Theme: Shapes around me
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
* Use vocabulary related to the theme
* Follow one step directions
* Participate in discussions related to the theme
* Listen to stories
* Join in to sing songs and rhymes
* Explore and handle storybooks
* Develop print awareness
* Practice strokes (vertical and horizontal lines)
* Trace shapes/ objects
* Participate in memory games
* Visual recognization of alphabets
Mathematical Development
* Recapitulate pre-number concepts: big/small and tall/short
* Identify shapes: star and heart
* Explore the attributes of two-dimensional shapes: circle, square and triangle
* Experience and explore three-dimensional shapes: sphere, cone and cube
* Fix two-three piece jigsaw puzzles
* Sort and match objects
* Reduce patterns
* Introduction to the colour: brown
* Use positional concepts: in/out and over/under
* Numbers: 61-70 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
* Explore and manipulate shapes
* Notice changes
Words in focus: circle, square, triangle, brown, star, heart, tall, short, this, is, my, an, and
Concept: This theme builds awareness about the different shapes around us. The children are given a chance to explore and experiment with different two dimensional and three dimensional shapes. The idea is to motivate the children to observe and explore different shapes they notice in and around their environment. Moving on, awareness is also created regarding the concept of half. Some shapes that have been introduced are circle, square, triangle, heart and star.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om shubham karoti kalyaanam aarogyam dhanasampadaa
Shatru buddhi vinashaya diipajyoti namoastute
Closing 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
Good morning, to you and to you
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Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
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It’s time to go out and play
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Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
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Square
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Hokey Pokey
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Triangle
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Twinkle, twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are?
Up, above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky!
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are?
Up, above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky!
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Nursery - Theme 10
Theme- Amazing Animals
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes related to the theme
• Listen to stories
• Ask questions
• Reproduce and name animal calls
• Participate in puppet shows
• Enjoy and handle picture books
• Develop print awareness
• Draw simple lines (vertical and horizontal lines)
• Identify ‘what’s missing’
• Visual recognisation of alphabets
Mathematical Development
• Sort, match and group
• Recreate patterns
• Sing number rhymes
• Compare speed: fast and slow and quantities: more and less
• Seriate using stacking cups
• Fix three-four piece jigsaw puzzles
• Use positional concepts: in/out and up/down
• Develop an understanding of time: day and night
• Recapitulate colours; identify colours: black and white
• Indicate one to one correspondence
• Numbers: 61-70 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Name and identify common animals
• Share his/her experience from the past
• Indicate curiousity
Words in focus: dog, cat, rabbit, parrot, fish, farm, hay, cow, sheep, horse, duck, goat, hen, jungle, zoo, black, zebra, tiger, giraffe, elephant, lion, monkey, snake, bear, deer, sea, fish, whale, octopus, starfish, jellyfish, frog, turtle, crocodile, birds, nest, eggs, white
Concept: The theme starts with creating awareness about the word ‘animals’. During this theme, children are exposed to different types of animals: pet, farm, wild, aquatic and birds. Discussions are catered around creating awareness about the similarities and differences between the animals and us. Comparisons are made amongst animals too to let the children know how animals differ from each other in terms of their habitats, their eating habits and physical characteristics. Activities are planned around providing hands-on-experience for children to learn from, for example:
• Creating a jungle effect and making the children walk through the jungle to meet the jungle animals.
• Making animal masks and engaging in pretend play.
• Narrating animal stories.
• Planning for variety of art and craft and music and movement activities.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om shubham karoti kalyaanam aarogyam dhanasampadaa
Shatru buddhi vinashaya diipajyoti namoastute
Closing 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
Good morning, to you and to you
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Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
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It’s time to go out and play
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Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
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Put your right hand in
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Five little kittens (Sing to the tune of: Humpty-dumpty)
Five little kittens standing in a raw,
They nod their heads to the children so,
They run to the left, they run to the right,
They stand up and stretch in the warm sunlight.
Woof! Woof! Comes a dog, who’s in for some fun,
“M-e-o-w!” see the kittens run…..
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Who are the animals that live on the farm (Sing to the tune of: Wheels on the bus)
Who are the animals that live on the farm?
Live on the farm, live on the farm,
Who are the animals that live on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
Now we know her name!
Variations using other farm animals:
The duck, the hen, the horse, the sheep etc.
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Old Mac Donald had a farm
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm
He had some cows, E-I-E-I-O
With a ‘moo-moo’ here
And a ‘moo-moo’ there
Here a ‘moo’, there a ‘moo’
Everywhere a ‘moo-moo’
Moo-moo, moo-moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
Continue the song with the following:
Hen-Cluck-cluck
Duck-Quack-quack
Sheep- Baa-baa
Horse-Neigh-Neigh
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Rolly Polly
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Up, up, up
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Down, down, down
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Out, out, out
Rolly polly, rolly polly
In, in, in
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Tiny tiny fingers
Tiny tiny fingers, swinging in the air
Tiny tiny fingers, snapping here and there
Tiny tiny hands, waving to and fro
Tiny tiny hands now, up and down they go.
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Walking through the jungle
Walking through the jungle,
Walking through the jungle,
What do you see?
What do you see?
I think I hear a noise.
Who could it be?
I think it’s a ……………..(name of animal)
Continue the song, naming the different jungle animals.
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I am a lion (sing to the tune of: Three blind Mice)
I am a lion, I am a lion
Hear me roar, hear me roar
I love to sleep out in the sun
And chase other animals just for fun
In all the jungle I am number one
I am a lion!
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The Elephant
The elephant, he walks like this,
He walks like that
Because he’s so big, he’s so fat
He has no fingers, he has no toes
But goodness gracious, what a long….NOSE!
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I like the G of the Giraffe
I like the g, g, g of the giraffe,
I like his long, long, long neck too.
But what I like the best,
The very, very, very best,
Are the big, big spots all through!
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I am going to the zoo
I am going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
What about you, you, you?
We’re going to see a…….. (name of a zoo animal)
At the zoo, zoo, zoo!
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Once I caught a fish alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Once I caught a fish alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This little finger on my right.
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Where do the animals live? (Sing to the tune of: Here we go around the mulberry bush)
Where do the animals live?
