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Brain gain PLAYVolume 1 Issue 1 Inaugural Edition Pages 28 60/-MILK PAINTING Have you ever tried this activity? This is so simple and you can swirl around and “paint” beautiful colour combinations using milk as a canvas. This is a great way to talk about primary colours and learn how to create new colours by trying out different colour combinations on your own.

Editor’s Desk How to use the magazineWe are what we eat 1 Twfltsoevhchbiuraaretercherlauhnfamaioeanticnaisasvsu,sggttithsoatuksyesrzodkn,mominneiolniaeldwansttis,gil’fiscesfeatdsoarndcegephadexenbcpost,feattirlusiganloavanansrdaifn.tteeeceiicdacthedeysss,,,There’s an old saying in India – 2 Tacterrhhoaeeelascoticoultoylrhlnpefaeuccrneeltedplpsqdetituecsnhitrocteosekfrsdclaiytaacu.nladsdeeitexnynmpltelicacsaisaonn 3 Tcaqttoosfhhutomeeeilcvrpsketrtuoeqrwdphueeieoaaecnnsrdstksstiieitninooosignnssudsn.geadipveterhtsnsokttpaiahflnionlecsdrd, “More was prepared than was served. 4 Sorptakenoriaoldlivpmililniddaspgeyetrev-downaevnliaonefdyopgrb,mwymertsneihfptotteiehlnlaooigkdcdwiehaniairnglsoedg,f More was served than was eaten. More was eaten than was necessary.” learning. The saying incorporates all our woes related to food – be it wastage of extracooking or wrong eating. However, there is no denying the fact that there is no 5 Tdsciaghtanpausryinarodsrattubeeyhnpneneatatiurnscisennddtooideivrtvtesgihhtitirideariveteaeutaescdkaonphlenfreoneeosrfrserosapeq.rctewnuhtrcieiivtterdnhhitatcyeyoyeafspectacle on earth more appealing than that of a family cooking food for someonethey love and sitting together to share the meal. When I look at children slurping instant and ready-made foodstuffs everyday, Iwonder if our traditional cooking will only remain an ancient theory. Indian food is ablend of cross-cultural cuisines wherein every state has its own traditional dishes,but most children are consuming the same instant noodles, pastas, pizzas, burgersor sandwiches at least once a day, thanks to the massive influence of internationalfood joints that have robbed off the enthusiasm towards our traditional tastes andflavours. Would you believe that pizza robberies are commonly done by childrenand adolescents in Noida? Most cases are not even reported because witnessessay, “Pizza hi to hai.” Pathetic! Parents too find such fast foods quick and inexpensive. However, in pursuit ofgood health, parents must try to be innovative to make their daily food nutritionallymore interesting and appealing. They should not only try cooking new dishes athome but also involve children in the kitchen to make them understand what ‘real’food is made of. As parents and elders, we need to educate our children as they will never beaware of the long-term health effects due to the presence of sodium, salt, sugar, oil,artificial sweeteners, added monosodium glutamate, China grass, refined wheatflour, trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, phosphoric acid, lead, ash,pesticides and many other ingredients in very high quantities in most of the foodsand beverages sold outside. Adding to this, studies in Hyderabad reported thateven our favourite roadside pani puris and fruit juices are dangerous too, as theyare contaminated with candida fungus and bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella,klebsiella, pseudomonas, staphylococci and enterrococci. Now keeping the nutrition aside, do you know that food can affect a child’srelationship with the mother? If you recollect the sambar advertisement thatreminds a man of his mother, you will notice that a person’s memories with hismother are linked to the food she had cooked during his childhood. Along with allher love, pain and sacrifices, her food is permanently recorded in her child’s mind. So it is our earnest intention that parents and children minimize theirdependence on outside food and utilize their free time to try out new dishes athome. After all, food is mankind’s first necessity. With a healthy body, a stablemind and your valuable presence, is there something your child cannot achieve?Welcome to the first issue of Student Mag. – Editor How to Subscribe For subscription, contact:Swan Edulabs Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 43, Alaknanda, Prashasan Nagar, Road No. 72, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500033 Ph: (+91) 99515 27076 , (040) 2355 3031 Email: [email protected]

