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Day-2 9.00 to 9.30am : Prayer, rhymes and circle time: Repeat the prayer given on day 1. Rhymes on healthy vegetables, this is the way we wash our hands and the new rhyme for today: Scrub a Dub-Dub Song Sung to: \"The Mulberry Bush\" This is the way we scrub our hands, (Pretend to wash hands.) Scrub our hands, scrub our hands. This is the way we scrub our hands, So early in the morning. This is the way we scrub our faces, (Pretend to wash face.) Scrub our faces, scrub our faces. This is the way we scrub our faces, So early in the morning. This is the way we scrub our elbows, (Pretend to wash elbows.) Scrub our elbows, scrub our elbows. This is the way we scrub our elbows, So early in the morning. This is the way we scrub our stomach, (Pretend to wash stomachs.) Scrub our stomachs, scrub our stomach. This is the way we scrub our stomach, So early in the morning. (Continue with additional verses ~ other body parts) 9.30 to 10.00 am: Circle time: Continue with Personal hygiene aspects: Show any picture of a person who is dirty and unclean and start the discussion from there. Bring out points like combing hair daily, applying oil to hair, cutting nails regularly and any other which you feel is appropriate. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time: 1040 to 11.00 am: Snack time. 11.00 to 11.30: Language development: Introduction of “e” as a vowel. Draw on the board picture of a pen, den, ten, hen etc., and in the same manner elicit from 51

children which letter comes in between. Allow them to come out with words on their own which teacher should put up on the board. Concept: This and that: Reinforcement of this concept. Teacher displays few objects in the center of the circle and few more in the corner of the classroom. Teacher asks each student to identify each object and say in complete sentence using, “this is _______ or that is________” Teacher clarifies to the students that , ‘this’ is used when you are talking about a person, place or thing which is closer to us, where as ‘that’ is used when it is far from us. Give many more examples using the immediate environment. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: Vegetable printing: Keep a drawing ready of a square and then cut lady’s finger (Bhendi) into half. Dip it in the paint preferably red colour and let children fill the large square in the sheet of paper. Allow it to dry and then write each child’s name on it and display it on the board. This gives children a sense of pride. 12.00 to 12.30: Number work: Backward counting 50 to 41: First make children do this activity by writing number on the floor. Let each child walk back ward from50 to 41 and then reinforce it with the worksheet in the skill sheets book. 12.30 to 1.00: Reinforcement of the story the DOVE and the ANT. Have group narration of the story and then individual narration of the same. That’s all for the day folks. Read the next day’s plan and prepare for the same. 52

Day-3 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30am: Prayer, Rhymes and circle time: Concept: Reinforcement of Organs of the body-Brain Teacher poses the following questions: What did you do yesterday? Where did you go? Do you remember what did we learn last week? How are you able to remember all the past things? Teacher sums up the session by saying that ‘brain is an important organ which helps us to remember all the past things. The brain is situated in the head. She also emphasizes on importance of head. People who drive two-wheeler must wear a helmet to protect from dangers. Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Reinforcement of color-red and square Please use the rhymes book page on shapes and make children colour the squares with red colour. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10am Concept: Identifying square shape from the given shapes Teacher draws different shapes on the floor and instructs each student to jump only in the squares. Note: Teacher to keep the drawing ready before she takes the students into the ground. Large Group Time: 12.10 pm to 12.45 pm 53

Concept: Numbers- before, after, between from 1 to 30 Teacher to give number cards from 1 to 30. Make children take one card each. The child who for example picks up number 9. He has to show it to the child next to him and that child will then tell the number before 9 and after 9 and that is 8 and 10 and the game goes on in this fashion. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the student repeat the following action song: Put your right hand in, put your right hand out, Put your right hand in, And shake it all about. And do the boogey boogey, Turn yourself around, And that’s what’s all about it (Use left hand, right leg and left leg and whole body) That’s all for the day teachers. Read the next day’s plan please. 54

Day 4 9.00 to 9.30 am: Prayer, rhymes and circle time: Teachers welcome the children with a warm smile and make them say the prayer: Dear God I am in your presence at all times given already to you all. Followed by God’s love its so wonderful. Introduce the following rhymes: Five Fingers (A finger play) Five fingers on this hand. (hold up one hand ) Five fingers on that. ( hold up the other hand ) A dear little nose. (point to nose ) A mouth like a rose. (point to mouth) Two cheeks so tiny and fat. (point to each cheek ) Two eyes, two ears. (point to each ) And ten little toes ( point to toes ) That's the way the baby grows. Me Here are my fingers and here is my nose. Here are my ears, and here are my toes. Here are my eyes that open wide. Here is my mouth with my white teeth inside. Here is my pink tongue that helps me speak. Here are my shoulders and here is my cheek. Here are my hands that help me play. Here are my feet that go walking each day. 15. If you’re happy and you know it If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands (clap 2 times) If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands (clap 2 times) If you’re happy and you know it and you surely want to show it , If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands (clap 2 times) (Substitute the action with) a.Snap your fingers b. Tap your thighs 55