The animals live, the animals live?
Where do the animals live?
In this great big world.
Our home is where the pets live,
Pets live, pets live.
Our home is where the pets live,
In this great big world.
Continue with…
The farm is where the cow lives….
The forest is where the lion lives….
The ocean is where the fish lives…….
The tree is where the birds lives….
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes related to the theme
• Listen to stories
• Ask questions
• Reproduce and name animal calls
• Participate in puppet shows
• Enjoy and handle picture books
• Develop print awareness
• Draw simple lines (vertical and horizontal lines)
• Identify ‘what’s missing’
• Visual recognisation of alphabets
Mathematical Development
• Sort, match and group
• Recreate patterns
• Sing number rhymes
• Compare speed: fast and slow and quantities: more and less
• Seriate using stacking cups
• Fix three-four piece jigsaw puzzles
• Use positional concepts: in/out and up/down
• Develop an understanding of time: day and night
• Recapitulate colours; identify colours: black and white
• Indicate one to one correspondence
• Numbers: 61-70 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Name and identify common animals
• Share his/her experience from the past
• Indicate curiousity
Words in focus: dog, cat, rabbit, parrot, fish, farm, hay, cow, sheep, horse, duck, goat, hen, jungle, zoo, black, zebra, tiger, giraffe, elephant, lion, monkey, snake, bear, deer, sea, fish, whale, octopus, starfish, jellyfish, frog, turtle, crocodile, birds, nest, eggs, white
Concept: The theme starts with creating awareness about the word ‘animals’. During this theme, children are exposed to different types of animals: pet, farm, wild, aquatic and birds. Discussions are catered around creating awareness about the similarities and differences between the animals and us. Comparisons are made amongst animals too to let the children know how animals differ from each other in terms of their habitats, their eating habits and physical characteristics. Activities are planned around providing hands-on-experience for children to learn from, for example:
• Creating a jungle effect and making the children walk through the jungle to meet the jungle animals.
• Making animal masks and engaging in pretend play.
• Narrating animal stories.
• Planning for variety of art and craft and music and movement activities.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om shubham karoti kalyaanam aarogyam dhanasampadaa
Shatru buddhi vinashaya diipajyoti namoastute
Closing 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
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
---------------------------------------------
Put your right hand in
------------------------------------
Five little kittens (Sing to the tune of: Humpty-dumpty)
Five little kittens standing in a raw,
They nod their heads to the children so,
They run to the left, they run to the right,
They stand up and stretch in the warm sunlight.
Woof! Woof! Comes a dog, who’s in for some fun,
“M-e-o-w!” see the kittens run…..
------------------------------------------
Who are the animals that live on the farm (Sing to the tune of: Wheels on the bus)
Who are the animals that live on the farm?
Live on the farm, live on the farm,
Who are the animals that live on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Let us all find out!
The cow is an animal that lives on the farm,
Lives on the farm, lives on the farm,
Now we know her name!
Variations using other farm animals:
The duck, the hen, the horse, the sheep etc.
---------------------------------------------
Old Mac Donald had a farm
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm
He had some cows, E-I-E-I-O
With a ‘moo-moo’ here
And a ‘moo-moo’ there
Here a ‘moo’, there a ‘moo’
Everywhere a ‘moo-moo’
Moo-moo, moo-moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
Continue the song with the following:
Hen-Cluck-cluck
Duck-Quack-quack
Sheep- Baa-baa
Horse-Neigh-Neigh
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Rolly Polly
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Up, up, up
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Down, down, down
Rolly polly, rolly polly
Out, out, out
Rolly polly, rolly polly
In, in, in
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Tiny tiny fingers
Tiny tiny fingers, swinging in the air
Tiny tiny fingers, snapping here and there
Tiny tiny hands, waving to and fro
Tiny tiny hands now, up and down they go.
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Walking through the jungle
Walking through the jungle,
Walking through the jungle,
What do you see?
What do you see?
I think I hear a noise.
Who could it be?
I think it’s a ……………..(name of animal)
Continue the song, naming the different jungle animals.
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I am a lion (sing to the tune of: Three blind Mice)
I am a lion, I am a lion
Hear me roar, hear me roar
I love to sleep out in the sun
And chase other animals just for fun
In all the jungle I am number one
I am a lion!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Elephant
The elephant, he walks like this,
He walks like that
Because he’s so big, he’s so fat
He has no fingers, he has no toes
But goodness gracious, what a long….NOSE!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
I like the G of the Giraffe
I like the g, g, g of the giraffe,
I like his long, long, long neck too.
But what I like the best,
The very, very, very best,
Are the big, big spots all through!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I am going to the zoo
I am going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
What about you, you, you?
We’re going to see a…….. (name of a zoo animal)
At the zoo, zoo, zoo!
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Once I caught a fish alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Once I caught a fish alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This little finger on my right.
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Where do the animals live? (Sing to the tune of: Here we go around the mulberry bush)
Where do the animals live?
The animals live, the animals live?
Where do the animals live?
In this great big world.
Our home is where the pets live,
Pets live, pets live.
Our home is where the pets live,
In this great big world.
Continue with…
The farm is where the cow lives….
The forest is where the lion lives….
The ocean is where the fish lives…….
The tree is where the birds lives….
Nursery - Theme 9
Theme- I can sing a Rainbow!