Events Of The Month JUNE JUNE 5 World Environment Day1 World Milk Day Activity 2 Activity 1 Let children draw and colour different trees and bring to school. Let them paste the pictures all Ask the child to bring a milkshake to over the classroom walls. Ask them to talk why school. Let them blend some fruits, nuts they love trees. and honey with milk to make it healthier. Ask them to share with their classmates. JUNE JUNE 21 International Yoga Day18 Father’s Day Activity 4 Activity 3 Ask the child to learn a yoga pose at home and show it in class. Each child Let the click a picture of his father and show shows a different pose learnt at home. it to the classmates. Each child must sit and discuss what he likes about his father.June 9 - Kabirdas Jayanthi June 25 - Jagannath Rath Yatra June 26 - RamzanHOW THE LORD SENT FOODArjun Mishra, a religious person, saw a deep scratch on the dark spent his time reading the boy’s back. She asked, “WhatGita. He did not go out to earn happened?”money. One day his wife said, The boy replied, “Mother,“You are so busy reading the your husband got angry andGita, you have forgotten all of scratched my back.”us. There is no food in the house.We will all starve.” He was then Later when Arjun returned, hisreading the book which said, wife said angrily, “You are so“Who believes in God can cruel!” and narrated the wholenever be sad.” “This is not true!” story. Arjun was surprised as hethought Arjun. He scratched the had not sent anyone with food.line and went out. Then it struck him that the two boys were actually BalabhadraIt soon started raining. Then there and Krishna. They had got God’swas a knock on the door. Arjun’s Mahaprasad. The scratch on thewife opened the door. She saw book had scratched the Godtwo young boys, one fair and himself. Stunned, Arjun asked forthe other dark. They entered forgiveness from God for losingthe house with lots of food. She faith in Him. 3

Fun FoodsVEGETABLE RECIPESBoiled Vegetables Vegetable StewIngredients: Ingredients:Beans, A variety of spices (bay leaf,cauliflower, cinnamon, peppercorns, cloves,broccoli, cardamom), ginger, garlic, onions,carrots, salt, pepper and vegetables of yourcapsicums, choice.salt,pepper, How to make it:seasonings In a pan add some oil and put all theHow to make it: spices into it. Then add ginger, garlic and onions. Once they are cooked aWash and chop the vegetables neatly. little, add vegetables and let it cookYou can either use a steamer or a for a while. Then, add coconut milk,pressure cooker to boil the vegetables little bit of water and seasoning. Let itso that they do not lose their nutrients. cook properly and your yummy vege-Once they are done, remove the lid table stew is ready.and add some salt, pepper and anyother seasoning (such as paprika) if you Little Tip!like. Your healthy meal is now ready! You can also add other lentils to make itLittle Tip! more wholesome.You can add boiled chicken to make it Health Benefitbetter or other more green vegetables intoit. Great source of energy, proteins and fibre.Health BenefitGreat source of nutrients intact. 4

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All About Me MyselfMy Album My name is ..................................................... I was born on .................................................. Paste I am a boy / girl .............................................. your photo here Paste Fine Motor Skills your Activity 5 favourite funny Collect photos photo of each child in different sizes. Cut Paste out the child’s face your portions and ask favourite the child to paste cute them on the faces photo of different people and animals to 6 create a funny face warp album!

All About Me Paste your Paste photo favourite of yourMy Favourites dress favourite fabric hobby Paste photo of your favourite Paste photo Comparison food of your Activity 6 favourite Paste photo of toy Take a newspaper your favourite and cut pictures of pet 7 objects belonging to the same category Paste photo of such as burger and your favourite biryani, slippers and cartoon shoes, etc. Jumble them and ask the child to separate them into similar categories. Ask the child, “What are these used for?”

My Body PARTS OF MY FACENose Hair Cheek Tooth Eye Tongue Ear Mouth Creative Thinking Chin Activity 8 Guessing Give a slice of Activity 7 bread, two slices of cucumber, a small Ask the child to piece of capsicum, close his eyes. Let half a slice of him touch and feel tomato and a the facial parts of packet of tomato one of his friends sauce to the child and guess his name! and ask him to make an open face sandwich. 8

PARTS OF MY BODY Head Shoulder Neck Chest Fingers Hand Rhythmic Intelligence Activity 10 Stomach Play a song and askKinesthetic Learning Leg children to dance toActivity 9 Toes the tunes by moving any one body part Make the children Foot at a time. Let them stand in a horizontal nod the head, shake row. Ask them 9 the waist, move a to follow your leg or hand in instructions such as different ways. “Raise your hands,” “Jump,” “Touch your feet,” “Blow” and so on. Repeat by increasing the speed of your instructions.