c. Stamp your feet d. Shout hurray e. Do all five 9.30 to 10.00- circle time: Discussion on helping parents: Teachers start the discussion with a little story: There was a little boy who loved helping his mother and father. Every morning he would get up on his own. He had the alarm on in the night so that he could get up without his parents telling him to do so. Then he would go to the bathroom brush his teeth and go the open area in his house and there he would do some exercises like stretching, bending and jogging. After which he would drink the milk his mother gives him. He would then water the plants in the garden. Take his bath and get ready for school. He would pack his school bag. Have his breakfast and after breakfast he would clear his plate and put it in the kitchen sink. Then go to school. When he returns from school he would change his clothes and put his shoes and socks in place and eat the snacks his mother gives him and go out to play. After returning from play he would do his homework and read what his teacher taught for that day and then have little fun with his parents and watch TV for some time and have his dinner and then say his prayer to God for the wonderful day He has given them and by 9 in the night he would go to sleep. His mother would read a story to him and hearing that he would fall asleep. Telling them this story teacher should initiate the discussion. Ask them questions on how they help their parents and regarding their habits. This discussion can be taken up for 2 to 3 days. 10.00 to 10.45: Work time 10.45 to 11.00 am: Snack time. 11.00 to11.30 am: Number work: Before and after numbers from 41to 50: Please draw the numbers in a vertical sequence and make children play a game with it. One child will be on the number line and others can tell her to move to the before number or after number to any given number between 41 to 50 and if the child makes a wrong move she/he is out and another child comes in that place. Every child is given a chance for ten numbers ( If not out). This should be followed by the worksheet on page 29 of the skill sheets book. 56

11.30 to 12.00 noon: Fist painting: Take white sheets of paper and give one sheet to each child. Each of them should be given one sheet. Make children keep their hands in the fist form and let each child dip the fist in paint and press it on the paper. These can later be made by the teacher in the form of large petals or mice etc. This is a fun activity and helpful to children for fine motor development. 12.00 to 12.30: Language development: Introduction of ‘I’ as a vowel: Teacher should give words like b – n, f – n, p – n, t – n and so on the board and keep pictures of bin, fin, pin, tin etc., on the board and elicit from children the missing letter which is ‘I’. And move on to make a lot of words with i. in between. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Game blind man’s buff: Teacher ties a scarf or a hanky on one child’s eyes and the child has to catch anyone from the group of friend’s and identify who it is. Let children play this game till 12.50 after which let the children freshen up and be ready to leave. While children are leaving let them say this prayer: Thank you God for the day so good. For the learning, joy and happiness we got, Please let all the children in the world get all this happiness and joy too. That’s for day 4 teachers. Let’s look forward to another day’s interaction tomorrow. Please prepare for the next day. 57

Day 5 9.00 to 9.30 am: Prayer, rhymes and energizers: Make children do simple exercises like spot jogging, wrist rotation, shoulder rotation, neck rotation, waist rotation, ankle rotation. Followed by simple bending exercises: First bending forward and touching the toes, then bending side ways, standing tip toe on the toes. And make them repeat the rhymes learnt through the week. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Continue with the story and discussion on helping parents at home and good habits while repeating the story given yesterday. 10.00 to 10. 45: Work time. 10.45 to 11.10: Snack time. 11. 10 to 11. 40 : Number work: Value of numbers: give children some ice cream sticks and let them count and tell the value of the numbers. After this make them do the worksheet on page 30 in skill sheets. 11.40 to 12. 10: Magic printing: Teacher writes each child’s name with wax on a sheet of paper before hand. (Keep this ready a day before) Let children take water colours and paint it on the sheet. Each child’s name would appear on it. Make them repeat the spelling of their name. 12.10 to 12. 40: Language development. Word building with vowel ‘I’. Teacher this is a continuation of yesterday’s activity. Each child should be given a portion of the floor and a chalk and duster or a piece of cloth. And told to make as many words as possible with ‘I’ in the center. Teacher can make a note of the number of words each child makes. Those needing help some tips can be given by the teacher. 12.40 to 1.00: Rhymes, prayer and dispersal 58

That’s all for week 2. Please read from UKG 2 book the write up on sight words and prepare some sight words which can be put on charts for the children for the coming week. 59