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes related to the theme
• Listen to stories
• Ask questions
• Follow simple one step directions
• Describe an object
• Use greetings and courtesies
• Explore and handle picture books
• Develop print awareness
Mathematical Development
• Recapitulation of the concepts covered so far
• Fix two-three piece jigsaw puzzles
• Join in to sing number rhymes
• Recapitulation of shapes and colours
• Numbers: 51-60 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Explore rainbow colours
• Identify colours-orange, purple and green
• Mix primary colours to make secondary colours
• Talk about what is seen and what is happening
• Talk about past and present
• Relate colours to real life objects from the environment
Words in focus: apple, strawberry, sun, corn, sea, sky, orange, pumpkin, carrot, green, peas, spinach, watermelon, purple, grapes, brinjal, car, rainbow, clouds, raindrops
Concept: This theme is intended to teach children about the colours seen in rainbow. The theme starts with the recapitulation of the primary colours- red, yellow and blue. Then children move on to experimenting with mixing two primary colours to make new secondary colours. Each day unfolds exposing the children to a different colour, thus by the end of the theme, the primary and secondary colours have been explored. Activities are designed around experimentation, exploration, stories, and rhythm and movement activities. Children in the process learn about identifying and recognizing some colours found in nature and in their immediate environment. The theme concludes with a discussion on the children’s favourite colour.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om vinayaka vinayaka
Vigna vinashak vinayaka
Adi narayan vinayaka
Satya swarupa vinayaka
Vidyadayak vinayaka
Sabsukh dayak Vinayaka
Om shanti shanti, shantih
Closing Prayer:
Being with us Mary along the world
Being with us Mary along the world
Guide every step we take
Guide every step we take
Lead us to Jesus your loving son
Lead us to Jesus your loving son
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary come
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
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
---------------------------------------------
Red
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Yellow
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Blue
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Colour song (Sing to the tune of: If you are happy and you know it)
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
If there’s red on your shirt, if there’s red on your shirt,
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
Continue with the song, substituting other clothes and actions (Clothes: socks, skirt, shorts, pant etc.)
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Rainbow Colours
Come and name the rainbow colours with me!
How many colours in the rainbow can you see?
Rainbow purple, rainbow blue,
Rainbow green and yellow, too.
Rainbow orange, rainbow red,
Rainbow smiling overhead.
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes related to the theme
• Listen to stories
• Ask questions
• Follow simple one step directions
• Describe an object
• Use greetings and courtesies
• Explore and handle picture books
• Develop print awareness
Mathematical Development
• Recapitulation of the concepts covered so far
• Fix two-three piece jigsaw puzzles
• Join in to sing number rhymes
• Recapitulation of shapes and colours
• Numbers: 51-60 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Explore rainbow colours
• Identify colours-orange, purple and green
• Mix primary colours to make secondary colours
• Talk about what is seen and what is happening
• Talk about past and present
• Relate colours to real life objects from the environment
Words in focus: apple, strawberry, sun, corn, sea, sky, orange, pumpkin, carrot, green, peas, spinach, watermelon, purple, grapes, brinjal, car, rainbow, clouds, raindrops
Concept: This theme is intended to teach children about the colours seen in rainbow. The theme starts with the recapitulation of the primary colours- red, yellow and blue. Then children move on to experimenting with mixing two primary colours to make new secondary colours. Each day unfolds exposing the children to a different colour, thus by the end of the theme, the primary and secondary colours have been explored. Activities are designed around experimentation, exploration, stories, and rhythm and movement activities. Children in the process learn about identifying and recognizing some colours found in nature and in their immediate environment. The theme concludes with a discussion on the children’s favourite colour.
Prayers of the month:
Starting prayer:
Om vinayaka vinayaka
Vigna vinashak vinayaka
Adi narayan vinayaka
Satya swarupa vinayaka
Vidyadayak vinayaka
Sabsukh dayak Vinayaka
Om shanti shanti, shantih
Closing Prayer:
Being with us Mary along the world
Being with us Mary along the world
Guide every step we take
Guide every step we take
Lead us to Jesus your loving son
Lead us to Jesus your loving son
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary
Come with us Mary come
Come with us Mary come
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
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
---------------------------------------------
Red
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Yellow
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Blue
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Colour song (Sing to the tune of: If you are happy and you know it)
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
If there’s red on your shirt, if there’s red on your shirt,
If there’s red on your shirt, clap your hands.
Continue with the song, substituting other clothes and actions (Clothes: socks, skirt, shorts, pant etc.)
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Rainbow Colours
Come and name the rainbow colours with me!
How many colours in the rainbow can you see?
Rainbow purple, rainbow blue,
Rainbow green and yellow, too.
Rainbow orange, rainbow red,
Rainbow smiling overhead.
Nursery - Theme 7
Theme- All Dressed Up
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
- Use vocabulary related to the theme
- Enjoy stories and rhymes
- Ask questions
- Follow one step instructions
- Handle books
- Make simple strokes (Horizontal and vertical lines)
Mathematical Development
- Sort and match
- Recapitulate the concept of same and different
- Explore the concept of making pairs
- Recreate patterns
- Indicate one to one correspondence
- Fix two-three piece jigsaw puzzles
- Sing number rhymes
- Recapitulate shapes: circle and square
- Identify and name the shape “triangle”
- Use positional concepts: over/under
- Explore the colour “yellow”
- Numbers: 31-40 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Recapitulate concepts: rough/smooth and hard/soft
- Awareness about the importance of wearing clothes
- Identify and name a few clothing items and accessories
- Talk about the features of his/her immediate environment relating to clothes people wear
- Talk about his/her favourite dress
- Talk about clothes for different seasons
- Introduction of the concept of open and close
- Identification of different textures and opportunity to understand that different materials have a different feel
- Awareness about the concept wet and dry
- Provide hands-on experience of washing clothes
Words in focus:
yellow
clothes
triangle
shoes
socks
belt
cap
open
close
over
under
cut
wear
wash
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
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Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
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It’s time to go out and play
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Drip-drop
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Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands
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If you are happy and you know it
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Hokey pokey
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This is the way I wear my clothes
(Sing to the tune of: Here I go around the Mullberry Bush)
This is the way I wear my clothes,
Wear my clothes, wear my clothes.
This is the way I wear my clothes,
Early in the morning!
(Do actions of wearing different clothes)
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Yellow (Chant the lines in a recital tone)
Yellow is a lemon,
Yellow is a star,
Yellow is the sun,
In the sky so far.
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Tommy Triangle
(Sing to the tune of: I am a lion)
I’m Tommy Triangle,
Look at me!
Count my sides,
One, two, three!
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Fly your yellow
(Sing to tune of: The farmer in the dell)
Fly your yellow up fly your yellow up,
Fly your yellow down, fly your yellow down,
Fly your yellow all around, fly your yellow all around,
Then fly it up and down! Then fly it up and down!
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Rain
( Sing to the tune of “I am a Lion”)
Rain on the green grass,
Rain on the tree,
Rain on the house top,
But not on me!
