children named 'Matsya’ and ‘Wait your turn Tilly’ using relevant props.

Drama

Drama and skits are already part of children’s lives even before they start their school in the form of fictional plays at home such as doctors, nurses, pilots, engineers, dentists and more. This allows them to create their own identity by creating situations that have many similarities in the real world. Keeping this view in mind, the educator performed various activities in this month.
Children participated in various exercises like walking, dragging, shaking, stopping etc with full vigour. They listened to the story- 'हाथी और लोमड़ी' and ' मूर्ख गधा ‘with appropriate expressions and voice modulation. Children also enjoyed the fun filled drama activities wherein they did ‘Om chanting’ and were rejuvenated while performing the running and freeze activity.

Events and Celebrations

Vasant Panchami Special Assembly

An impressive performance was displayed by children of KG-B during the virtual assembly on the occasion of ‘Vasant Panchami’, the festival dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning.

Maha shivratri Special Assembly

A powerpacked performance was showcased by the students of KG C on the
occasion of ‘Mahashivratri’, the festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. Children
apprised their friends about the importance of this day, they chanted mantras
to seek Lord Shiva’s blessings and also presented engaging performances.

Graduation Day Special Assembly

To celebrate the progression, the students of ‘KG- ‘D’ performed a wonderful

dance on the ‘Graduation Day.’ It was indeed a memorable day for the little
ones as they received lots of blessings from their teachers and parents.

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February 2nd, 2022

2/1/2022

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Jubilant January

Dear Parent, (s)

Greetings!

We can’t believe January is already over! It was indeed a Jubilant January!
It was a month of new beginnings and celebrations. Along with the important days, national holidays, it also had various religious festivals that took place across the country. Our young learners left no stone unturned to discover their hidden potentials and explore the wonder, this month brought forth.
So, let’s take a sneak peek into the month of ‘January’.

Theme:Tiger

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 introduced the cat family to the children through a power point presentation and discussed facts related to it. This was followed by an elaborative discussion on the distinctive characteristics of a tiger. The children thoroughly enjoyed making a Tiger craft. They were also made aware of the ways by which tigers find their food and what do they eat. Children created a tiger paw print using water colours. The teacher also discussed the habitat of a tiger. The educator conferred the new vocabulary terms such as dew claw, pugmark, prey and predator. Children were introduced to the terms like herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and decomposers through a power point presentation, rhymes and videos. She further discussed the concept of ‘food chain’ and its significance.

Universal Value- ‘I am Truthful’

Truth is the foundation for a fair and just society. It is a basic moral principle, rule or value. During the rapport building sessions, children were explained about the significance of the Universal Value- ‘I am Truthful’. They were introduced to the two aspects of truthfulness - being true to ourselves and being true to others. The educator highlighted the importance of being truthful by citing a few examples and sharing the story of ‘Pinocchio’ with the children.

Naturalistic Intelligence

Our earth is home to many life forms whether its giant elephants or tiny bumble bees, various plants or humans. The educator discussed the SDG 15 - Life on land through a video presentation and various ways to promote sustainable management of all types of forests and wildlife.
Children thoroughly enjoyed the virtual trip to a zoo wherein they experienced the activities of wild animals. They also explored the concept of food chain and reiterated the terms – producers, composers and decomposers through a free hand drawing activity along with the educator.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

This month, we focused upon developing our children's ability to use letters and words effectively. It's important to remind our little ones of their previous knowledge.
Children revisited letters 'i' to 'z' through jolly phonics and practiced the writing of these letters in their linguistic notebooks. They practiced reading CVC words with the middle sound of vowel 'o' in their Verbal Linguistic Reader.
Children recapitulated the sight words done so far and also learnt some new sight words-"went, likes, with" that helped them in reading short sentences.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

हिंदी सीखने के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण भाषा है, भारतीय मूल के बच्चों के लिए, लेकिन उन सभी बच्चों के लिए भी जो दुनिया में सबसे अधिक बोली जाने वाली भाषाओं में से एक को जानने का लाभ चाहते हैं। बच्चो ने फ्लैश कार्ड और कहानियों के माध्यम से अपने संबंधित शब्दावली शब्दों के साथ नए व्यंजन को सीखा। उन्हें व्यंजन गीत गाने में भी मजा आया।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

‘Mathematics gives us hope, that every problem has a solution’.

