Theme- Neighbourhood
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development:
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Follow directions
• Share observations related to the theme
• Extend rhymes
• Recognize rhymes and alliterations
• Recognise words-in, my, go, there, to, up, down
• Recapitulate phonetic sound and writing of all alphabets
• Recognise the diagraph, its phonetic sound and writing of ‘sh’
• Build CVC words-“e” word family
• Write words or simple sentences
• Awareness about the singular and plural concept and use them in the sentences.
Mathematical Development:
• Recapitulate numbers 1-7
• Represent spatially using positional concepts
• Create simple pictographs
• Awareness about the smaller and greater numbers.
• Addition and subtraction with number 1
• Number: 61-70 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
• Backward counting
• Observe and write the missing number
Knowledge and understanding of the world:
• Observe, investigate, explore and record the layout of the neighbourhood
• Solve simple problems
• Identify ways in which they can become good neighbor
• Become aware of different ways of worship and celebration
Concept:
The theme unfolds with getting to know our little learners and find out as to how much each one of them knows in relation to the theme ‘Neighbourhood’. During this theme, children are exposed to different types of teaching methods and experiences to facilitate learning about this concept. Through their experiences, the children will soon become aware of the concept of what a neighbourhood and community really means. Some learning experiences at school will include:
• Watching pictures of neighbourhood areas/ surroundings
• Excursions like walking around the neighbourhood to observe the different houses, shops, markets, traffic signs etc.
• Hands on activities like mapping the neighbourhood or school surroundings
• Stories, Role play etc.
Towards the end of this theme, the qualities for being a good neighbor and how to be a responsible neighbor have been explored in brief, to make the children aware of their responsibility in making their neighbourhood and community a better place to live in. The idea is to create awareness among the children that all of us, people and animals share this world and we must take good care of it and each other.
Words in focus: neighbourhood, neighbor, house, school, market, post office, police station, road, traffic lights, trees, birds, in, my, there, is, go, to, next, up, down, sheep, shampoo, shop, shell, shower, shoe, shirt, shark, ship, shapes
Rhymes:
People in my neighbourhood
Oh, who are the people in your neighbourhood?
In your neighbourhood
In your neighbourhood
Oh, who are the people in your neighbourhood?
The people that you see everyday.
Oh, the shopkeeper is a person in my neighbourhood,
In your neighbourhood, in your neighbourhood.
The shopkeeper is a person in your neighbourhood,
A person that I see everyday.
Continue with guard, postman, shoemaker etc.
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The ‘Sh’ rhyme (Sing to the tune of: ‘Twinkle twinkle, little star’)
Baby’s sleeping
Sh-sh-sh
Quite! You two
Sh-sh-sh
Or she’ll wake up,
Sh-sh-sh
Quite! You two
Sh-sh-sh
Baby’s sleeping
Sh-sh-sh
Silence please
Sh-sh-sh
Or she’ll wake up
Sh-sh-sh
Silence please
Sh-sh-sh
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Prayers:
Starting prayer:
Karaagre Vasate Laxmi,
Karamuule Saraswati.
Karamadhye Tu Govinda,
Prabhaate Kara Darshanam
Closing Prayer:
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 shanty