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I am washing the clothes
(Sing to the tune of ‘I am a lion”)
I am washing the clothes!
Rub a dub scrub,
With clothes in a tub,
With the soap in the tub,
I squeeze and I scrub,
I am washing the clothes!
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We are going for shopping
(Sing to the tune of ‘Brown girl in the ring”)
We are going for shopping,
Tra la la la la.
We are going to buy clothes,
Tra la la la la.
We are going to look for shirts,
Tra la la la la.
We are going to look for skirts,
Tra la la la la.
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Nursery - Theme 6
Theme- Squeaky Clean
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Listen to stories and rhymes
• Recall a favourite story
• Follow one-step direction
• Participate in conversations related to the theme
• Describe an object
• Use a few words and simple sentences to communicate
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Sort, match and put in order
• Recreate patterns
• Understand the concept of full and empty
• Identify and name the shapes: introduce square and recapitulate circle
• Indicate one to one correspondence
• Numbers: 31-40 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
• Match circles according to size, big and small
• Sort squares from amongst other shapes
• Group and match similar looking shapes together
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Discriminate between: hot and cold, wet and dry
• Show curiosity to explore objects
• Demonstrate flexibility while approaching problems
• Stay involved in self-selected activities
• Observe and express what is seen and what is happening
• Talk about events that have happened in the past
• Use various instruments requiring squeezing
• Identify and name the colour ‘red’
• To explore differences and similarities I patterns
• To explore the texture o different materials
• Reinforce the importance of keeping hands and teeth clean
• Awareness about the precautions to be taken while down with a cough or cold
• Importance of keeping our body and hair clean
• Sort objects used for personal care from other objects
• Create an awareness about the various routines in a day
• Recall the sequence of events in the story
• Create an awareness about oral hygiene
• Opportunity to explore and experience brushing their own teeth
• Awareness about the importance of eating healthy food and regular exercise
• Provide opportunities for creative thinking/imagination
• Opportunity for hands-on experience about keeping the classroom clean and
tidy
• Develop the concept o time (today and yesterday)
Words in focus:
circle
square
water
clean
dirty
big
small
red
Prayers of the month:
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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 bhavatu, sah-nau bhunaktu;
sah viryam karvavahe,
tejasvinav adhitam-astu
maa vidhvishawahe
OM shanti shanti shanti
Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
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Red (Chant the lines in a recital tone)
Red are the apples for everyone,
Red are the roses out in the sun.
Red are the cherries down in the shop,
Red is the light that tells us to stop.
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Circle (Sing to the tune of ‘Have you ever seen a lassie?’)
Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
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Sunny Square
Sunny square is his name;
He has four sides, (finger counting till 4)
All the same………………..
1, 2, 3, 4! (Draw the shape of a box in the air)
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Drip-Drop (Chant the lines to any familiar tune)
Drip drop, drip drop
Water is falling down
Drip drop, drip drop
Listen to the sound
Drip drop, drip drop
Let’s splash it all around!
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Drying Hands ( Sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row your boat”)
Dry, dry, dry your hands,
Dry them both today.
Dry them up with this towel,
And wipe the water away!
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Teddy goes acchooo! (Sing to the tune of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star”)
In my house there’s a room,
And in that room there’s a bed,
And on that bed is a tiny teddy bear
With a very heavy, heavy, head.
Acchhooo!!!!!!
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Keep the germs away (Sing to the tune of ‘The farmer in the Dell”)
Keep the germs away! (2)
When you cough or when you sneeze,
Will you think of others please!
Use a tissue or your hand, (2)
So on friends your germs won’t land.
Keep the germs away! (2)
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This is the way I brush my teeth (Sing to the tune of “Here we do round the mulberry bush”)
This is the way I brush my teeth,
I brush my teeth, I brush my teeth,
This is the way I brush my teeth,
So early in the morning.
This is the way I brush my teeth,
I brush my teeth, I brush my teeth,
This is the way I brush my teeth,
Before sleeping at night.
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I am healthy (Sing to the tune of “Where is Thumbkin”)
I am healthy, I am healthy,
Yes I am, Yes I am,
I eat healthy foods, and I exercise,
Yes I do, yes I do!
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Bits of paper
Bits of paper, bits of paper,
Lying on the floor, lying on the floor,
Make the place look untidy,
Make the place look untidy,
Pick them up, pick them up!
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Listen to stories and rhymes
• Recall a favourite story
• Follow one-step direction
• Participate in conversations related to the theme
• Describe an object
• Use a few words and simple sentences to communicate
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Sort, match and put in order
• Recreate patterns
• Understand the concept of full and empty
• Identify and name the shapes: introduce square and recapitulate circle
• Indicate one to one correspondence
• Numbers: 31-40 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
• Match circles according to size, big and small
• Sort squares from amongst other shapes
• Group and match similar looking shapes together
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Discriminate between: hot and cold, wet and dry
• Show curiosity to explore objects
• Demonstrate flexibility while approaching problems
• Stay involved in self-selected activities
• Observe and express what is seen and what is happening
• Talk about events that have happened in the past
• Use various instruments requiring squeezing
• Identify and name the colour ‘red’
• To explore differences and similarities I patterns
• To explore the texture o different materials
• Reinforce the importance of keeping hands and teeth clean
• Awareness about the precautions to be taken while down with a cough or cold
• Importance of keeping our body and hair clean
• Sort objects used for personal care from other objects
• Create an awareness about the various routines in a day
• Recall the sequence of events in the story
• Create an awareness about oral hygiene
• Opportunity to explore and experience brushing their own teeth
• Awareness about the importance of eating healthy food and regular exercise
• Provide opportunities for creative thinking/imagination
• Opportunity for hands-on experience about keeping the classroom clean and
tidy
• Develop the concept o time (today and yesterday)
Words in focus:
circle
square
water
clean
dirty
big
small
red
Prayers of the month:
------------------------------
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 bhavatu, sah-nau bhunaktu;
sah viryam karvavahe,
tejasvinav adhitam-astu
maa vidhvishawahe
OM shanti shanti shanti
Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
------------------------------------
Red (Chant the lines in a recital tone)
Red are the apples for everyone,
Red are the roses out in the sun.
Red are the cherries down in the shop,
Red is the light that tells us to stop.