The children learnt to draw numbers 20, 21 and 22 on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebook.

They revisited the pre-number concept – ‘Big and Small’, ‘Tall and Short’ through concrete objects.
The children also attempted ‘Backward Counting’ from 20-1 through a fun activity.
The concept of ‘Missing Numbers’ from 1-20 was also taken up with the help of number line. Children enjoyed the same and practiced in their workbook.
Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write the numbers 29 and 30 under the concept of ‘Tens and Ones’ through number slider and writing practice in the workbook.
The children completed oral counting from 1 to 100.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Art is a creative therapy, which uses all disciplines of art; visual movements, imagination skills, aesthetic skills and finger dexterity. Children explored their aesthetic skills with the help of various colouring and craft activities done in the class virtually.
They prepared a craft integrated with the festival ‘Lohri’, drew animals using different shapes and also made ‘Tiger Masks’ which was related to the theme of the month – Tiger.

Musical Intelligence

Musical intelligence is the ability to enjoy, observe, differentiate, create and express musical forms. It touches us on an emotional level and influences our mood. As beautifully said by Billy Joel, “Music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music”.

Indian Music

The beauty of Indian classical music lies in its spontaneity. The music is produced live, on the spot, feeding off energy from the listeners as well as the energy on stage.
Children along with the educator welcomed each other with the song –
‘आओ आओ संगीत बनायें’,
Children practiced songs like-

Narangi song
Head shoulder knees and toes
Prayer song
Followed by show and tell quiz

Western Music

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." ― Plato

This month a beautiful song, ‘This is the day that the Lord has made’ was practiced by the children. The children enjoyed singing this melodious song along with the educator.
Children also participated in the ‘Solo Singing Presentation’ on the same song.

Dance

“Dancing stimulates the mind, body & soul. It increases cognitive strengths and prolongs life; that is the miracle of dance.” It is a beautiful form of art that helps us express ourselves and promotes growth as well as enjoyment. This month, children had a great time practicing Bhangra steps on a peppy Punjabi song, ‘रंगला पंजाब.’

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Kinaesthetic 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:

Turkey Ninja Virtual Fitness Workout: In this game children were supposed to follow the steps such as smash, chop, kick, duck, dodge and jump hurriedly as per the instructions given on the screen. This fun activity certainly enhanced their focus, thinking skills and gross-motor skills.
Alphabet Yoga: The children performed various yoga poses related to the letters from ‘A to Z.’ Practicing yoga has been found to have many benefits on children’s physical and mental health. These simple yoga poses and letter recognition activities work together as a powerful tool to help shape developing minds.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show & Tell
It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations. Hence, the birthdays of Nursery children born in January were celebrated virtually on Monday, 31st January. 2022. The theme for the celebration was ‘Tiger’. The children were dressed according to the theme and used various props to showcase their speaking skills in the birthday show and tell activity. They eagerly waited for their turns to share their knowledge with friends and reiterated the basic etiquettes to be adopted while attending a birthday party.

Storytelling

“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.”- Robert Mckee
Storytelling is more than just reading out loud, the words of a story. Stories teach us about life, about ourselves and about others. Stories are part of every culture. The following stories were narrated by the educator during the month of January:

Children enjoyed listening to the story ‘The Clever tailor’, wherein they learnt that everything in this world wear out except the stories.
Children enjoyed doing a drawing activity related to the story, ‘The clever tailor’ along with the educator.
Children had fun listening to the story ’Chintu’s cap’.

Drama

Drama develops creative imagination in children and allows them to think and express themselves independently. So, this month the educator narrated the following stories with appropriate actions and gestures for the children to practice later:
1. ‘शेर और बैल’
2. 'जादुई आम'

Events and Celebrations

Lohri and Makar Sankranti Assembly

A special assembly was held virtually on the occasion of ‘Lohri’ and ‘Makar Sankranti’. The students of Pre-Nursery and Nursery – D presented a beautiful assembly. Lohri marks the onset of spring and the beginning new year as per the Hindu calendar. The festival is traditionally associated with the harvest of rabi crops. The children also performed a dance on the Lohri song. During the assembly, the children shared a few details about both the festivals as they are the important harvest festivals of our country. The young Suncitizens talked about why and how we celebrate ‘Lohri’ and ‘Makar Sankranti’. Makar Sankranti is believed to be a time for peace and prosperity. The children recited ‘Surya Mantra’ to celebrate the auspicious festival of Makar Sankranti.