MONTHLY CURRICULUM FOR UKG (Blooms) Month: July Theme: Myself Week-3 Day-1 Focus this week on Punctuality Circle time: 9.00 am to 9.30 am: Prayer, rhymes and circle time: Dear God, I am in your presence at all times, Please illumine my mind, With true knowledge of you And fill my heart with great love for you Bless my country and school Teachers, family and friends Help me to serve my neighbours out of love for you. Rhymes: This is the way we wish our teachers Wish our teachers, Wish our teachers This is the way we wish our teachers Every single morning, Every single morning Good morning, Good morning , Good morning to you, Dear Ma’am This is the way we wish our parents, This is the way we wish our parents, Early in the morning 60

Good morning Mama, Good morning Daddy, Have a great day today This is the way we wish our elders Wish our elders, Wish our elders When ever we see them Good morning, Sir, Good morning Madam (2) This is the way we wish our friends Wish our friends, wish our friends, Every single day (2) Use the same tune as “This is the way we Brush our teeth” Parts that Bend (Sung to the tune of “Mary had a little lamb” My arms have parts that bend and move Every time I use them. Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. And this is how I move them! My legs have parts that bend and move Every time I use them. Knee, ankle, heel and foot Knee, ankle, heel and foot Knee, ankle, heel and foot And this is how I move them! My trunk has parts that bend and move Every time I use them. Neck, back, waist and hips Neck, back, waist and hips Neck, back, waist and hips And this is how I move them! I'm made of parts that bend and move Every time I use them. 61

Shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand... Knee, ankle, heel and foot. Neck, back, waist and hips And this is how I move them 9.30 to 10.00am: Story time: This story is a recap because they have already done this in Nursery and LKG. Start the story and then give them discuss with them the size of a lion and a mouse for today this is all you will discuss. This whole week we will take up this story. The Lion and the mouse One day, a lion was sleeping under a tree. A mouse that was staying in the hole of the same tree came out and jumped over the lion. The lion woke up. He caught the mouse. He wanted to kill the mouse because it disturbed him. The mouse begged for mercy. The lion was very kind. He let the mouse go. After few days, the lion fell into a hunter’s trap. He roared and shouted. The mouse heard him. It came running. It bit the net. The lion was set free. He thanked the mouse. Moral of the story: If you do good, you will find good. 10.00 am to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.30 am: Language development: Introduction of letter ‘O’ as a vowel: P-T, R-T, C-T, D-T, G-T, H-T, L-T, N-T. Teacher should write this on the board with the blanks and elicit the answers. Encourage children to make more words sensible or nonsensical ones. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: Creative game for language development: Cooking with alphabet soup: Make plenty of cards of one inch by inch with letters A to Z written on them. Each child has to pick up one card and which ever card one gets a word starting with that letter has to be made. Eg if it is B then Ball and so on. 62

12.00 to 12.30 pm: Math work. Recap of before and after numbers. Make children do worksheets from the activity book. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Spot the difference worksheet on page 91 from the rhymes book. This will increase their sense of observation. That’s all for the day folks. Read the next day’s plan and prepare for the same. 63

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Day: 2 9.00 to 9.30 am: Greeting time, prayer and rhymes and exercises: Start with the prayer and then some exercises like wrist movements, neck movements, elbows, shoulder rotation, waist rotation, ankle rotation etc., Followed by rhymes of the previous day and then the greeting time as given below: Today let us have a fun way in which children greet each other.. Sing the following song using any tune that suits you. Each child shakes the hands of the other and says: Hello, hello How are you? You are my friend and I like you! Repeat this for so that each child greets all the other children. 9.30 to10.00 am: Story time: Lion and the mouse. Let children enact the story. 10.00 am to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00: Snack time. 11.00 to 11.30 am: Language development: Introduction of letter ‘U’ as a vowel: B-T, C-T, G-T, H-T, N-T, P-T, R-T: As usual let children fill in the blanks using ‘U’. Encourage children to make words of their own words. Preparing greeting cards: 11.30 to 12.00 noon: Each child is given a paper cut in small papers of 4 inches by 8 inches and folded into half. Each child draws something on this and they exchange it with their friends. 12.00 to 12.30 pm: Learning the three golden words Thank you, Please and sorry. These words will be focused on in this week. Today we will start with 65

a little activity.. And o ne is giving to the other children are taught to say “Thank You”. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Math: Number values: Count and write the value of numbers. Worksheets in the activity book. That’s all for the day folks. 66

