Theme- Caterpillars and Butterflies!
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Listen to stories, songs and rhymes
• Narrate stories
• Explore picture books
• Participate in games for phonemic awareness
• Demonstrate print awareness
• Practice strokes and anti-clockwise movements
• Recognize the letter, its phonetic sound and write ‘A’ and ‘t’
Mathematical Development
• Match, pair and sort
• Fix four-six piece jigsaw puzzles
• Recognise, represented write numbers 1, 2, 3
• Participate in games with positional and directional clues
• Compare lengths: long and short, tall and short
• Use non-standard units of measurement to compare length
• Explore shapes
• Number: 41-50 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Understanding and explain the different stages in the life cycle of a butterfly
• Show curiosity and ask questions to seek further information
• Talk about the past and present
Words in focus: leaf, flower, eggs, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly, sleep, eat, fly, larva, adult, ant, apple, arrow, alligator, tortoise, teeth, trees, tomato, tooth brush, tap
Concept:
Young children are curious about their natural world; constantly questioning and exploring. Children may have come across caterpillars and butterflies, but may not see the connection between the two. In this theme, your child will learn where butterflies come from. They will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and begin making connections to the greater idea that all living things have a life cycle.
Butterflies go through four stages of life, but they only look like butterflies in the final stage.
You can support your child’s learning in this theme by taking your child on a nature walk. Stop and look under leaves and in the braches. See if you can find eggs, a caterpillar, a pupa or a butterfly.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Karagre Vasate Laxmi
Karaagre Vasate Laxmi,
Karamuule Saraswati.
Karamadhye Tu Govinda,
Prabhaate Kara Darshanam
Closing Prayer:
Om Poornamidah Poornamidam: Vedic Peace Mantra
Om poornamadah poornamidam
Poornaat poornamudachyate
Poornasya poornamaadaaya
Poornamevaa vashishyate
Om shanti shanti shantih
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. Name song
8. Wiggle worms
9. A helper I will be
10. If you happy and know it…………
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Pretty butterfly
Pretty butterfly,
Up in the sky,
Please come down,
And teach me how to fly.
Fly, fly, fly, up in the sky,
Please come down,
And teach me how to fly.
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I am special
I am special. I am special.
If you look, you will see.
Someone very special,
Someone very special,
That is me.
That is me.
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My family is special (Sing to the tune of: Are you sleeping?)
My family is special.
If you look, you will see.
All very special, all very special.
My family, my family.
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Number rhyme: the butterfly (Sing to the tune of “1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive”)
1,2,3,4,5,
Once I caught a butterfly.
6,7,8,9,10,
Then I let it fly again.
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The ‘Aa’ Rhyme (Sing to the tune of “Skip to my Lou”)
/a/-/a/ ants on my arms
/a/-/a/ ants on my arms
/a/-/a/ ants on my arms
They are causing me alarm
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Good morning to you
Good morning to you,
And how do you do?
We’re all in our places,
With bright sunny faces.
And this is the way,
We start a new day.
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Number rhyme: I can count (Sing to the tune of: Boogie woogie)
You put one finger up,
You put one finger down,
You put one finger up,
And you shake it all around.
Shake it, shake it, shake it.
And turn it all around.
That’s how you learn to count!
You put two hands up,
You put two hands down,
You put two hands up,
And you shake it all around.
Shake it, shake it, shake it.
And turn it all around.
That’s how you learn to count!
You put three fingers up,
You put three fingers down,
You put three fingers up,
And you shake it all around.
Shake it, shake it, shake it.
And turn it all around.
That’s how you learn to count!
