Time Table for Play Group
- 8.30 am – 9.00 am : reach school
- 9.00 am – 9.15 am : out door play / toilet
- 9.30 am – 9.40 am : 10 minutes Prayer
- 9.40 am – 9.45 am : 5 minutes Warm up/ aerobics
- 9.45 am – 10.15 am : 30 minutes Circle Time/rhymes /theme play
- 10.15 am – 10.30 am : 15 minutes Break / lunch break
- 10.30 am – 11.00 am : 30 minutes Free Play /toilet time /Out Door Play
- 11.00 am – 11.30 am : 30 minutes Theme Activity
- 11.30 am – 11.45 am : 15 minutes Music / Dance / Arts
- 12.00 noon : Pack up & send off
Play Group Daily Schedule
- Circle Time It provides opportunities to listen speak and sing songs. Free Play (Individual choice time) It includes activities like building blocks, matching pictures; jig saw puzzles to develop cognitive skills.
- Theme Activity Theme activities are designed in such a way as to enrich the vocabulary, listening skill, expressive skills, and interaction for concept formation.
- Potty Time Potty time helps the children to inculcate proper toilet habits, hand wash and other hygienic practices.
- Music, Dance / Arts To enrich the social, emotional and personal habits stories, songs, art and craft work, etc. are given.
- Outdoor Play It includes observation of nature and environment, Individual, group games climbing, see-saw, sliding, etc. are included to develop socio-emotional skills.
- Send off To systematize the proper packing of their belongings and forming queue before disbursing from the play school.
1. The child’s relationship with the physical environment Plants : Flowers, Trees, Vegetables, Fruits Animals : Domestic / Animals / Pet Animals Wild life, Water life, Birds, Insects Weather / : Rain, Clouds, Sun, Sky, Moon, Stars Seasons Water, Sources of Water
2. The child’s relation to self and people Myself, Parts of the body, Family Home and shelter Doctor / Hospital Games, Festivals, Food Clothing, Milk and its products Teacher / School
3. The child’s relationship with technology Transport-road, water, air and rail Electrical gadgets TV / radio / Computers, Telephone
4. The child’s relationship with health and personal habits Health and hygiene, Nutrition – healthy food and snack – Roasted Gram Safe surroundings, routine and safety habits
a) Monthly Themes for Play School Education
March – All about myself, April – Learn about fruits, May – Learn about vegetables, June – Learn about animals, July – Transport, August – Seasons, September – Our Friends/teachers, October- Festivals, November – Flowers / Trees, December – trees.
Daily activites for PLAY class, pre nursery 2.5-3.5 years old
The play school provides a platform for developing academic and social skills to enter formal schooling. It prompts growth and development in all domains and stimulates curiosity and exploration among the kids.
- Gross Motor skills are developed through games & activities like Climbing, Running, Jumping, Crawling, balancing, Pushing and Pulling Toys etc.,
- Eye-hand coordination and muscle strengthening activities/Games are played where movement is connected with some objects. Activities such as kicking, throwing , catching a ball is done.
- Fine Motor skills are developed with threading Large Beads, Plastic shapes, Pattern making , Colouring & painting . Jumbo Crayons are provided to Improve eye, hand coordination.
- Hand palm, Finger Printing, Vegetable printing & Paper tearing gives perfection to these skills. Art & Craft activity like pasting Paper, making Collages, Paper Folding like making a fan, Finger Painting , & painting with long Free hand drawing & stencil drawing is done with them .
- Crushing Play dough, clay modeling Sand & water play is enjoyed through sand pit .Materials like Cups, Spoons, Bottle, lid, Funnel, etc. are provided.
- Puzzles of various types are provided . it starts from Maximum of 2-5 pieces of puzzle (Animal, fruits, Transport etc.,) then go up to 8 pieces . Building blocks Build tower with 4-6 blocks & more .
- Memory games with 2-3 objects are hidden , this Improves retention and recalling ability.
- Concept formation is done by making the children aware of all primary & secondry colours. This is done through various Matching, sorting, objects with the different colors , painting & work sheets .
- Pre-Number Concepts ,Concept of Size Big, Small, long & short, Matching games Sense of Touch Identify and distinguish between rough & smooth surfaces.
- Pre-writing Skills: These activities prepare the pre-schooler for holding pencil and balancing notebook or worksheets.
- Pre-reading Skills : These activities prepare them for identifying the alphabet and their phonics with the help of educational charts and illustrative lesson plans , reading books & flash cards .
- Children learn to balance and coordinate their body movements with music, sing children’s rhymes, etc. Games and Gym.
- Improve listening skills through story telling , rhymes , action Songs Role play . Making them aware of sounds from nature and environment. Identifying sounds of various musical instruments like drums and shakers.
- To Improve and develop vocabulary with proper pronunciation Simple vocabulary related to self ,family, friends. home ,household objects , animals, birds, Fruits, Vegetables etc vocabulary related to environment Sun, Moon, Sky, Stars, Water, etc. reading is done through real Pictures or Flash Cards.
- Develop ability to differentiate between various tastes. We sharpen the sense of taste by providing food with different tastes such as lime, tamarind, salt, neem, sugaretc.
- Smell Identify and distinguish different smells -sweet smell & foul odour . we provide various leaves (curry/mint leaves) fruits and food essence in order to make them understand the good & bad smell .
- Sorting & classifying (Leaves, Flowers, Twigs) Arranging Sticks, Leaves, Pebbles, Beads, Seeds , flash cards with alphabets , numbers, colours, shapes is done .
- Personal Hygiene and Cleanliness is taught to them. Proper use of toilet , hand wash ,Placing things in its place , identifying your own school bag &other things . To understand the importance of personal hygiene, Proper food Habits , eating healthy food , Sharing and caring. Learning to fold the serviette & eating with spoon & fork is encouraged.
- Good Social Manners respecting others and their belongings . Cooperating with teachers& parents is taught through story telling & role play .