Day 3 9.00 to 9.30 am: Prayer, exercise – today’s exercise: Animal dancing and sounds like animals. Children can dance like various animals eg. Monkeys, deer, tiger and others and while dancing they can make the sound like that animal. After this children will imitate their parents. They will talk like their father or mother. This activity will help them to observe people keenly and also pick up the good habits and mannerisms of the parents. 9.30 to 10.00: Story time: Lion and the mouse: Teacher please put the story on cards or draw on a chart and keep it ready. Children should arrange the story in a sequential order. This way they learn to say which scene comes in the beginning and which comes in later. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.30 am: Language development: Vowel ‘U’. Teacher should keep letters a to z 5 sets ready. Cut thick chart paper or card board into one inch squares and write letter a to z one on each and like that keep 5 sets ready. Make some extra U’s and give these to children. Let them make as many words as possible using letter u. You could make them work in pairs of in fours also. 11.30 to 12.00: Concept building activity: Recap of the concept up and down: Let children identify all the objects which are above their height level and which are below their level. All those above will be written by the teacher on the board and all those below will be written by the teacher on the floor. 12.00 to 12.30: Number work: Number names. Actually children have done number names upto 10 in LKG. However, recap it once again. Teacher can recap these upto 5. First write the number on the board and draw the value for it and then write its name eg. 2 value of 2 is * * and the spelling or 67

number name is TWO and in this way write from 1 to 5 and then make them do the worksheet from the activity book. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: free hand drawing: Give each child a sheet of paper A4 size and let them draw anything of their choice. Encourage them to use crayons of different colours and while drawing let them identify each colour. Thats all for the day 5. Wait for the next day folks. 68

Day 4 9.00 to 9.30 am: Prayer and rhyme time: Once again concept up and down: Start with the rhyme Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after. Stress on up and down. Now let’s make our own up and down rhyme: Let’s go up and up on the roof top to see the aeroplanes flying above our heads Now let look down to see the river flowing under the bridge. Up and down, up and down Birds fly up in the sky and fishes swim down below the water I love birds and fishes and I love going up and down the stairs. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development: Let’s just recap all the letter with particular focus on the vowels. Make children do the worksheet on page 49 in the skill sheets book. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.30 am: Math: writing number names. Worksheet practice in the activity book. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: Story time: Each student should be made to narrate the story Lion and the mouse. Please don’t forget to clap and acknowledge each child whether it is right or wrong. 69

12.00 to 12.30pm: Circle time discussion on keeping the house clean. What should the role of a child be in keeping the house clean. Start by who cleans your house? Is cleaning a pleasant task? What should be your role in keeping the house clean? Encourage them to discuss openly and also make them realize that it is not only mummy and daddy but their responsibility to keep the house neat and clean. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Day : up and down, up and down, up and down. List out all the things that are up and those that are down That’s all for the day folks. Bid the children a warm bye and write in the diary what they have done for the day. 70

Day-5 9.00 to 9.30am : Prayer, rhymes and circle time: After prayer make children say this rhyme. Hands on my hips Hands on my hips, what is this here? (Point your finger to your eyes) This is my eye see ‘ er mummy my dear. Eye see’er, Eye see’er nicky nicky knows… This is what they tell me when Igo to school. (Similarly substitute Eyes with nose smeller, ear hearer , mouth eater and head thinker.) 9.30 to 10.00 am: Circle time: Discussion on Big family and small family. Teacher can start with discussion on: How many members are there in your family? Who are they? Families where there are more number of children are big families and families where grand parents, uncles, aunts and cousins live together are called joint families. Let children discuss about a family. 10.00 to 10.40 am: work time: 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snacktime 11.00 to 11. 30 am: Language development: C letter words and e and f letter words. First start with the concept of c letter words orally and then make them do the worksheet in the activity book. After this make them do the worksheet in the next sheet. Since this is circling words they can easily do the same. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: Structured play: 71

Oranges and lemon: Teachers make children stand with hands up and two children join their hands to make an arch. Other children form and line and pass under it. Children and teacher should sing the following rhyme: Oranges and Lemon Oranges and lemon Sold for a penny, All the school girls Are so many. The grass is so green, And the rose is so red. Remember me, When you are happy. When the rhyme ends the children bring down their hands which are in the form of an arch. And the child who is caught in between it will be out. And this game should continue until all children are out. 12.00 to 12.30 noon: Number work: Recap of number 1 to 50: activity book. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: cutting and pasting: Teacher should give children an A4 size paper with small squares pre drawn on it. Each child is given a blunt scissors with 72

which she cuts into small size squares and pastes them on a large chart in whatever fashion they like. In this manner they will make a collage of square shapes. That’s all for this week teachers. Please sit and review what you have done for this week and plan for the next week. 73