------------------------------------------
Circle (Sing to the tune of ‘Have you ever seen a lassie?’)
Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
---------------------------------------------
Sunny Square
Sunny square is his name;
He has four sides, (finger counting till 4)
All the same………………..
1, 2, 3, 4! (Draw the shape of a box in the air)
----------------------------------
Drip-Drop (Chant the lines to any familiar tune)
Drip drop, drip drop
Water is falling down
Drip drop, drip drop
Listen to the sound
Drip drop, drip drop
Let’s splash it all around!
-------------------------------------
Drying Hands ( Sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row your boat”)
Dry, dry, dry your hands,
Dry them both today.
Dry them up with this towel,
And wipe the water away!
---------------------------------------
Teddy goes acchooo! (Sing to the tune of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star”)
In my house there’s a room,
And in that room there’s a bed,
And on that bed is a tiny teddy bear
With a very heavy, heavy, head.
Acchhooo!!!!!!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Keep the germs away (Sing to the tune of ‘The farmer in the Dell”)
Keep the germs away! (2)
When you cough or when you sneeze,
Will you think of others please!
Use a tissue or your hand, (2)
So on friends your germs won’t land.
Keep the germs away! (2)
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This is the way I brush my teeth (Sing to the tune of “Here we do round the mulberry bush”)
This is the way I brush my teeth,
I brush my teeth, I brush my teeth,
This is the way I brush my teeth,
So early in the morning.
This is the way I brush my teeth,
I brush my teeth, I brush my teeth,
This is the way I brush my teeth,
Before sleeping at night.
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I am healthy (Sing to the tune of “Where is Thumbkin”)
I am healthy, I am healthy,
Yes I am, Yes I am,
I eat healthy foods, and I exercise,
Yes I do, yes I do!
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Bits of paper
Bits of paper, bits of paper,
Lying on the floor, lying on the floor,
Make the place look untidy,
Make the place look untidy,
Pick them up, pick them up!
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Nursery - Theme 5
Theme- My Secret Garden
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Participate in conversations related to the theme
• Listen to stories and recall events
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Pattern and sort
• Recapitulate: same-different; long-short
• Use pre-number concepts: big and small; tall and short
• Explore primary colours: red, yellow and blue
• Identify and name a circle
• Revision on the concept of ‘big and small’ and ‘more and less’ and
‘same & different’
• Numbers: 31-40 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Observe and share observations related to flowers, plants and insects
• Explore and discriminate on the basis of tactile stimuli: rough and smooth,
hard and soft
• Use tools for gardening
• To create awareness about the things in the garden
• To provide children with an opportunity to develop their skills at verbal
expression
• Provide opportunities for exploring different colours
• Provide opportunity to develop listening skills
• Provide opportunity for creative expression
• Provide opportunities for enhancing observation skills
• Exploration of different textures
• Revision on the previous concept and previous rhymes
• Awareness about trees and leaves of different shapes, sizes and colours
• Experience of touching grass and sand
• Opportunities to develop skills of seriating
• Opportunities for the children to develop interest in books
• Awareness about how plants grow
• Awareness about a gardener
• Awareness about the bugs/ creepy crawlies commonly found in a garden
• Awareness about ants, their appearance, habitat and food habits
• Awareness about the bees, their appearance, habitat, food habits and what
sound it makes
• Revision on the sweet taste through the use of honey
• Awareness about caterpillars and butterflies
• Awareness about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly
• Awareness about spiders, their home and their food habits
• Awareness about ladybug, fly, mosquitoes, worm and snails
• Opportunity to recall from visual memory
Words in focus:
garden
leaf
flower
tree
pebble
grass
ant
bee
caterpillar
butterfly
spider
ladybug
fly
mosquito
worm
snail
Prayers of the month:
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 bhavatu, sah-nau bhunaktu;
sah viryam karvavahe,
tejasvinav adhitam-astu
maa vidhvishawahe
OM shanti shanti shanti
Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
------------------------------------
Walking in the Garden (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
Walking in the garden,
Is so much fun!
We don’t hurry, we don’t run.
We watch for birds,
We watch for the bees.
We watch for all the falling leaves!
(Add the things that the children observed while they were in the garden)
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My Home (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
This is my Home!
This is my Home!
Here are the windows, here is the door,
A roof above,
The kitchen, the living room too,
A bathroom, a bedroom,
A room for me and for you!
---------------------------------------------
Circle (Sing to the tune of ‘ Have you ever seen a lassie’)
Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
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My garden (Sing to the tune of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star”)
This is my garden, I’ll plant it with care,
Here are the seeds, I’ll plant in there.
The sum will shine, the rain will fall,
The seeds will sprout….and grow up tall.
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Ants go marching
The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb,
And they all go marching down
Into the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom!
continue in the same way for numbers below:
Two….tie his shoe….
Three…Climb a tree….
Four….shut the door..
Five…take a drive..
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The Beehive (Sing to the tune of ‘row, row, row your boat”)
This is the beehive, where are the bees?
Hiding behind, where no one can see!
Buzzing out of their hive the come
1..2…3…4…5!
Buzz….buzz……buzz….
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Caterpillar turns into a butterfly
Caterpillar caterpillar, green and furry
You are never in a hurry.
Munching munching, munching leaves
Eating any time you please.
Curl up tight, and curl up warm
Then you’ll be safe from the winter’s storm
When the summer sun is high up in the sky
Caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly!
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Little Miss Muffet
Little miss Muffet,
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Is sat down beside her,
And frightened
Miss Muffet away.
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
Itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed the water spout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain.
So the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed the spout again.
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Ladybug, ladybug ( Sing to the tune of ‘Butterfly, Butterfly’)
Ladybug, ladybug, how are you today?
Ladybug, ladybug, are you going to stay?
Ladybug, ladybug, what are you going to do?
Ladybug, ladybug, will you go away?
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Shoo Fly
Shoo Fly, don’t bother me
Don’t bother me, don’t bother me
Shoo Fly, don’t bother me
I belong to somebody!
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Shim Shim, Shimmy (Sing to the tune of London Bridge)
Make a snail trail,
Follow me,
Follow me,
Follow me…
Make a snail trail
Follow me…
Shim, Shim, Shimmy!
Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Participate in conversations related to the theme
• Listen to stories and recall events
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Join in to sing songs and rhymes
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Pattern and sort
• Recapitulate: same-different; long-short
• Use pre-number concepts: big and small; tall and short
• Explore primary colours: red, yellow and blue
• Identify and name a circle
• Revision on the concept of ‘big and small’ and ‘more and less’ and
‘same & different’
• Numbers: 31-40 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Observe and share observations related to flowers, plants and insects
• Explore and discriminate on the basis of tactile stimuli: rough and smooth,
hard and soft
• Use tools for gardening
• To create awareness about the things in the garden
• To provide children with an opportunity to develop their skills at verbal
expression
• Provide opportunities for exploring different colours
• Provide opportunity to develop listening skills
• Provide opportunity for creative expression
• Provide opportunities for enhancing observation skills
• Exploration of different textures
• Revision on the previous concept and previous rhymes
• Awareness about trees and leaves of different shapes, sizes and colours
• Experience of touching grass and sand
• Opportunities to develop skills of seriating
• Opportunities for the children to develop interest in books
• Awareness about how plants grow
• Awareness about a gardener
• Awareness about the bugs/ creepy crawlies commonly found in a garden
• Awareness about ants, their appearance, habitat and food habits
• Awareness about the bees, their appearance, habitat, food habits and what
sound it makes
• Revision on the sweet taste through the use of honey
• Awareness about caterpillars and butterflies
• Awareness about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly
• Awareness about spiders, their home and their food habits
• Awareness about ladybug, fly, mosquitoes, worm and snails
• Opportunity to recall from visual memory
Words in focus:
garden
leaf
flower
tree
pebble
grass
ant
bee
caterpillar
butterfly
spider
ladybug
fly
mosquito
worm
snail
Prayers of the month:
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 bhavatu, sah-nau bhunaktu;
sah viryam karvavahe,
tejasvinav adhitam-astu
maa vidhvishawahe
OM shanti shanti shanti
Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
------------------------------------
Walking in the Garden (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
Walking in the garden,
Is so much fun!
We don’t hurry, we don’t run.
We watch for birds,
We watch for the bees.
We watch for all the falling leaves!
(Add the things that the children observed while they were in the garden)
------------------------------------------
My Home (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
This is my Home!
This is my Home!
Here are the windows, here is the door,
A roof above,
The kitchen, the living room too,
A bathroom, a bedroom,
A room for me and for you!
---------------------------------------------
Circle (Sing to the tune of ‘ Have you ever seen a lassie’)
Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
----------------------------------
My garden (Sing to the tune of ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star”)
This is my garden, I’ll plant it with care,
Here are the seeds, I’ll plant in there.
The sum will shine, the rain will fall,
The seeds will sprout….and grow up tall.
-------------------------------------
Ants go marching
The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb,
And they all go marching down
Into the ground to get out of the rain,
Boom! Boom! Boom!
continue in the same way for numbers below:
Two….tie his shoe….
Three…Climb a tree….
Four….shut the door..
Five…take a drive..
---------------------------------------
The Beehive (Sing to the tune of ‘row, row, row your boat”)
This is the beehive, where are the bees?
Hiding behind, where no one can see!
Buzzing out of their hive the come
1..2…3…4…5!
Buzz….buzz……buzz….
---------------------------------------------------------------
Caterpillar turns into a butterfly
Caterpillar caterpillar, green and furry
You are never in a hurry.
Munching munching, munching leaves
Eating any time you please.
Curl up tight, and curl up warm
Then you’ll be safe from the winter’s storm
When the summer sun is high up in the sky
Caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly!
----------------------------------------------------------
Little Miss Muffet
Little miss Muffet,
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Is sat down beside her,
And frightened
Miss Muffet away.
----------------------------------------------
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed the water spout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain.
So the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed the spout again.
---------------------------------------------------
Ladybug, ladybug ( Sing to the tune of ‘Butterfly, Butterfly’)
Ladybug, ladybug, how are you today?
Ladybug, ladybug, are you going to stay?
Ladybug, ladybug, what are you going to do?
Ladybug, ladybug, will you go away?
-------------------------------------------------------
Shoo Fly
Shoo Fly, don’t bother me
Don’t bother me, don’t bother me
Shoo Fly, don’t bother me
I belong to somebody!
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Shim Shim, Shimmy (Sing to the tune of London Bridge)
Make a snail trail,
Follow me,
Follow me,
Follow me…
Make a snail trail
Follow me…
Shim, Shim, Shimmy!
Nursery - Theme 4
Theme- Home Sweet Home
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Answer questions related to the theme
• Participate in conversation related to the theme
• Listen to stories, songs and rhymes
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Sort and match
• Recapitulate pre-number concepts: long/short; big/small; same/different
• Use one to one correspondence
• Explore shapes: circle, square and triangle
• Numbers: 21-30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Identify and name a few rooms in a house
• Identify and name a few family members
• Investigate and explore
• Talk about a significant landmark near their home
• Awareness about the words ‘home’ and ‘family’
• Create awareness about the importance of a home and a family
• Awareness about the different activities people do in a home
• Participate in role-play
• Awareness about how a house is built
• Following classroom norms
• Awareness about a family tree using a story
• Identify the various activities that a family does together
Words in focus:
home
bathroom
bedroom
living room
kitchen
dining room
happy
angry
sad
mother
father
grandmother
grandfather
brother
sister
family
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Prayers
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:
Good morning, to you and to you
-------------------------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
--------------------------------------
Let’s clean up today!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
------------------------------------
At My Front Door
Who’s that tapping at my front door?
Tap tap tap tap tap
Who’s that ringing my front door bell?
Ring ring ring ring ring
Who’s that banging on my front door?
Bang bang bang bang bang
I’ll open the door; I’ll open the door
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My Home (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
This is my Home!
This is my Home!
Here are the windows, here is the door,
A roof above,
The kitchen, the living room too,
A bathroom, a bedroom,
A room for me and for you!
---------------------------------------------
Splish-Splash
Splish-Splas; Splish-Splash
Wash! Wash! Wash!
