Playgroup - Theme 3

Theme- Clothes

Words in focus:
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jacket

jeans

overcoat

pajama

salwar kameez

skirt

suit

blouse

cardigan

tank top

vest


Numbers:
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20-30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)


Encyclopedia bits:

jacket

jeans

overcoat

pajama

salwar kameez

skirt

suit

blouse

cardigan

tank top

vest


Concepts:
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• Awareness about different types of dresses/ clothes
• Awareness about different colors
• Exploration of different textures of cloth materials
• Experiencing different activities like buttoning, unbuttoning, lacing,
zipping etc.
• Identifying different types of dresses
• Experience of washing a cloth
• Identify objects of various colors
• Awareness of the importance of wearing a dress
• Awareness about why we need to wear clean dress
• Awareness about different types of seasonal dress
• Awareness of the different parts of dresses

Prayers of the month:
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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

Rhymes:
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Good morning song:

Good morning, to you and to you
Good morning, to you and to you
Hello everyone
Hello everyone
Good morning to you and to you
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Good bye song:
Good –bye my friends
Good –bye my friends
Good –bye my friends
We’ll all meet again tomorrow!
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Hand wash song:
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
After work and play
Scrub and rinse and shake and dry
And wash those germs away!
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Clean up Song (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

Let’s clean up today!
Let’s clean up today!
We’ve had our fun,
Our play is done,
So, let’s clean up today!
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Red, red, red
Tomatoes are red
Orange, orange, orange
Carrots are orange
Green, green, green
Trees are green
Blue, blue, blue
Sky is blue
Yellow, yellow, yellow
Bananas are yellow
Purple, purple, purple
Brinjals are purple
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Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my head thinker, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, head thinker, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my eye blinker, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, eye blinker, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my nose smeller, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, eye blinker, nose smeller, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my mouth speaker, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, eye blinker, nose smeller, mouth speaker, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my hand worker, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, eye blinker, nose smeller, mouth speaker, hand worker, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
Hands on my hips, what is this dear?
This is my leg walker, my mummy dear.
Head thinker, eye blinker, nose smeller, mouth speaker, hand worker, leg walker, knicky knacky knoor
That’s what I learnt when I went to the school
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I would like to wear a big blue pant
I would like to wear a frock
I would like to put a shirt
I would like to wear a skirt
Tara ram pum pum, tara ram pum pum
Tara ram pum pum pum
And this is how I wear a pant
And this is how a frock
And this is how I put a shirt
And this is how a skirt
Tara ram pum pum, tara ram pum pum
Tara ram pum pum pum
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Brush brush, brush your teeth
Morning, noon and night
See a dentist twice a year
You will be all right.
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Clap your hands

Clap your hands, clap your hands
Listen to the music and clap your hands
Blink your eyes
Stick out your tongue
Nod your head
Open your fingers
Close your fingers
Tap your feet
Jump up high
Laugh laugh laugh
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Physical activities:
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Frog Jumping

Horse Running(with sound)

Crawling

threading

transferring grains from one Jar to other

jig-saw puzzles

floor cleaning

hanging with a rod

hammer and peg

rolling

spinning

walking in a line

balancing beam

summersaults