Republic Day Special Assembly

A special assembly was presented by the children of KG – A to celebrate the glory of free India with great zeal on the virtual platform.
During the assembly, the children showcased the culture and traditions of the various states of India. They also highlighted the importance of few rights of the citizens of India which are mentioned in the Indian constitution. In the end, our tiny tots presented a scintillating dance performance. The rendition of the National Anthem filled the environment with the spirit of patriotism.

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December 14th, 2021

12/14/2021

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Dazzling December

Dear Parent, (s)
Greetings!

The month of December was an exciting one for all of us. This festive month inspired our tiny tots with its universal message of sharing and caring. Children learnt a lot from the attitude of gratitude and made this month a joyous one.
Let’s take a sneak peek into the days gone by.....

Theme: Homes

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 acquainted with their characteristics along with the importance of homes of these animals. They were also made aware of different types of insects and their homes. The children were sensitized about different kinds of homes around the world like an igloo, a tent house, a stilt house, a houseboat and ‘Kutcha’ and ‘Puccca’ house.

Universal Value – I am wise

Wisdom guides us from making unwise decisions and it is a gift that we can give to our children. Children were sensitized about the universal value- ‘I am wise’. They were made aware about how important it is to become wise, through a story narration. Children were told about the ways by which they can become wise such as -think before you speak, realize there is never a ‘right time’, accept other people for who they are, think positive, practice positive affirmations and don’t judge others, try to understand them instead.

Naturalistic Intelligence

We as responsible citizens of our country must ensure that cities and communities are inclusive safe, resilient and sustainable. The educator discussed with the children SDG 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’ through a Power Point Presentation and also reiterated the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle through a video demonstration.
Children enjoyed making a bird feeder along with the educator.
Children enjoyed ‘Wreath making’ activity as Christmas craft. They used eco-friendly material for decoration, keeping in mind the SDG goals.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – English

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, salt /flour tracing, tracing free hand on their tables, etc. They learnt to recognize and write the letters from 'w to z’ in the notebook and also understood the sounds that these letters make.
Reading is always a fun and imaginative time for children, which opens magical doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. Children were made aware that letters can be arranged into words and words have a meaning too.
Our eager enthusiasts were introduced to the middle sound of vowel ‘i’ family through CVC words. They were taught to read and write, from left to right and from top-to-bottom through their English reader book. A few sight words were recapitulated and new sights words like - in, is, the, an, and, had, he, on were introduced to the children through a PowerPoint Presentation, flashcards and English reader book.

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – Hindi

भाषा विकास एक मजबूत संचार प्रक्रिया की नींव रखता है । इसलिए,सनसिटी के छात्रों ने भाषाई कौशल को बढ़ाने के लिए नए व्यंजन भ , म, य, र, ल सीखे और अपनी शब्दावली को बढ़ाने के लिए शब्दों के माध्यम से इनका उपयोग करना सीखा।

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.
Richard Courant

The children learnt to draw number 11 to 19 on the abacus along with the writing practice in their notebook.
The concept of ‘Between numbers’ from 1-20 was also taken up with the help of number line. Children enjoyed the same and practiced in their workbooks.
Our little mathematicians were able to identify, quantify, and write numbers from 25 to 28 under the concept of tens and ones through number slider and writing practice in workbook.
The children did oral counting from 1 to 80.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Visual-spatial intelligence enables the children to remember the information by creating visual imagery. This enhances the child’s ability to perceive, analyse, and understand visual information in the world around them. Visual-spatial abilities can be used in everyday life. To enhance this intelligence, the children did the following activities:

An activity integrated with the Theme – ‘Homes’ was done wherein our little ones enjoyed making a beehive which is a home for honeybees.
Incorporating the theme in visual arts, children made a bird nest craft.
Integrating the sub theme of the month – ‘Types of houses’ with Visual-Spatial, children made an igloo craft using different cut-outs, adding their imagination to it.
It was a delight to see our children making beautiful Christmas trees as the Christmas craft. They were also made aware about some facts about the festival of Christmas.