With a Rub-a-Dub-Rub
And a Scrub-Scrub-Scrub
I’m washing the car!
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Build a House
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
Put a roof on top, and a chimney too,
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
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My Family
My mummy and daddy live with me
Because we are a family!
My grandpa and grandma live with me
Because we are a family!
My brother and sister live with me
Because we are a family!
My pet doggy and baby live with me
Because we are a family!
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I am in love with papa, love with mama, love with myself
I am in love with dadaji, I am in love with dadima
I am in love with nana, love with nani, love with everyone
Everyone, everyone
Everyone, everyone
I am in love with mountains, love with rivers, love with the sky
I am in love with the Sun, I am in love with the Moon
I am in love with stars, love with clouds, love with everything
Everything, everything
Everything, everything
I am in love with giraffe, love with tiger, love with the lion
I am in love with the cat, I am in love with the dog
I am in love with monkeys, love with bears, love with animals
I am in love, I am in love
Noooo
I am love, I am love
I am love, I am love
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Families (Sing to the tune of ‘Happy Birthday”)
Some families are large
Some families are small
But I love my family, best of all!
But I love my family, best of all!
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development
• Use vocabulary related to the theme
• Answer questions related to the theme
• Participate in conversation related to the theme
• Listen to stories, songs and rhymes
• Explore and handle picture books
Mathematical Development
• Sort and match
• Recapitulate pre-number concepts: long/short; big/small; same/different
• Use one to one correspondence
• Explore shapes: circle, square and triangle
• Numbers: 21-30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Identify and name a few rooms in a house
• Identify and name a few family members
• Investigate and explore
• Talk about a significant landmark near their home
• Awareness about the words ‘home’ and ‘family’
• Create awareness about the importance of a home and a family
• Awareness about the different activities people do in a home
• Participate in role-play
• Awareness about how a house is built
• Following classroom norms
• Awareness about a family tree using a story
• Identify the various activities that a family does together
Words in focus:
home
bathroom
bedroom
living room
kitchen
dining room
happy
angry
sad
mother
father
grandmother
grandfather
brother
sister
family
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Prayers
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
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Rhymes:
Good morning, to you and to you
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Good –bye my friends
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Let’s clean up today!
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It’s time to go out and play
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Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
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At My Front Door
Who’s that tapping at my front door?
Tap tap tap tap tap
Who’s that ringing my front door bell?
Ring ring ring ring ring
Who’s that banging on my front door?
Bang bang bang bang bang
I’ll open the door; I’ll open the door
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My Home (Sing to the tune of ‘I love you’)
This is my Home!
This is my Home!
Here are the windows, here is the door,
A roof above,
The kitchen, the living room too,
A bathroom, a bedroom,
A room for me and for you!
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Splish-Splash
Splish-Splas; Splish-Splash
Wash! Wash! Wash!
With a Rub-a-Dub-Rub
And a Scrub-Scrub-Scrub
I’m washing the car!
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Build a House
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
Put a roof on top, and a chimney too,
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Where the wind blows…..Whoo! Whoo!
Build a house with five bricks,
One, two, three, four, five.
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My Family
My mummy and daddy live with me
Because we are a family!
My grandpa and grandma live with me
Because we are a family!
My brother and sister live with me
Because we are a family!
My pet doggy and baby live with me
Because we are a family!
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I am in love with papa, love with mama, love with myself
I am in love with dadaji, I am in love with dadima
I am in love with nana, love with nani, love with everyone
Everyone, everyone
Everyone, everyone
I am in love with mountains, love with rivers, love with the sky
I am in love with the Sun, I am in love with the Moon
I am in love with stars, love with clouds, love with everything
Everything, everything
Everything, everything
I am in love with giraffe, love with tiger, love with the lion
I am in love with the cat, I am in love with the dog
I am in love with monkeys, love with bears, love with animals
I am in love, I am in love
Noooo
I am love, I am love
I am love, I am love
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Families (Sing to the tune of ‘Happy Birthday”)
Some families are large
Some families are small
But I love my family, best of all!
But I love my family, best of all!
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Nursery - Theme 3
Theme- Scratch, Sniff & Scrunch
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development (Listening/ Speaking)
• Demonstrate attentive/ active listening
• Actively participate in conversations
• Understand and follow oral directions
• Communicate verbally using conventions of speech
Language Development (Reading / writing)
• Indicate interest in books & stories
• Understand the purpose of writing
Mathematical Development
• Identify different objects and use these to sort/ classify objects
• Measure and demonstrate understanding of time, length, weight,
capacity and temperature
• Explore shapes in the environment
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Show curiosity and observe
• Solve simple problems
Creative development
• Explore colors/ textures
• Display creativity and imagination
• Develop aesthetic appreciation
Physical Development (Gross motor)
• Walk with confidence and in safety
• Show balance while walking
• Climb up and down
• Display throwing, kicking and catching skills
Physical Development (Fine motor)
• Control small muscles in hands and coordinate eye-hand movements to
accomplish threading tasks
• Control small muscles in hands to accomplish tearing, pasting and cutting
tasks
• Use simple tools for drawing and writing
• Coordinate eye-hand movement to explore and use manipulative materials
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Select and complete tasks
• Recognize and respond to feelings
Words in focus:
see hear
smell
taste
touch
please
thank you
sorry
mango
ice-cream
sweet lime
pineapple
cake
grapes
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Numbers: 21—30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
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Concepts:
• Use of various body parts
• Explore five sense organs
• Awareness of Same & different
• Calendar & weather updates
• Importance of ‘eye’ as a sight organ
• 2 dimensional shapes- circle, square and triangle
• Importance of health, hygiene and cleanliness
• Awareness about the ‘ears’ being the organ of hearing
• Explore different kind of sounds of nature
• Concept of loud and soft sound
• Concept of size: big and small and sorting them
• Express all types of emotions
• Awareness of ‘Nose’ being the organ for smelling
• Explore different kind of smells
• Awareness of ‘Tongue’ as the organ of taste
• Explore different types of tastes
• Concept of more and less
• Awareness about the ‘Skin’ being the organ for touch
• Explore different textures
• Importance of all five senses
• Cooking experience
Prayers
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Starting prayer:
Sarasvatii namastubhyam varade kaamaruupini
Vidyarambham karishhyaami siddhir bhavatu me sadaa
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Closing Prayer:
Buddham saranam gachhami
Dharmam saranam gachhami
Sangham saranam gachhami
Om shanti shanti shanti-hi
Hari Om, shri gurubhyo namaha, hari om.
