
Aap Aur Hum
Prep Aap Aur Hum
Santa Maria Integrated Learning Environment
4 Green Avenue Lane, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Aap Aur Hum - November & December 2022
Theme – Jobs we do & Means of Transportation (Prep)
Highlights of the month-
SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
I have enhanced my social and emotional skills by…………
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greeting my friends and teacher every day with a warm smile and song like ‘Hello to all the children of the world….’
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starting the day with a prayer like ‘It’s a great thing to praise the Lord’, ‘This little light of mine’ etc. to show my gratitude to God.
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listening to the news presentation on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Founder’s day, Children’s day, World Navy Day etc.
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participating in theme related discussions during the theme talk and circle time on topics like ‘understanding jobs people do’,
‘problem solving through a situation’, meeting a footwear designer, understanding the role of emergency vehicles, understanding
safety on road.
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sharing about ‘My Aspiration’ with my friends in the class.
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engaging in free play with my friends and play material of my choice.
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playing team games like listen and act with my parents.
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Celebrating Christmas with my friends by playing games and enjoying the cake.
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Watching the presentation on Gurupurab, Children’s day and Annual Christmas program.
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participating in carol singing and donating gifts.
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having a cultural exchange on ‘Gurpurab’ and ‘Christmas’ with friends and my family.
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enjoying the outdoor visit to Sanskriti Museum with my friends and teachers.
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appreciating my friends on their birthdays for all the great things they do.
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segregating dry and wet waste in the school to help the environment be clean and safe.
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bonding with nature by watering the plants and observing changes in them.
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practicing life skills like dusting, cleaning, re-arranging my workstation and keeping things back in place after use.
PHYSICAL AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
I have enhanced my gross and fine motor skills by………
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exploring different corners like ‘The sculptor’s corner’, ‘The archaeologist corner’ and ‘Magnet zone’
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participating in outdoor activities like Adventure camp, rolling sideways, throwing and catching a ball.
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practicing yoga by doing Uttan asana, Adho Mukha Shvanasana and Parvatasana.
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participating in drill and coordinating my body movements with the music.
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doing finger aerobics before tracing /drawing a number/letter.
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learning life skills like tying laces, how to put on a jacket, wearing gloves.
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working with safety scissors to cut paper into interesting shapes and cut letters to paste them on the worksheet.
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doing a free hand drawing on topics like ‘what I saw during special assembly’, ‘making a sketch of Chacha Nehru’, things I can do/can’t
do, means of transport I saw in school and outdoor visit.
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folding sheets to make figures of different professionals, making rhombus and airplane.
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illustrating a given situation and emergency vehicle using paints and brushes.
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using leaves to create figures and collage.
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making nativity card using shapes.
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tracing and drawing the letter with paints ‘x, w and z’.
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
I have enhanced my language by…………
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learning how to blend and read the CVC words with the distinct vowel sound ‘i’ and ‘u’.
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reading the given CVC word and colouring the associated picture.
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using the new sight words – had, was, you, his, her to frame meaningful sentences.
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learning new CVC words through the activity listen and draw
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reading and comprehending sentences
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reading simple phonic story.
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making short and simple sentences using moveable words.
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learning to read my name in Hindi and look for the given Akshars in it.
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Finding new words with प, म, भ, त, द, थ, फ, ब, व
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naming and drawing objects corresponding to different Akshars.
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Using new words like archaeologist, florist, caricaturist and other words like names of days and month.
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identifying my name on the attendance sheet and marking my attendance with a unique signature.
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marking my attendance using mental math card.
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listening to the story ‘The Goose on Loose’ and ‘Zookeeper Zoe’ and talking about my favourite character of the story.
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sharing my reflections on a given situation related to the stories that I heard.
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doing shadow puppetry and making a puppet of my favourite character from the story.
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recalling the story using puppet theatre.
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dramatizing the story – ‘Zookeeper Zoe and The story of the first Christmas.
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narrating a story to my friends.
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interacting with professionals in school .
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making stick puppets to narrate story.
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creating a word wall of the words that I heard in the story – ‘Zookeeper Zoe’ and ‘The First Christmas’.
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talking about what I experienced during the visit to Sanskriti Museum.
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listening and understanding the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji to do the best.
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warming up my vocal cords by balloon exercise.
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singing new songs like ‘Here comes the fire truck’, ‘Everybody in everybody out’, ‘We all go travelling etc.
during my music class.
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
I have enhanced my intellect by…………
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listening to news on ‘Gurpurab’, ‘Founder’s Day’, ‘World kindness day’, ‘Hornbill festival of India’ and
other interesting topics.
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making interesting observations while doing and observing my friends doing science experiments.
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making a graph using the available information.
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counting in tens using blocks and ten frame.
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counting till number 15.
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understanding number bonds till 10 and doing related activities.
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reading simple sentences with mathematical vocabulary (more/less), writing the answer and drawing corresponding objects.
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looking for the means of transportation in school and talking about them.
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matching pictures with corresponding akshars.
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pictorial dictation on akshars प, म, भ, त, द, थ, फ, ब, व
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learning to play Swar Tarang.
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Creating best out of waste.
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solving a pictorial crossword.
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creating my own art work.
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solving problem in a given situation.
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observing an insect through a bug catcher and illustrating it.
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understanding the 3 elements of Earth and means of transport using the 3 jars.
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revisiting the properties of a rhombus with paper folding.
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understanding different kinds of fingerprints like arch, loop, whorl.
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sharing my reflections on a given situation like "If you could be a zookeeper, which animals would you like to take care
of. What would you do for them?"
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making a water filter to understand the process of filtration.
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observing changes in the adopted tree due to the winter season and illustrating it.
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discussing about alternate means of transportation such as a sled and making a sled on my own
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understanding how an airplane works, the history of aviation and making an airplane with paper folding.
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discussing the emergency vehicles like an ambulance, fire truck, etc
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learning about the numbers to dial for emergency vehicles
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marking the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev Ji on the map of India.
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using my tactile sense to feel and name the tools used by different professionals.
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revisiting number concepts through various worksheets on number sequencing, count and colour/stick, spot the odd one
out, maze etc.
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knowing and marking neighbouring countries of India like 1. China 2. Pakistan 3. Nepal 4. Bangladesh 5. Bhutan.
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discussing the planets in our solar system and sharing the planet I would like to visit.
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solving 8-10 pieces theme related puzzles.
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revisiting 2D shapes and knowing their application by making crafts such as Nativity card,











