Theme-Seasons
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Listen to stories; join in to sing songs and rhymes
• Describe their faviourite season
• Recognize the letter, its phonetic sound and write ‘K’, ‘e’, ‘E’, ‘h’, ‘H’ and ‘r’
• Represent learning; pretend writing/ making marks and ascribing meaning to them
• Practice basic strokes with anti clockwise movements and vertical lines
Mathematical Development
• Recapitulate numbers 1-4
• Order small set of numbers 1,2, 3, 4
• Write numbers 9, 10, 11 & 12
• Participate in games with positional/ directional clues
• Sorting
• Shapes and colour recognition and differentiation
• Recreating patterns
• Number: 51-60 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Show curiosity through asking questions
• Describe the changes and differences
• Use reasoning skills and imagination when planning ways to make things happen
• Notices differences between local environment
Words in focus: seasons, summer, sun, heat, mango, melon, lady finger, rain, clouds, rainbow, umbrella, winter, cold, fog, snow, apple, orange, carrot, peas, spring, flowers, bloom, butterflies, bees
Concept:
This theme will build awareness in children about the changing season and how it effects us and our environment. In all the things that we do, the kind of clothes we wear, the fruits and vegetables that we eat… in other words the seasons affect our everyday lives and is an important part of our world. Beginning with the hot sweltering heat of the summer season, the yellow, bright sunlight and the cool pool splash fun, to mouthwatering mangoes and juicy water melons rolling into the washed world of monsoon showers and greenery in abundance….ending with the onset of cold winds, bonfires and woolen clothes bringing in the winter season that does not last too long….and then the beautiful season of spring time….an abundance of colours, clear blue skies and sprouting of new leaves on trees….That makes the four seasons complete. The awareness is created through classroom settings, role-play, stories and fun activities that are designed to encourage free expression and creativity. The theme “seasons” gives them an understanding of the ever changing environment and the patterns in nature.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Karagre Vasate Laxmi
Om shubham karoti kalyaanam aarogyam dhanasampadaa
Shatru buddhi vinashaya diipajyoti namoastute
Closing Prayer: (Sikh prayer)
Ik Onkar Sat Nam Kartaa Purakh
Nirbhau Nirvair Akal-murat
Ajooni Saibhang Gurprasaad
Jap aad sach jugadh sach
Hey bhi sach
Nanak ho sib hi sach
Hey bhi sach
Nanak ho sib hi sach
Vaahe guruji da Khaad sa
Vaahe guruji da Fateah
Food prayer:
Sah-na bhava-tu, sah-nao bhunak-tu;
Sah viryam karva-vahe,
Tejas-vina vadh-itam-astu
Maa vidh-visha-wahai
Om shanti shanti shantih
Rhymes:
Previous rhymes for revision
1. Good morning, to you and to you
2. Good –bye my friends
3. Let’s clean up today!
4. It’s time to go out and play
5. Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
6. Everybody do this
7. ‘Cc’ rhyme, ‘Kk’ rhyme, ‘Ss’ rhyme, ‘Aa’ rhyme, ‘Tt’ rhyme, ‘Ii’ rhyme, ‘Pp’ rhyme, ‘Nn’ rhyme,
8. Wiggle worms
9. Name song
10. If you are happy and know it
----------------------------------------------------------
Winter, spring, summer or rain (Sing to the tune of: This old man)
Winter, spring, summer or rain,
Seasons always change.
Sunshine, wind, rain and snow,
Leaves fall down and flowers grow.
Winter, spring, summer or rain
Four seasons always change.
Look outside and you will see,
Just what season it will be!
--------------------------------------------------------------
Summer time (sing to the tune of: London bridge is falling down)
The sun is hot and shining bright, shining bright, shining bright,
The sun is hot and shining bright, summer time is here.
All the grass is turning brown, turning brown, turning brown,
All the grass is turning brown, summer time is here.
See the bright blue skies above, skies above, skies above,
See the bright blue skies above, summer time is here.
------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s raining its pouring (Sing to the tune of: Oh dear, what can the matter be?)
Oh my, it’s raining its pouring,
Oh my, it’s raining its pouring,
Oh my, it’s raining its pouring,
Jump out of the rain and keep dry.
------------------------------------------------------------------
The ‘Ee’ rhyme (Sing to the tune of ;Skip to my Lou)
Elephants on egg shells /e/-/e/-/e/,
Elephants on egg shells /e/-/e/-/e/,
Elephants on egg shells /e/-/e/-/e/,
Making all that noise.
----------------------------------------------------------------
The counting Rhyme
Five happy snowmen dancing all around,
Dancing all around, dancing all around.
Five happy snowmen dancing all around,
The sun came out and one melted to the ground.
Continue the same way with the numbers four…three…two and one.
No little snowmen dancing in the sun.
First there were five and now there are none!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sharing (Sing to the tune of: Are you sleeping?)
Are you sharing,
Are you sharing,
Little ones,
Little ones?
Sharing is caring,
Caring is sharing,
Be a friend!
Be a friend!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Spring is here (Sing to the tune of: The farmer in the dell)
The days of spring are here,
Warm, sunny days are near,
Flowers and bees, and birds in trees.
The days of spring are here.