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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 shanti
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Rhymes:
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 my friends
Good –bye my friends
Good –bye my friends
We’ll all meet again tomorrow!
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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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It’s time to go out and play
Out and play, out and play
It’s time to go out and play
And have lots of fun!
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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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My eyes:
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
Oh tell me! Oh tell me!
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
(Let the child answer)
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I like to hear the wind blow,
The wind blow, the wind blow.
I like to hear the wind blow,
Swish! Swish! Swish!
I like to hear the birds singing
The birds singing, the birds singing
I like to hear the birds singing
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!
I like to hear the dogs barking,
The dog barking, the dog barking.
I like to hear the dogs barking
Woof! Woof! Woof!
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My Nose
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
Oh what did you smell?
Oh what did you smell?
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
(Let the child answer)
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My Tongue
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
Oh what did you taste?
Oh what did you taste?
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
(Let the child answer)
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Five Senses:
Five senses, five senses.
We have them. We have them.
Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling.
There are five. There are five.
(Point to the parts of the body as you sing the song)
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I am Alive:
What are my eyes for? What are my eyes for?
My eyes are to see with, just to see with
I am alive today!
What are my ears for? What are my ears for?
My ears are to hear with, just to hear with
I am alive today!
What is my nose for? What is my nose for?
My nose is to smell with, just to smell with
I am alive today!
What is my tongue for? What is my tongue for?
My tongue is to taste with, just to taste with
I am alive today!
What is my skin for? What is my skin for?
My skin is to touch with, just to touch with
I am alive today!
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Learning Outcomes:
Language Development (Listening/ Speaking)
• Demonstrate attentive/ active listening
• Actively participate in conversations
• Understand and follow oral directions
• Communicate verbally using conventions of speech
Language Development (Reading / writing)
• Indicate interest in books & stories
• Understand the purpose of writing
Mathematical Development
• Identify different objects and use these to sort/ classify objects
• Measure and demonstrate understanding of time, length, weight,
capacity and temperature
• Explore shapes in the environment
Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Show curiosity and observe
• Solve simple problems
Creative development
• Explore colors/ textures
• Display creativity and imagination
• Develop aesthetic appreciation
Physical Development (Gross motor)
• Walk with confidence and in safety
• Show balance while walking
• Climb up and down
• Display throwing, kicking and catching skills
Physical Development (Fine motor)
• Control small muscles in hands and coordinate eye-hand movements to
accomplish threading tasks
• Control small muscles in hands to accomplish tearing, pasting and cutting
tasks
• Use simple tools for drawing and writing
• Coordinate eye-hand movement to explore and use manipulative materials
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Select and complete tasks
• Recognize and respond to feelings
Words in focus:
see hear
smell
taste
touch
please
thank you
sorry
mango
ice-cream
sweet lime
pineapple
cake
grapes
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Numbers: 21—30 (Quantitative approach using dot cards)
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Concepts:
• Use of various body parts
• Explore five sense organs
• Awareness of Same & different
• Calendar & weather updates
• Importance of ‘eye’ as a sight organ
• 2 dimensional shapes- circle, square and triangle
• Importance of health, hygiene and cleanliness
• Awareness about the ‘ears’ being the organ of hearing
• Explore different kind of sounds of nature
• Concept of loud and soft sound
• Concept of size: big and small and sorting them
• Express all types of emotions
• Awareness of ‘Nose’ being the organ for smelling
• Explore different kind of smells
• Awareness of ‘Tongue’ as the organ of taste
• Explore different types of tastes
• Concept of more and less
• Awareness about the ‘Skin’ being the organ for touch
• Explore different textures
• Importance of all five senses
• Cooking experience
Prayers
-----------------------------------------------
Starting prayer:
Sarasvatii namastubhyam varade kaamaruupini
Vidyarambham karishhyaami siddhir bhavatu me sadaa
-----------------------------------------------
Closing Prayer:
Buddham saranam gachhami
Dharmam saranam gachhami
Sangham saranam gachhami
Om shanti shanti shanti-hi
Hari Om, shri gurubhyo namaha, hari om.
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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 shanti
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Rhymes:
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
----------------------------------------
Good –bye my friends
Good –bye my friends
Good –bye my friends
We’ll all meet again tomorrow!
----------------------------------------
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!
------------------------------------
It’s time to go out and play
Out and play, out and play
It’s time to go out and play
And have lots of fun!
------------------------------------
Wash, wash, wash, wash your hands,
After work and play
Scrub and rinse and shake and dry
And wash those germs away!
------------------------------------
My eyes:
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
Oh tell me! Oh tell me!
Oh, with your eyes what did you see?
(Let the child answer)
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I like to hear the wind blow,
The wind blow, the wind blow.
I like to hear the wind blow,
Swish! Swish! Swish!
I like to hear the birds singing
The birds singing, the birds singing
I like to hear the birds singing
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!
I like to hear the dogs barking,
The dog barking, the dog barking.
I like to hear the dogs barking
Woof! Woof! Woof!
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My Nose
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
Oh what did you smell?
Oh what did you smell?
Oh, with your nose what did you smell?
(Let the child answer)
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My Tongue
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
Oh what did you taste?
Oh what did you taste?
Oh, with your tongue what did you taste?
(Let the child answer)
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Five Senses:
Five senses, five senses.
We have them. We have them.
Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling.
There are five. There are five.
(Point to the parts of the body as you sing the song)
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I am Alive:
What are my eyes for? What are my eyes for?
My eyes are to see with, just to see with
I am alive today!
What are my ears for? What are my ears for?
My ears are to hear with, just to hear with
I am alive today!
What is my nose for? What is my nose for?
My nose is to smell with, just to smell with
I am alive today!
What is my tongue for? What is my tongue for?
My tongue is to taste with, just to taste with
I am alive today!
What is my skin for? What is my skin for?
My skin is to touch with, just to touch with
I am alive today!
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