Musical Intelligence

“He who sings frightens away his ills.” – Miguel De Cervantes
Music helps students expand their minds and increase their self-confidence. It serves a greater purpose in our lives than simply providing amusement. Great scientists like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Einstein were also fond of music. By combining teaching and music, educators can help students increase their memory, concentration and academic performance.

Indian Music

Indian classical music creates a spiritual link and helps the students stay connected with the roots of Indian culture. It broadens communication skills and helps the students depict their emotions. ‘Sangeet for All’ is the first Indian music curriculum with a carefully researched pedagogy, methodology, and resources that provides the young children with a solid foundation in music.
This month the educator inculcated the following songs and practices:

Vocal warm-up
Sargam hand movements
Balloon breathing
Rhythm clapping
Sa re ga ma body game

Children were completely captivated by the rhythm of music as they learnt a new way of expressing themselves through music.

Western Music

Students who have early music training, naturally develop their language skills and reasoning abilities. Since music education stimulates child’s emotional and cognitive abilities, it can allow their brain to think in new and different ways. Children along with the educator merrily sang the most peppy and much loved Christmas carol, “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.” Their keenness to learn the lyrics of the song was noticeable.

Dance

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”- Martha Graham
Dance is a rejuvenating physical activity, and kids who take dance lessons regularly see a significant improvement in their overall physical health. Dance lessons can also help children improve their social skills and enable them to communicate better, learn teamwork, develop a greater sense of trust and cooperation.
Since it was the month of December, the festive spirit of Christmas was on a high. Children had a great time learning the dance steps on the Christmas song- “Jingle bells”. Their exuberant participation during the sessions was noticeable.

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Bodily Kinaesthetic activities make children aware of physical competence. It helps develop an active and healthy lifestyle. Children along with the educator performed various health-enhancing physical activities. They developed the knowledge, skills, motivation to engage in physical activities and better concentration through various exercises.

Children performed various exercise using ball like tiny tots, hamster roll, flip & catch, around the world and figure eight.
Children practiced exercise like toss, clap and catch the ball, rings and rainbow hoops which help them to remember the sequencing and focus many actions at one point of time.
Children along with their educator enjoyed playing ‘Winter Spy’ quiz and ‘Jungle Safari’ game.
Children performed various exercises like hopping forward and backward, bear circle, crab circles and lava leap using the hula hoops.

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show & Tell

It gives immense joy to our little ones to be a part of birthday celebrations. Hence, all Nursery children born in December had their virtual birthday celebration on Friday, 24th December 2021.
The theme for the celebration was 'Christmas.' Children showcased their oral skills through a 'Show & Tell' activity. They were excited to speak their lines and were ready with their props. Children reiterated the basic etiquettes of how to behave at a party.

Storytelling

Story telling is an effective way to educate and inform kids in an entertaining way. It is the best medium to inculcate values and traditions in young minds. The educator can present our culture and tradition in an interesting way through story telling. Story sessions improve reading skills and develops the minds of children towards thinking and imaginations. Our young learners along with the educator read and learn the following stories:

Children enjoyed making a craft related to story ‘FOUR’ wherein they created the Four different seasons.
Children were excited to listen to the story ‘What could it be’ wherein they enjoyed making guesses that what could be inside a gift box. It enhanced their thought process and enabled them to imagine in different ways.
Children enjoyed listening to stories ‘We’re all wonders’ through which they learnt that though we look different from outside but we all have some characteristic that make us unique.
Children had a lot of fun doing the ‘See, Think, Wonder’ activity.

Drama

A drama is attractive, impactful and real as it presents characters along with their natural and credible aspects. It is very similar to a short story as it also comprises characters, plot, setting as well as symbolism. This month the educator narrated the story-
1. चालाक बन्दर
2. झूठा तोता

Christmas Assembly

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.

