Santa Maria Integrated Learning Environment

Santa Maria Integrated Learning Environment
4 Green Avenue Lane, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

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Aap Aur Hum– August 2022

Theme - ’Me and My home “ (KG)

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Highlights of the Month
Independence Day celebration, Visit to Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and KG Food Stall.

      

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PHYSICAL AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

I have enhanced my gross and fine motor skills by………

• participating in physical activities like jumping over the hurdles, hopscotch, balancing, and running.

• doing PT drill and hurdle races.playing a number game like fire in the mountain, passing the ball.

• energising my mind and body through action songs like – “- Everybody in everybody out.’’

• illustrating my favourite place at home. going on a mindful nature walk with my friends.

• going for outdoor visit to Kiran Nadar museum.doing a freehand drawing of concepts related to numeracy and literacy.

• doing a worksheet on spotting the odd one out.

• searching for animal homes during a nature walk.

• Making a house using blocks.

• making a biodegradable rakhi.

• Making a flute for Janmashtmi.

• making a tri-colour salad. 

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LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

• I have enhanced my language by………

• participating in a theme talk to discuss about Who is a neighbour? What does freedom mean to me? What do you like about your home? My favourite space at home?

• matching the objects with their name card.

• talking about monsoon season an insects found during this time.

• introduction to the phonic sound ‘s, a, t, i’, warm up of phonic sounds s, a, t, i.

• matching objects with their name slip focusing on the first sound.

• doing mind mapping of theme-related words like family.

• narrating a story with puppets and props.

• recalling new words from the story “Best house at all” to create a word wall.

• associating numbers to the properties of shapes like what is a 3-sided shape called.

• singing new songs like ‘Penguin dance’.

• appreciating the qualities of my family members.

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INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

• I have developed my intellect by ….

• listening to news presentation on, ‘’ Our National flag, ‘Raksha bandhan’, Independence day .

• Identifying odd one out from the given pictures. learning interesting facts about our national flag, national anthem and Janmashtmi.

• observing different kinds of houses in my surrounding.

• picking up an object from the feely bag and talking about it.

• going on a bug watch to observe insects in the season. feeling different textures.

• Learning about types of houses and materials used to build them.

• learning properties of the water through science experiments.

• making a flute with a cylinder to understand the dimensions.

• learning simple mathematical vocabulary to do mental math. Understanding number zero.

• making my own subitization cards to identify the number in the patterns. 

• illustrating what I recall from the story and experiment.

• pretend play while ‘being an architect’, understanding sequencing through shapes.

 

 

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I have enhanced my social and emotional skills by…

• observing good practices like greeting teachers/peers, saying thank you, please and excuse me. learning to wait for my turn during the discussions and team games.

• collaborating and cooperating in team activities like nature collage and making a Jhanki with my friends, earning to keep my surroundings clean and arranging the toys back in place. Learning new skills during food stall.

• expressing my emotions through an emotion card. talking about ‘how I am feeling today.

• dramatizing the story of the month through various mediums such as puppet theater and role plays.

• lighting a lamp and saying good things about my friends on their birthdays. taking care of myself and helping to clean up by learning life skills like cleaning with a broom and polishing shoes.

• using a dustpan to clean the food that my friends and I dropped while eating and dusting the table.

• celebrating birthdays with friends and sharing sweets with them.

• celebrating festivals like ‘Independence Day’, Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami with zeal and zest.

• sharing about my family’s favorite food.

• participating in circle  time discussions like what does freedom mean to me?, What I appreciate about my mother?, Talking about my favourite space in the house?, What would I like to change in my house?

• engaging in free play in organized areas like the Architects corner and science lab.