MONTHLY CURRICULUM FOR UKG Month: July Theme: Myself Week-4 Day-1 Circle time: 9.00 am to 9.30 am: This week will mainly be a recap of all the concepts taught in the months of June and July. Concept: Organs of the body – heart, brain, stomach and lungs. Teacher shows pictures of these and once again recaps the functions of these parts of the body. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development: Worksheets on pages 52 and 53 of the skill sheets book. 10.00 to 10.40 work time: 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time: 11.00 am to 11.30 am: Number work: worksheets on pages Back ward counting and missing numbers from the activity book. 11.30 to 12.00: recap of the concept of this and that: worksheet in the activity book. 12.00 to 12.30 noon: Small group activity: Clay modeling: Each child makes any thing he/she likes and talks about it. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: rhyme time 1. A Family (Finger play) This is a family (hold up one hand, fingers spread) Let's count them and see, How many there are, And who they can be ( count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) This is the mother (touch pointer finger) Who loves everyone And this is the father (touch big finger) Who is lots of fun. 74

This is my sister (touch ring finger) She helps and she plays, And this is the baby (touch little finger) He's growing each day. But who is this one? (touch thumb) He's out there alone, Why it's Jackie, the dog, And he's chewing a bone. (wiggle thumb) Once again talk about the family concept taught last week. That’s all for this day. Tomorrow is the field trip day so plan for it carefully. 75

Day 2 9.00 to 11.30 am: prayer and circle time and field trip: Today is a field trip to the market to see the fruits and vegetables and also interview the vegetable vendor. Children should be taken to a nearby super market or a market. Teachers should make a pilot visit a day before talk to the people and then only take the children. Let children carry their water bottles and their snacks. If it is close by children can walk, if far than take them by a van or car. Let children see the different types of fruits and vegetables. Let them ask the vendor the prices of each. Teacher can buy some apples or bananas and some cucumber. After this children can come back to the school. Wash their hands and have snack. Then they should sit in a circle and discuss on first how did they go? When they went out of the school did they turn to the right or left? What about the movement of their vehicle was it fast or slow? Than the various vegetables and fruits they saw. Their price, colour, shape and taste. Teacher can cut the fruits and vegetables she brought and each child can taste it. They discuss on it. Good teachers! Now let children relax for some time: Give them some worksheets on language and number work: Number work before and after worksheets in the activity. Language on page identifying of letters. Sing some rhymes and end the day. 76

It will be a very tiring day for teachers because they have to take such good care of kids. Relax teachers. 77

Day 3 9.00 to 9.30 am: Prayer and circle time: Recap of personal health and hygiene: Rhymes on health and hygiene: eg: this is the way we wash our hands (2) And other such rhymes> Discussion on taking care of one’s self, brushing teeth twice a day, taking bath daily, washing hands before and after eating, washing hands after playing. 9.30 to 10.00: Language development: Recap of vowels: Worksheets in activity book related to vowels 10.00 to 10. 40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11. 30 am: Number work: worksheets in the activity book. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: EVS worksheets in the activity book. Since children have already done most of this orally it will be easy for them to do the worksheets with minimum supervision. 12.00 to 12.30 pm: Join the dots worksheet in activity book. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Recap of all the rhymes of June and July. 78

Day 4 9.00 to 9.30 am: prayer and discussion of birthdays and birthday parties. Ask each child what he or she does on the birthday. Who all are invited? What do they prepare? DO they cut a cake? What is the significance of a birthday? ( Impress upon them that we should celebrate our birthday because we are all born with a cause to be great). 9.30 to 10.00 am: Visual discrimination: Worksheet in activity book on circling vegetables and fruits which is different. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.30 am: Language development: worksheet on identifying the letters. 11.30 to 12.00 noon: EVS worksheet on colouring pictures as per the seasons. 12.00 to 12.30 pm: Rhymes and stories recap with movement. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: Number work Worksheet on in between numbers. That’s all for the day folks. Prepare for the next day: This is the last day of the months June and July. Now we need to show parents what we have done. Call parents over for an hour in the morning. Keep all the child’s work ready worksheets, colouring sheets, clay work, and all the others for display when parents come. Organize a special assembly for parents to witness. 79

Day 5 9.00 am to 10.00 am: Special assembly. Arrange for parents of UKG to be seated. Let children speak on any given item which they had done in the past. Item no 1: Show and tell 2: Rhymes 3: Story telling 4. Display of child’s work This is what the kids will present and parents will see. Keep this for just one hour only. Explain to parents the work time experiences of the child. 10.00 to 10.40: work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.30 am: Language: Worksheet related to 11.30 to 12.00 noon: work sheets on pages 66 and 67. 12.00 to 12. 30 pm: Number work: Worksheet on page 8. 12.30 to 1.00 pm: recap of all rhymes and stories. This is the end of the week. Dear pre school teacher I am giving you some resource material. Please read and understand. Remember being a LEAP teacher you need a lot of patience and you must understand the child well. The Pre-school Teacher Today The pre-school teacher today is required to be equipped with knowledge, skills and talents that will help her/him 80