Thomas S. Monson

A special assembly was held virtually on the occasion of Christmas. The students of Nursery – C presented a beautiful skit, highlighting the real meaning of Christmas i.e. being kind and generous towards others. They also performed a dance on the song “Jingle bells”. During the assembly, the children shared a few details about the festival. The young Sucitizens of Nursery – C were elated to showcase their valuable contributions towards the society through the “Joy of Giving – Blanket donation drive initiated by the school.

Joy of Giving

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. 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 blankets for the needy people.

Math Week

Simulation of logical skills are very essential for the mental development of the child. From (13.12.21-17.12.21) Children thoroughly enjoyed the fun filled Math Week with two activities – ‘Bingo game’ and ‘Shape House/Train game’.

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Class Teacher

Nursery - A
Ms Shivali Handa
Ms Preeti Jain

Nursery - B
Ms Supreet Kaur
Ms Garusha Watts

Nursery- C
Ms Neha Verma
Ms Kirti Sharma

Nursery-D
Ms Rupali Bansal

Ms Khushi Choudhary

Naturalistic Intelligence

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English​

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi​

Logical Mathematical Intelligence​

Visual-Spatial Intelligence ​

Pottery​

Storytelling​

Drama​

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence​

Skating​

Musical Intelligence

Western Music​

Dance​

Montessori​

EYP Play Area​

Imaginarium​

Interpersonal Intelligence​Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

​Events and Celebrations EYP - Children’s Day celebration -2022

​Gurunanak Jayanti

KG-A Assembly on universal value 'Kindness'

Maths Week

LEAP Learn >Engage >Acquire> Perform

Naturalistic

​Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

​Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

​Logical Mathematical Intelligence

​Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Story telling

Drama

​Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Skating

Indian music

Western music

Dance

Clay modelling

EYP play area

​Montessori

Imaginarium

L.E.A.P.

Interpersonal Intelligence​Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

​Events and Celebrations

​Manner development visit- ‘Panchgaon Proudly Desi’.

​Diwali assembly by Nursery D students

Magic show- Halloween

Theme: Air and Water Transport

Naturalistic Intelligence​

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Visual-Spatial Intelligence Visual Art

Storytelling

Drama

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

LEAP

Sk​ating

Indian Music

Western Music

Dance

Clay Modelling

EYP Play Area

Montessori

Imaginarium

Interpersonal IntelligenceBirthday celebration- Show &Tell

Events and Celebrations Teachers’ Day celebration

Verbal linguistic Event

Hindi Diwas Assembly by Nursery B students

Gandhi Jayanti assembly by Nursery C students

Naturalistic Intelligence:

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence

Logical /Mathematical Intelligence

Verbal Linguistic Hindi

Bodily- Kinesthetic Intelligence

Musical Intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence

Visual- Spatial Intelligence

Co-scholastic domains

Celebrations and Events

​Theme: Tiger & Recapitulation of the previous themes

Universal Value- ‘I am Hopeful’ ​

Naturalistic Intelligence ​

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Pottery

Storytelling

Drama

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Skating

Western Music

Dance

Montessori

EYP Play Area

Imaginarium

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

Events and Celebrations

EYP - Children’s Day celebration -2022

Gurunanak Jayanti

LEAP

Learn >Engage >Acquire> Perform

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –English

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence –Hindi

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Montessori

Interpersonal Intelligence

Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

Events and Celebrations

Manner development visit- ‘Panchgaon Proudly Desi’.

Diwali assembly by Nursery D students

Naturalistic Intelligence

Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Visual Art

Skating

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show &Tell

Events and Celebrations

Teachers’ Day celebration

Theme: Tiger & Recapitulation of the previous themes

Universal Value- ‘I am Hopeful’

Naturalistic Intelligence

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence - English

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Musical Intelligence

Dance
“Dance is a language of emotions.”
– Priyanshu Singh

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence
“Your productivity will double with increased physical activity.”
-Laila Gifty Akita

Interpersonal Intelligence
Birthday celebration- Show & Tell

Theme: Homes

Universal Value – I am wise

Naturalistic Intelligence

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – English

Verbal Linguistic Intelligence – Hindi

Logical Mathematical Intelligence

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Musical Intelligence

Indian Music

Western Music

Dance

Bodily Kinaesthetic Intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence

Drama

Christmas Assembly

Joy of Giving

Math Week