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CONTENTS 1) Scribbling................................................................3 2) Sounds.....................................................................6 3) Talking with Actions and Eyes........................ 11 4) Expressions on My Face....................................15 5) Handling a Book................................................. 18 6) Spotting Differences.........................................20 7) Picture Talk........................................................22 8) Using Hands.........................................................24 9) Games.................................................................. 31 10) Fun Time.............................................................33

1) Scribbling Scribble Time Scribble below using colourful crayons of your choice. Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Pincer Grip 3

Scribble Some More Scribble hair on the children’s heads with your pencil to give them hairstyles of your choice. Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Pincer Grip, Imagination, Hand-Eye Coordination 4

Connect the Fish Join the fish by drawing a line with your pencil through all of them. Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Pincer Grip, Hand-Eye Coordination 5

2) Sounds Sounds of Objects Do you know what sounds these objects make? Let us try and imitate them. BELL COOKER CLOCK DRUM Skills: Listening, Observation 6

Colour Objects by Sound Say the names of the objects aloud. Colour the object that makes the Ding Dong sound in yellow. Colour the object that makes the Dum Dum sound in red. Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Listening, Observation 7

Sounds of Animals Different animals make different sounds. Let us try and imitate the sounds these animals make. DOG says COW says DUCK says Woof Woof Moo Moo Quack Quack Paper Collage Paste pieces of coloured paper on the cow. Skills: Listening, Observation 8

Sounds of Vehicles Do you know what sounds these vehicles make? Let us try and imitate them. CAR AMBULANCE BUS TRAIN Skills: Listening, Observation 9

Colour the Vehicles Trace the dots to complete the car. What sound does a car make? Imitate the sound and colour the car. What sound does a train make? Imitate the sound and colour the train. Skills: Fine Motor Skills, Listening, Observation 10

3) Talking with Actions and Eyes Body Talk Let us learn how to do these actions. HELLO SILENCE BYE CLAP Skills: Listening, Observation 11

Stick Actions to Situations Stick the correct action next to each situation. Use the sticker page at the end of the book for this activity. Boarding school bus from home Study time in classroom Skills: Identification and Association, Fine Motor Skills, Observation 12

Eye Contact Look at the picture. Arun and Amina are talking. They are lomoakkininggaetyeeaccohnotathcte.r. They are Skills: Listening, Observation 13

Making Eye Contact Observe both the pictures. Tick (P) the one where the people are making eye contact. Skills: Identification and Association, Observation, Social Emotional 14

4) Expressions on My Face Expressions I Can Make Here are a few expressions we make on our faces. Let us see and identify them. HAPPY SAD ANGRY SCARED Skills: Listening, Observation, Social Emotional 15

Match Expressions Draw lines to match the pictures with the happy and sad faces. Skills: Listening, Observation, Social Emotional, Fine Motor Skills 16

Stick Expressions Stick the correct expression next to each picture. Use the sticker page at the end of the book for this activity. Skills: Identification and Association, Fine Motor Skills, Social Emotional 17

5) Handling a Book Reading a Book Instructions on how to read a book: • Open the book. • Hold it straight. • Read it from LEFT to RIGHT. Look at the rhyme given below. It has a name and some pictures. Let us try to read it. NAME OF THE RHYME LEFT to RIGHT Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again. PICTURE OF THE RHYME Skills: Listening, Observation 18

Reading a Book TOP to BOTTOM A book has many pages. We read every page of a book from TOP to BOTTOM. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King’s horses and all the King’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Skills: Listening, Observation 19

6) Spotting Differences Odd One Out Look at each set of pictures. Can you tell which one is the odd one in each set? Skills: Observation, Classification, Visual Discrimination 20

Strike the Odd One Out Identify and strike (/) the odd one in each set of pictures. Skills: Observation, Classification, Visual Discrimination 21

7) Picture Talk See and Spot Look at the picture. Talk to your teacher about what you see in it. 1) Name the objects in the picture. 2) How many teddy bears are there in the picture? 3) Which toy in the picture do you like the most? Skills: Observation, Listening, Vocabulary Building, Speaking 22

Let Us Colour 1) Colour the bird with a yellow crayon. 2) What is the snowman holding? Colour it with a brown crayon. 3) Colour the cat with a cotton bud dipped in orange paint. Skills: Observation, Vocabulary Building, Fine Motor Skills 23

8) Using Hands Folding Paper Look at the pictures and follow the instructions. Step 1: Fold a sheet of Step 2: Again fold the paper in half. paper in half. Step 3: Continue to fold the paper till you get a small folding. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 24

Tearing Paper Look at the pictures and follow the instructions. Step 1: Tear a sheet of Step 2: Tear each of the paper into two halves. two halves in the same way. Step 3: Continue till you have torn the paper into very small pieces. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 25

Crumpling Paper Look at the pictures and follow the instructions. Step 1: Take a sheet of Step 2: Crumple it in your paper and crush it in your hand to make a ball. hands. Step 3: Continue to crumple the paper with one hand till you get a proper ball. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 26

Make a Jellyfish Make a jellyfish with newspaper by following the instructions. Stick it on page 39 once finished. 1) Fold a paper 2) Keep it upside down plate in half. to form the head of the jelly fish. 3) Tear old newspaper 4) Stick the balls to the and make paper head as shown below. balls for eyes. 5) Tear newspaper 6) Stick the strips to the into long strips. head as shown below. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 27

Paper Caterpillar Make a caterpillar with the coloured paper given on the next page. Follow the instructions. Stick it on page 40 once finished. Step 1: Cut strips out of the coloured paper with your teacher’s help like this. Step 2: Fold the strips like this. Step 3: Stick two or three strips together with glue like this. Step 4: Stick two thin paper strips on its head and make a smiley face for the caterpillar like this. Skills: Observation, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 28

Cut along the dotted line.



9) Games Name Ball Here is a game you can play with a ball. Stand in a circle with your friends. Throw a ball into the air as high as you can and call out a friend’s name. The friend whose name you called out will try to catch the ball as it comes down. Then, your friend takes your place in the middle of the circle. Encourage your friends to call out a different name each time they have the ball. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Gross Motor Skills 31

Alphabet Ball Let us play the alphabet ball game. Toss a ball back and forth (among your friends) saying the next letter of the alphabet each time you catch it. If you like, sing the letters to your favourite tune. When you reach ‘Z’, whoever has the ball gets to sing the whole alphabet song from beginning to end. Skills: O bservation, Vocabulary Building, Hand-Eye Coordination, Gross Motor Skills 32

10) Fun Time Maze Runner Help the squirrel find its way to the nuts. Skills: Creative Thinking, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 33

Let Us Play Draw lines to match the pictures with their other halves. Skills: Observation, Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills, Identification and Association, Visual Discrimination 34

Shadow Play Paste the correct stickers on the shadows. Draw lines to match the pictures to the stickers. Use the sticker page at the end of the book for this activity. Pictures Shadows Skills: H and-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills, Identification and Association, Visual Discrimination 35

Colouring Colour the fish. Skills: Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 36

Colouring Colour the dog. Skills: Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 37

Bits of Paper Trace the star and paste pieces of coloured paper on the star to decorate it. Skills: Hand-Eye Coordination, Fine Motor Skills 38

8) Using Hands Stick the jellyfish. 39

8) Using Hands Stick the paper caterpillar. 40