Aap Aur Hum

Quarterly Newsletter

SANTA MARIA INTEGRATED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
4- Green Avenue Lane, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Aap Aur Hum

July - August 2020

Theme – May Family and my home (Prep)

My Physical and Motor development took place as I………

participated in physical activities like jumping, hopping, rolling, throwing a ball in a specified area etc. to keep myself fit.
did interesting yoga asana like flamingo pose, star pose and breathing exercise to strengthen my lungs.
learnt to coordinate movements with the music during the physical drill.
refreshed my mind playing various energising games like – “My father is a baker”, “Check my beat”, “Flea
fly mosquito”
did Montessori activities like folding clothes, pouring water using a funnel, peeling and slicing a banana to learn
life skills.
did drawing of letters in the sand tray/plate.
did free hand drawing of my family, my home, virtual walks, number concepts (1-8) etc.
enjoyed using paints and brushes to illustrate stories and topics related to the ongoing themes.
used a safety scissors to shape and trim the paper to create puppets/interesting patterns in a collage.
did interesting things with paper like tearing /pasting and crushing/origami.
moulded clay/dough into interesting objects like a flower.
had fun using different materials to make interesting crafts like a card for Eid, biodegradable rakhi, National Flag etc.

My Language developed as I…………

learnt to use appropriate words to express my emotions (sad, happy, angry, worried).
participated in discussions during the theme talk and circle time.
presented simple scientific experiments, news etc. during ‘show and tell’.
talked about the things I observe in my surroundings like seasonal/ man made changes.
talked about my drawings and other interesting creations like story illustrations.
thought and spoke about possible solutions to given situations like how can I be kind to others?
What freedom means to me?
expressed my thoughts about my family members and my home.
recited theme-related songs and rhymes on my family and home.
revisited the objects corresponding to a particular phonic sound.
learnt to blend phonic sounds to make a CVC word (consonant vowel consonant) like – cat, mat, rat etc.
learnt to memorize sight words like A/a.
read simple phrases like - A hat, A sad cat.
used move able alphabets to form CVC words.
listened to stories and participating in interesting follow up activities like talking about my favourite
character in the story.
teamed up with my friends to dramatize the story using different mediums like props, puppets etc.
created word wall after listening to the story as it enhances my vocabulary.
narrated stories using different medium like story books, PPT and puppets.

My Cognitive development took place as I…………

enhanced my memory while recalling my experiences to respond during discussions.
learnt to focus on a task while doing different activities.
used my imagination and creativity to do follow up activities like drawing, painting, collage making etc.
revisited pre – number concepts like big/small, in/out through games.
listened to stories to later recall them through an illustration and role play.
observed changes that happen around me like - the different phases of moon i.e crescent, new, full, half.
did simple experiments to observe and analyse the cause and effect on my own for
e.g - Density of different liquids like honey, water and oil.
thought and found answers to simple questions – How rain occurs?
mapped my neighbourhood with important landmarks.
listened to news presentations and discussed about them.
did simple scientific experiments to make interesting observations. For eg. Fun with water lens etc.
did simple number (1-8) concepts like subitization, counting, finding the missing number, quantifying
the numbers etc.
learnt about the properties of different shapes like circle, triangle, semi- circle etc.

My Socio emotional development took place as I…………

greeted my friends and teacher every day with a warm smile.
expressed my emotions without hesitation and talk about why I experience changes in my behaviour.
choose the emotion cards and shared my feelings with friends and teachers during Circle Time.
learnt to deal with unpleasant situations I face, by talking about them.
learnt to do the best I can to keep up with the new situations at home.
learnt to be grateful to my family members by talking about what they do for me.
liked to talk about my family members and what I appreciate about them.
talked about myself in relation to my family, my home. For eg: My family and I, Me and my home etc.
learnt to wait for my turn although I do get impatient at times.
was crowned as the King/Queen. This gave me confidence and made me feel on top of the world.
and my friends learnt why and how we celebrate Eid, Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, Janamasthmi
and Onam.
learnt to speak confidently while making presentations on the activity I loved doing during the holidays
and while presenting the news of the day etc.