• Prepare young children for the new world , who will be adults in an entirely new generation • Be and think like a professional in order to competently deal with the new age parent • Be able to converse in English • Be able to introduce the young child to English correctly • Be willing to learn ICT (Internet and Communication Technology) and be able to introduce this to her/his wards at the right time and in the right manner • Be able to learn and develop her/his skills of child management Be progressive in thought and with a vision for self and the school. Read this and discuss about this. New theme from tomorrow since we have reached the end of July. 81

MONTHLY CURRICULUM FOR UKG (Blooms) Month: August Theme: Neighborhood Week-1 Day-1 Circle time: 9.00 am to 9.30 am Concept: My School Teacher asks the following questions: What is the name of your school? Where is it located? What is the name of your principal? What is the name of your class teacher? Who is your best friend? What do you do in the school? Teacher sums up the session by saying that ‘we come to school to learn. It is a place where you learn many more things besides studies. We need to be regular and punctual to school’. 9.30 to 10.00: Language development: Concept of He/She and It. Make children sit in a circle. Let one child talk about the other child. This is – the child’s name. He or she is – years old. This is a ball. It is red in colour. Tell children that when you have to replace the name of a boy you should use he and if it is a girl you should use she and if it is any thing we use ‘it’. Give every child an opportunity to say some thing about a boy, girl or a thing using he, she and it. 82

10.00 to 10.40 am: work time 10.40 to 11.00 am snack time 11.00 to 11.30: Number work: Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: My School Teacher makes the students do the related worksheet in pg-77 from the skill sheets book. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10pm Concept: School Mapping Teacher makes the students go round the school and find out different rooms in the school and items found in those rooms. She makes pairs before she send them on the task. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Reinforcement of School Mapping Teacher makes the students do the worksheet related to blue colour from the activity book. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students sing the following action song: (Sung to: \"Mary Had A Little Lamb\") Our teacher comes to school each day, School each day, school each day. Our teacher comes to school each day, To help us learn and grow. She smiles and helps us learn all day, Learn all day, learn all day. She smiles and helps us learn all day, We're glad we come to school. 83

Day-2 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30am Concept: Punctuality and discipline Teacher asks the following questions: What time do you get up? What do you do after that? What time do you start to school? What time do you reach school? Are you late to school? How regularly do you come late to school? What happens when you are late to school? Teacher ponder on certain points as ‘everybody should be regular and punctual to school and doing their work. If one comes late to school, he/she will be missing a lot in the morning session. Also it doesn’t look good if you step into the class late while the class is going on. Inculcating habits like regularity and punctuality would help us to be a good human being too’. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Recap of vowels. Write on each child’s fingers of right hand a,e,I,o,u and let each child make the words using the vowels. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Reel printing. Dip a thread in paint and fix it between two fingers of each hand and then use it to create designs on a paper. Various designs will be formed on the paper. Write each child’s name on it and file it. In fact you can teach every child to write his or her name on it. 84

Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10 pm Teacher makes the students go round the school, and remember the things/rooms/people they see. After they come back make them dance to the tune of some music. Swaying with the music. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Concretization of ‘he’: Teacher makes the students make all the boys sit at one place and all the girls to the other side. She calls one girl and one boy in the center of the circle and asks the girl to introduce the boy to the group by saying that ‘His name is __________. He is a boy’. Teacher makes the students repeat the exercise till everybody gets their turn to say. Note: Teacher to give clear instructions to the students before she starts the activity. She can even model one sample to the students. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teachers (Sung to: \"Mary Had A Little Lamb\") Our teacher comes to school each day, School each day, school each day. Our teacher comes to school each day, To help us learn and grow. She smiles and helps us learn all day, Learn all day, learn all day. She smiles and helps us learn all day, We're glad we come to school. 85

Day-3 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30am Concept: Right- left/class mapping Teacher begins the session by asking the students to show each one’s left leg, left hand, right leg and right hand. She then asks each student to give the list of things/objects/people they see to his/her right side and left side. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development: word building. Give children the alphabet cards made last month. Try to add some more to the same. Now divide children into group and give them at two to three sets. Remember to make more of vowel cards. Let children make as many words as they can. This is an excellent way for word building. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.15 am Out door play Small Group Activity: 11.15 am to 11.45 am Teacher makes the students do the number work worksheet from the activity book. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10am Physical Exercise: March past Teacher takes the students to the ground and makes the students do the march past. While the students are doing the exercise, teacher to ensure that the students stretch right hand with left leg and left hand with right leg. Note: This activity will be useful for the Independence Day celebrations. Large Group Time: 12.10 pm to 12.45 pm Concept: Introduction of nos. 51 to 60 86