Draw lines and match the right Connect each body part with and left pairs of body parts. the objects used.Speed MovementActivity 11Stick colourful tape on the floor and create a maze with few twists andturns. Ask each child to run quickly through the maze from the startingpoint till the destination without crossing the boundaries or falling down.Gift the child who reaches the destination in the quickest time. 10

DRAW EXPRESSIONSLook and draw similar expressions by changing theshapes of the eyebrows and mouth in each face. DO YOU KNOW? Other creatures have body parts that are different from each other.Wing Fur Head Ear Whiskers Head Body Eye Eye Beak Nose Body MouthTail Claw Paw TailPICTURE COMPREHENSION Visual Memory Activity 12Look at the pictures and answer the questions: Take sticky notes1. Each creature has a few body parts which the other and draw a bodycreature does not have. Identify them. part on each one2. What are the body parts which both creatures have? of them. Ask the3. What are the body parts that help these creatures to child to stick allmove? the notes at the right places on your body. 11

Art AppreciationLAKESIDE PARK Dip your fingers and palm in paint and colour the scenery as instructed below. Thumb: butterfly wings, clouds Pointing finger: flowers, butterfly body, dragonfly wings, honeybee wings, fruits, flowers, caterpillar Palm: tree leavesLeft And Right BrainActivity 13Ask the child to put one hand on a plain sheet of paper and painthorizontal lines on the paper using the other hand. Then remove thehand to create a hand impression. Repeat this activity by paintingvertical lines, circles and triangles. Then take up this activity using theother hand to exercise the left and right parts of the brain. 12

Traceover theshapes inthis faceDraw lines on these empty pictures Finger Movement Activity 14 Pour sand in a tray. Ask the child to practice drawing pictures such as lollipops, flowers, balloons and houses using shapes, lines and curves in sand. 13

Life Skills THE UGLY DUCKLINGOne fine day, a flock of ducklings was born ona farm. All ducklings were small and had soft,yellow feathers but one duckling was differentfrom the rest. He was bigger and had rough,grey feathers.While all the ducklings quacked One night, theand walked gracefully, this ugly ducklingduckling would honk noisily was so sad thatand follow the mother duck in he left his homea funny way. So all the animals and wanderedlaughed at him and called him outside to find a‘ugly.’ new home, crying all the way. He walked through forests for many days, all alone. Self-awareness Activity 15 Ask each child to introduce himself in class by greeting his friends and saying his name. Let him talk about himself such as what he likes and dislikes about himself, what he wants to become when he grows up and so on. 14

Finally, he reached the house of anold woman who had a pet cat anda cock. She welcomed the ducklingwith love and took care of him. But theduckling still felt that he did not belongto his new home. Soon, the duckling grew up into a beautiful white bird and was bigger than the cock and the cat. He did not look ugly at all! Rather, he looked different.One morning, when he was walkingby a lake, he saw a flock of birdsthat looked similar to him! He thencame to know that he was a swanand went along with the swan familyto live in his new home.Moral: Always tell the truth and it makes you more courageous.Listen to the story and answer the questions: Self-identity Activity 16 1. How many ducklings are in the first picture? Give stickers of animals 2. Why did the other ducklings called him and birds to the child ‘ugly’? and ask, “If you have to become an animal or a 3. What did the ‘ugly’ duckling grow into? bird, which creature do you want to become? 4. How did the ‘ugly’ duckling come to know Which creatures do you that he was a beautiful swan? want as your mother, father, brother and sister? Paste them in the book and say why you have chosen them.” 15

Look & Learn COLOURS AppleRED Cherries Hibiscus YELLOW Mango SunMemory Sharpening Cheese Activity 17 16 Shuffle pairs of colour cards and place them inverted on a table. Let each child open any two cards and take them away if they are of the same colour. The child who collects maximum cards in the end wins.

GREEN Caterpillar Leaf Parrot BLUE Sky Colour Identification Activity 18Blueberries Bluebells Paste sheets of 17 different colours on the wall. When you say aloud, “Touch orange”, the children should race and touch the orange sheet and return. Repeat with all colours.

ORANGE MarigoldsPapaya Orange PINK Pig RoseColour MatchingActivity 19 Ice creamGive stickers of 18different coloursto the child. Takehim to a room andask him to pasteeach sticker on anyobject that is of asimilar colour untilall the stickers arefinished.

BROWN Table Rock InsectPURPLE Tulip Tactile Learning Lavender Brinjal Activity 20 19 Draw a large circle and let children stand inside it. When you say “Catch green,” the denner should catch a child wearing green clothes within the circle, and the latter becomes the denner. Continue with other colours.

