Theme- Home Sweet Home
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Answer questions related to the theme
• Participate in conversation related to the theme
• Listen to stories, songs and rhymes
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Sort and match
• Recapitulate pre-number concepts: long/short; big/small; same/different
• Use one to one correspondence
• Explore shapes: circle, square and triangle
• Numbers: 21-30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Identify and name a few rooms in a house
• Identify and name a few family members
• Investigate and explore
• Talk about a significant landmark near their home
• Awareness about the words ‘home’ and ‘family’
• Create awareness about the importance of a home and a family
• Awareness about the different activities people do in a home
• Participate in role-play
• Awareness about how a house is built
• Following classroom norms
• Awareness about a family tree using a story
• Identify the various activities that a family does together
Words in focus:
home
bathroom
bedroom
living room
kitchen
dining room
happy
angry
sad
mother
father
grandmother
grandfather
brother
sister
family
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Prayers
Starting prayer:
Saraswati namastubhyam varade kaamaruupini
Vidyaarambham karishhyaami siddhirbhavatu me sadaa
Closing Prayer:
Buddham saranam gacchami
Dhammam saranam gacchami
Sangham saranam gachhami
Food Prayer:
sah-na bhavatu, sah-nau bhunaktu;
sah viryam karvavahe,
tejasvinav adhitam-astu
maa vidhvishawahe
OM shanti shanti shanti
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Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
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Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
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It’s time to go out and play
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Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
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At My Front Door
Who’s that tapping at my front door?
Tap tap tap tap tap
Who’s that ringing my front door bell?
Ring ring ring ring ring
Who’s that banging on my front door?
Bang bang bang bang bang
I’ll open the door; I’ll open the door
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My Home (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
This is my Home!
This is my Home!
Here are the windows, here is the door,
A roof above,
The kitchen, the living room too,
A bathroom, a bedroom,
A room for me and for you!
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Splish-Splash
Splish-Splas; Splish-Splash
Wash! Wash! Wash!
With a Rub-a-Dub-Rub
And a Scrub-Scrub-Scrub
I’m washing the car!
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Build a House
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
Put a roof on top, and a chimney too,
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
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My Family
My mummy and daddy live with me
Because we are a family!
My grandpa and grandma live with me
Because we are a family!
My brother and sister live with me
Because we are a family!
My pet doggy and baby live with me
Because we are a family!
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I am in love with papa, love with mama, love with myself
I am in love with dadaji, I am in love with dadima
I am in love with nana, love with nani, love with everyone
Everyone, everyone
Everyone, everyone
I am in love with mountains, love with rivers, love with the sky
I am in love with the Sun, I am in love with the Moon
I am in love with stars, love with clouds, love with everything
Everything, everything
Everything, everything
I am in love with giraffe, love with tiger, love with the lion
I am in love with the cat, I am in love with the dog
I am in love with monkeys, love with bears, love with animals
I am in love, I am in love
Noooo
I am love, I am love
I am love, I am love
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Families (Sing to the tune of ‘Happy Birthday”)
Some families are large
Some families are small
But I love my family, best of all!
But I love my family, best of all!
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