Theme- My Incredible Body
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development:
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing rhymes
• Participate in conversation related to the theme
• Ask questions
• Recapitulate phonetic sound and writing of ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘t’, ‘p’, ‘n’, ‘I’, ‘c’, ‘k’, ‘e’, ‘h’, ‘m’, ‘r’, ‘d’
• Word formation and write different words formed with the above letters
• Recognize the letter, its phonetic sound and writing g, o, u, l, f, b,
• Match the words with pictures
• Look at the picture and name it
• Fill in the blanks with the correct word
• Write the spelling by the dictation
• Make text to self connections from the stories narrated
Mathematical Development
• Count and write the correct numbers
• Draw the number of objects to represent a number (Eg. For 7, need to draw seven balls)
• Write number names like one, two etc.
• Compare: length, width, using non standard measures
• Solve puzzles
• Make simple pictographs
• Number: 41-50 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
• Backward counting till 10
• Observe and write the missing number
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Observe investigate and explore how they have grown and changed
• Identify and follow rules for healthy living
• Solve problems
• Use simple tools
Concept:
“Look at me!”, and more often, “Look what I can do!” are constant refrains with our children. They are ever so eager to share the amazing things they can do with their incredible bodies.
This theme captures the vitality and excitement of young children learning about their bodies and themselves. Our class will engage in activities to explore body parts, actions and movements, growth and health through fitness, hygiene and healthy eating. Throughout this theme lot of facts regarding our body parts will be discussed with the children. Your child will be naming and learning about the body parts as they sing action songs, play games and trace around each other’s bodies. There will be multiple activities involving multiple modalities for your child to explore his or her changing body.
You can support your child’s learning in this theme by talking to his or her about his or her body. Have your child practice reading the “My Body” reader he or she brings home from school. No matter what activities you choose to explore with your child, it is important for your child to develop positive feelings about his or her body.
Words in focus: body, head, shoulder, knees, toes, face, eyes, nose, lips, ears, mouth, chin, cheeks, neck, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, elbow, ankle, look, what, I, can, do, this, is, my, octopus, orange, orchestra, omelette, ox, oil, otter, ostrich, lion, lollipop, lamp, lock, ladybird, lemon, lotus, leaf, letter, ladder, umbrella, urn, ugly duckling, up, unhappy, under, umber, uncle, fish, feather, football, fairy, farm, foot, fan, food, face, boy, banana, bus, boat, ball, bird, brush, bone, bottle, bell, bicycle
Rhymes:
Head, shoulder, knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes.
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I have two eyes to see with,
I have two feet to run,
I have two hands to wave with,
And nose I have but one.
I have two ears to hear with,
And a mouth to say ‘Hello’.
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The ‘Gg’ rhyme (Sing to the tune of: ‘Skip to my loo’)
Drink up the guava juice
/g/-/g/- gulp
Drink up the guava juice
/g/-/g/- gulp
Drink up the guava juice
/g/-/g/-/g/-/g/- gulp
Gorilla and goose go
/g/-/g/-gulp
Gorilla and goat go
/g/-/g/-/g/-/g/- gulp
They all together go
/g/-/g/-/g/-/g/- gulp
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When I was a baby
When I was a baby, a baby, a baby.
When I was a baby I was ever so little.
I said goo goo and coo-coo and boo-boo
That’s all!
When I was a baby, a baby, a baby.
When I was a baby I was ever so little.
I ROLLED AND I CRAWLED AND I WIGGLED
That’s all!
Now I’m so grown up, so grown up.
Now I’m so grown up, I’m ever so tall
I can jump, and run and skip and roll
And that’s not all!!
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Ten little men
Ten little men standing straight,
Ten little men open the gate.
Ten little men all in a ring.
Ten little men bow to the king,
Ten little men dance all day.
Ten little men hide away.
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The ‘Oo’ rhyme
Ostriches in the orchestra sing
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
On the stage they sing
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
Off the stage they sing
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
/o/-/o/-/o/
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Number rhyme
One, two, three, four, five
I caught a germ alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I washed them away again.
Why did I wash them?
Because it might make me sick
Which hand did I wipe?
The left one, and then the right.
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The ‘Ll’ rhyme (Tune: wind the bobbin up)
Lick the lollipop,
Lick the lollipop,
/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/.
Roll your tongue around,
Roll your tongue around,
/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/-/l/.
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Hand wash (Tune: Row row row your boat)
Wash, wash, wash your hands,
Wash them sparkling clean.
Scrub-a-dub, rub a dub
You have the cleanest hand you’ve seen.
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The ‘Uu’ Rhyme (Tune: jingle bells)
Umber and uncle,
Umber and uncle,
Went to the park,
They bought a balloon
And held it high
u-u-u-u-u.
Umber went up
Umber went up
u-u-u-u-u.
Uncle held him
With his umbrella
u-u-u-u-u.
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The ‘Ff’ rhyme (Tune: Happy Birthday)
Fani fish has turned five
She is no longer four
Her father baked a cake
And gifted her football too.
She played with her friends
It was so much fun
They kick it so hard
That it went flat
/ffffffffffffffff/
/fffffffffffffff/
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The ‘Bb’ Rhyme (Tune: The wheels on the bus go round and round)
The babies on the bus go
/b/-/b/-/b/
/b/-/b/-/b/
/b/-/b/-/b/
They all want bananas
/b/-/b/-/b/
/b/-/b/-/b/
/b/-/b/-/b/
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Prayers:
Starting prayer:
Om bhoor bhuwah swaha,
Tat savitur varenyam
Bhargo devasaya dheemahi
Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat
Closing Prayer:
Sarva Mangala Mangalye
Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Triyambike Gauri
Narayani Namostute
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 shanty