DuckWHITE Cotton Paper BLACK SlateHaptic Memory HairActivity 21 BuffaloTake the child outdoors.Let him guess the 20colours of objects byusing one sense at atime. For instance, lethim smell a rose, tastehoney, touch a leaf,listen to a crowor look at a butterflyand identify theircolours.

Shapes SHAPES Circle Triangle Square RectangleShape SortingActivity 22 Place objects of different shapes together in a basket. Ask students to sort them into different shapes and place them in the assigned baskets with pic- tures of circle, square, rectangle and triangle. 21

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Colour the pictureas per the codesgiven belowCircle RedRectangle BrownTriangle Orange and PinkClouds BlueSun YellowOther shapes Any colour Shapes Reinforcing Activity 23 Have a shape day in the class. Ask students to bring their food items in different shapes and show it in the class.23

Fun at SchoolThings you need: BUBBLE PLAYThree bowls of water,Dishwashing liquid,Three food colours,Sugar, Straw.What to do:Add sugar to threebowls of water andstir well until the sugardissolves completely tomake a sticky solution.Then add a different food colour anddishwashing liquid to each solution.Ask the child to dip the straw in each bowlof bubble solution and blow colourfulbubbles. Explain to the child that blowingfast produces many small bubbles andblowing slowly produces one or few large Little Tip!ones. Let the child blow bubbles into thebowl as well as in the air. Use a toothpick and puncture a hole in the straw so that the child cannot suck up theHow it helps the child: bubble solution. Puncture large holes at the bottom end of the straw for the child toThis activity teaches the child to be gentle produce multiple bubbles while blowing. Letand patient. It helps the child understand the child compete with his friends and see whoopposites such as big and small, few and would show the biggest bubble and the mostmany, and slow and fast. Moreover, it number of bubbles before they pop out.provides a healthy breathing exercise byinhaling air into the lungs and exhaling airfrom the stomach with varied force. Imagination Building Activity 24 Give a cardboard and some paints to the students in the school garden. Ask them to find things around them, such as a leaf, flower or twig, and let them use the objects as paintbrushes. 24

Fun at Home Colour Hunt Activity 25MILK PAINTING Give students a part of anThings you need: egg carton with different colours in each piece of theWide plate, Cup of milk carton. Students startWater colours, Cotton buds. finding tiny objects in their surroundings to matchWhat to do: these colours. Display all the cartons in class.Let the child pour a cup of thick milkcarefully into a wide plate. Ask the child Little Tip!to pour some red paint in milk and spreadit with a cotton bud. The child will observe Ask the child to draw shapes andthe colour mixing slowly with the milk and patterns in milk.giving different shades of red. Pour colourful paints at the centreThen ask the child to add yellow paint to and corners of the plate and askthe milk and mix it gently with red to get the child to mix them in circles andorange colour. Repeat this activity by zigzags.mixing colours such as blue and yellow, Pour dots of black paint in thered and blue, and so on. Ask the child to shape of a star and ask the child toidentify the new colours. You may also connect them by drawing straighttry this activity with paints of three or four lines in milk.colours.How it helps the child:The child will learn the concept ofprimary and secondary colours. He willalso practice handling delicate objects,blending colours and drawing imaginaryfigures in liquid. 25

Creative Craft DECORATIVE CARPET Decorate the design of the carpet by pasting kundans and beads that are in the shape of triangle, circle and oval. 26

PARENT - TEACHER CORNERTeaching themes One of the most common mistake done byin the first week parents is that they in the presence of their child at home or in public places, they will use bad or foul language, which leaves a badOne of the common impression on the kids in their growing up years. mistakes preschool Children will not know what they mean, butteachers make is to teach they will inevitably pick it up and that is not atheme based lessons to good thing. Also, exhibiting temper or gettingtoddlers. The teachers angry easily on kids or others at home will alsoneed to understand that set a bad example for your little kid. Therefore,preschoolers have an the parents need to make sure that they keepattention span which is these in mind and be more conscious in whatreally less and long strong they are displaying in front of the child.book would not keeptheir attention for long. “We will make sure that put forwardAs a teacher you need to good behaviour for the child to follow”make sure that the booksare small, catchy andmore relatable to thelittle kids that are sitting infront you. You can evenmake up a story whichyou think is suitable if thatis what you think will workwell for the kids.‘‘We will make sure to not read any book, just for the sake of reading’’

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