Teacher displays flash cards of the numbers and makes each number and leaves it on the floor. Subsequently, she makes sure that the students repeat the number after her. While she is displaying the flash cards, teacher should ensure that the numbers are placed towards the students so that they don’t get confused about the place value. She makes the students repeat the numbers after her. She even shows the numbers on the abacus. Procedure: Keep five beads on the tens place and keep adding one after the other in the one’s place. She makes sure that after nine beads, one bead to be replaced with the one ten beads. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students repeat the action song of day-1. Teach them the National Anthem and vande mataram. This will help in Independence Day celebrations which is fast approaching. 87

Day-4 Show and tell activity: 9.00 to 9.30 am Concept: Color Blue and shades of blue Teacher displays different objects of different shade in blue color like purple, dark blue, light blue, sky blue, etc and calls each student to pick up the object, say the name and also color of the object. Teacher can help the students in identifying the color. If the teacher feels that the shade is new to the students, she then makes them repeat and also shows different objects of that particular shade. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language Development: Make children list out orally which teacher can put on the board all the words related to the school. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.15 am: Story : The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep whose skin the Wolf was wearing began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing. So, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her - and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals. Teacher should just narrate this story. Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Reinforcement of color blue Teacher makes the students do the related worksheet from the activity book. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10 pm 88

Physical Exercise: March Past Procedure to be followed is as mentioned in the previous day’s session. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Writing numbers from 51-60 Teacher makes the students write the mentioned numbers in the square ruled books. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher can teach few patriotic songs if the school intends to celebrate Independence Day or some action songs which the students have already learnt. 89

Day-5 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30 am Concept: Introduction of community helpers Teacher asks the following questions: If your hair grows longer, where do you go to cut it short? What is he called as? Why do we need to go to a saloon? Can’t your mother do it at home? If you are not well, whom do you go to? Whom do you find there? Will the doctor does all jobs or gives few tasks to other person also? What is she called as? Teacher sums up the session by saying that the barber, doctor, and nurse are very important for us. They help us when we are in need. They are very helpful to the community. So they are called as ‘community helpers. The barber is now called as a hair dresser’. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development. More word building: Teach children to join letters to make words. This should be a fantastic activity which children will love to do and helps them in vocabulary development. Let each child be given the card bearing one letter eg a, e, i, o, u and some consonants b, c, d, etc., and teach should draw four squares on the floor. When teacher blows the whistle children should form a meaningful word and write that word in the square on the floor. In this way children can form as many words as they can. 10.00 to 10.40 Work time 90

10.40 to 11.00 Snack time 11.00 to 11.15: Story of wolf in sheep’s clothing: Discuss the characteristics of wolf and the sheep for today Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Maze work sheet on page 94 in rhymes book. Explain to children what a maze is. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10 pm Physical Exercise: Organize a small hurdle race. Keep some chairs, old tyres, tables and let children cross these and reach the winning post. After this have March Past Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Triangle Teacher introduces the shape through pictures and asks few students to draw on the board. She then, makes the students do the worksheet related to triangle in the activity book. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher teaches any patriotic song of her choice to prepare the students for Independence Day celebrations. Note: Teacher sends a written request to any doctor parent for Monday’s talk show. 91

MONTHLY CURRICULUM FOR UKG (Blooms) Month: August Theme: Neighborhood Week-2 Day-1 Circle time: 9.00 am to 9.30 am Concept: Talk by a doctor parent Procedure: Teacher briefs about the background of the students and also the concept which is going on in the class. This will enable the doctor to make his/her talk more contextualized. The doctor is asked to ponder on the following points: What time does he/she get up in the morning? What time does he/she go to bed? What does he/she do in the whole day? How much time does he/she gives to the family? What does he/she do on a holiday? Teacher asks questions to elicit the answers from the doctor invited or makes two to three students ask the above questions. In case, students are interviewing, teacher should change questions like, sit/madam, what time do you get up in the morning, etc. Teacher gives vote of thanks to the doctor spending his/her valuable time with the children and giving insightful thoughts with the students. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Story time: Teacher along with another adult enacts the story for the children. 10.00 am to 10.40 am: Work time 92

10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.15: free play for children on the school play pen swings, slides and so on. Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Writing of words doctor, nurse and barber Teacher makes the students write the spellings of the words. Before the students begin to write, teacher makes the students repeat the spellings. Note: Teacher gives this as a copy writing activity. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10pm Physical Exercise: Jumping from a height of 1 ft Procedure: Teacher makes necessary arrangement any parapet wall or bricks arranged at one foot. Keep some thick foot mat on the floor and make children jump from one foot height. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Identification and manipulation of the shape ‘Triangle’ Teacher draws one left slant line and asks them what is it. She then draws a right slant line. She asks each student to identify the same. She finally draws one sleeping line and joins both the slant line. She first makes the students identify the sleeping line and then makes them to identify the shape. She makes clear to the students that two slant lines and one sleeping line makes a ‘triangle’. She also clarifies the point that the triangle has three sides. Teacher makes each student to draw the triangle on the board/slate/floor. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students repeat the following action song: I'm happy I'm a doctor; I help to make people well. 93

