Prek September Overview
Prek September Overview
Namaste, Here we are, back with some exciting classroom experiences to share with all of you. Throughout the
month we and our students worked upon the saying “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. Yes, we are talking about
the unit “Hygiene”. It was an “Aaha” unit for us.
The unit revolved around the activities related to maintaining personal cleanliness in terms of washing, bathing ,
brushing as a well as keeping the surrounding clean. So far we were using stories for introducing this concept.
This time we thought of doing it little differently. We made use of Advertisement of Colgate to hook the children
with the concept. It really proved to be a powerful tool and helped us to hook our kiddos with the concept of
Hygiene.
We started the concept with Personal hygiene and then we moved further with, 'what should we do to keep our
surrounding clean?’ And the journey began....... swish....swash.... flip.... flap.....was the background music which
went on, in and around the classroom while our students were learning to keep their surrounding and themselves
clean. All the mums will surely be able to connect more as they might have come across some exciting experiences
in the bathroom every morning while helping our kiddos getting ready for school.
Last but not the least to talk about is “Our little contribution to Our Mother Nature”, which we (students, parents
and teachers) together did by planting a sapling. We would like to thank all of you for your support. Together we
could make it. Altogether we have planted almost around 35 saplings. Great, isn’t it?
These were some of the wonderful moments from the month of August. Now let’s look at the skills and concepts
Pre K students will be learning in the month of September.
Programme Of Inquiry:
“Me – My Family and My Environment”
My Family - This month students will be exploring the concept of ‘My family’ and ‘My favourites’ through
following activities:
◦ Talk about family using family photographs
◦ Talk about various things that are ‘my favourites’ and then work on ‘Me and My Environment’ booklet –
pages related to 'Me'
Healthy Eating (‘my favourite food’ will be connected with healthy eating habits)
Stories related to importance of food
What is healthy food and junk food? (at their level)
My Needs: Shelter
What are different types of houses?
What is the importance of house for all (humans as well as animals)?
Knowing homes of some common animals.
Exploring areas of house
Thinking skills:
Introducing QUEST (Questioning for Understanding, Exploring, Seeing and Thinking). Through this routine,
children will learn to observe, build connections with self and the world around and appreciate artwork.
They will do QUEST on a chart related to food and different areas of house.
Thinking skill questions:
◦ Which food items are circle in shape?
◦ Name the things that you can see in the kitchen
◦ Name the healthy food items
Visits:
Visit to 'Peers house' to explore different areas of house in order to develop their concrete vocabulary.
Students will be exploring different types of house. For example, a bungalow and an apartment. They will
be divided into two groups. Half class students will explore a bungalow and half will be exploring an
apartment. After coming back they will be sharing their learning with each other. Revisiting for the same
will be done using photographs.
Art: Will be integrated with the ongoing units. Students will
colour/paint big pictures related to the story of ‘Little Red Hen’
observe themselves in a mirror and then draw self-portrait in the “Me and My Environment booklet”
draw and colour different types of houses after listening to the story of ‘Three Little Pigs’
colour in different types of lines (path created by parallel lines) using their favourite colour.
Logical Mathematical Thinking
Pre math skills: Introduce
Sorting:
Purpose
Sorting is a foundational math skill for pre-kindergarteners. It can take months or even an entire school
year for mastery of sorting to occur with this age group. For this reason it is important to provide students
with plenty of sorting practice all year long. Having pre-kindergarten students play sorting games not only
increases their logical thinking skills but also reinforces math vocabulary.
Objective: Sort objects by size, shape, color, and a variety of other attributes.
Activities:
Sorting play material by shape, size, colour.
Sorting items belonging to different areas of house like bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and sitting room.
Sorting coins, animals, vegetables, fruits, clothes, etc.
Sorting shapes that roll and shapes that slide (reinforcing the concept learned)
Colour: black
Recap
Activities related to matching by shape and size will continue
Colours learned till now
Geometry: students will be exploring different shapes that roll and slide, which later will be connected to
the terms 'Round (ball) and Cube (box)'. They will be exploring other solid shapes with these characteristics.
Sports:
Basic exercises - Rotational exercises and stretching exercises
Basic manipulative skills:
◦ Kicking- Kicking with football and volleyball
◦ Striking - With cricket bat and ball, with T.T bat and ball
◦ Some of the outdoor games mentioned above will continue in the sports area
Music:
Throughout the month our children will learn following songs:
Gujarati Bal geet: Phuggawado
Prayer: Peli morlani pass
Song related to body part : Nani mari ankh
Celebrations: Ganesh Mahotsav, Paryushan (Samvatsari) and Ramzan Id
Value Education: Value focused for this month will be 'Kindness' and 'Being helpful'
For any concerns and queries, please feel free to interact with us through the students' diary or phone.