I'm happy I'm a doctor, It makes me feel just swell. I'm a doctor; I help to make people well, well, well. I'm a doctor, I'm happy, can't you tell? 94

Day-2 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30am Concept: Introduction of ‘she’ Teacher makes the students all the boys sit at one side and all the girls to the other side. She calls one boy and one girl in the center of the circle and asks the boy to introduce the girl to the group by saying that ‘Her name is __________. She is a girl’. Teacher makes the students repeat the exercise till everybody gets their turn to say. Note: Teacher to give clear instructions to the students before she starts the activity. She can even model one sample to the students. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Clay modeling: Give each child some clay and let them make any object of their choice and write its name on the board. 10.00 to 10.40 am: Work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.15 am: Story enacting by children. Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Triangle Teacher makes the students do the related worksheet from the skill sheets book. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Introduction of numbers 61-70 Floor board activity. Teacher writes number 61 to 70 on the floor and children will hop from number 61 to 70. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students repeat the previous day’s action song and practice for August 15th with all the patriotic songs. 95

Day-3 Show and tell activity: 9.00 to 9.30am Concept: Community helpers Teacher shows the pictures of people like cobbler, carpenter, plumber, tailor, post man, policeman and asks each student to identify and say what that person does for us. Teacher then poses questions like: How helpful is a cobbler? What if you don’t have a cobbler? Teacher poses similar questions for other helpers too. She concludes the session by saying that, ‘These are the people who are very helpful to us. Without them, our life comes to a stand still. Hence, they are called as community helpers.’ She once again elicits the community helpers which they have already learnt viz, tailor, teacher, postman, cook, nurse, cobbler, plumber, and carpenter. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development: word ladder game. Teacher should write one word on the board eg chalk and draw a step down and one child should tell a word with this ending word eg kettle and another child writes in the next step egg and so on this word ladder is an interesting game for vocabulary development. Small Group Activity: 11.15 am to 11.45 am Concept: Community helpers Teacher makes the students do the related worksheet in the activity book. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10am 96

Teacher makes the students repeat the previous day’s activity or make them do march past if the school is celebrating Independence Day. Large Group Time: 12.10 pm to 12.45 pm Concept: Writing numbers from 51-70 Teacher makes the students do the related worksheet from the activity book. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students repeat the following action song: I'm a nurse dressed in white, And I feel just swell. When you are sick, I help to make you well. I give you shots, And if you're afraid, I fix you up with a big Band-Aid. I'm a nurse dressed in white, And I feel just swell. Now you're well! 97

Day-4 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30 am Concept: Spellings of the community helpers Teacher displays the pictures of all the community helpers which are already taught to the students. She calls each student in turns to identify the community helper. Subsequently, teacher makes the students repeat the spelling the person in the picture. She repeats the same procedure until she is done with all the community helpers. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Language development: Listening activity. Teacher should read out a story. Community helpers are people who help us and make our work easier. They are the doctor, nurse, teacher, watchman, policeman, fire man. The doctor treats us when we are sick. A teacher teaches us and makes us good boys and girls, a watchman guards us and keeps us safe, a fire man saves us from fire. Read out this passage and ask children the following questions: Who are community helpers? How do they help us? Who is a doctor? Who is a teacher? 11.00 to 11.15: Free play Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Writing words of community helpers Teacher makes the students do the worksheet related to the concept in the activity book. 98

Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10 pm Teacher repeats the same session as mentioned in the previous page. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Before, after, between numbers from 51-70 Teacher makes the students do the worksheet related to the above mentioned concept in the activity book. Songs and Rhymes 12.45 to 1.00 pm Teacher makes the students repeat the previous day’s action song and independence day songs 99

Day-5 Circle time: 9.00 to 9.30 am Concept: Community helpers and their need to the community Teacher asks each student to say one community helper, spell it and also say how helpful that community helper to the society. Teacher repeats the procedure till everybody gets their turn to share their thoughts/expressions. 9.30 to 10.00 am: Magic painting: Teacher should write the names of community helpers with wax on sheets of papers. And then children paint over it and names of community helpers appear. 10.00 to 10.40 am: work time 10.40 to 11.00 am: Snack time 11.00 to 11.15 am: free play Small Group Activity: 11.15 to 11.45 am Concept: Writing names of community helpers Teacher makes the students write the above mentioned spellings in their note books/slate. Structured Play: 11.45 to 12.10 pm Teacher repeats the procedure as mentioned in the previous session. Large Group Time: 12.10 to 12.45 pm Concept: Story of ‘The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing’ Teacher reinforces the following story to the students through gestures and pictures: A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. 100