Story - The Thirsty Crow - with a handmade crow puppet

The good old story !!!

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Craft - Merry Christmas - With birthday caps

Christmas special craft. 

Santa and X-mas tree.

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Math - After Numbers - Practice time - 1 to 100

Practicing after numbers on white board. 

This can be made a daily practice. 

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Story - The Timid Rabbit - with soft toys

A sweet story with a wonderful moral.

With soft toys, I tried to make it interesting to my little one.

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Craft - Steam Engine - Best out of waste - with plastic containers

Darsh has developed a fascination for steam engines... its look, the smoke, the sound, the design as well as its mechanism .. he loves them all !

 

And so, we made a steam engine with plastic boxes and a few other waste materials. 

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Story - The saintly tiger - with puppets

A story which teaches the need to be clever when you make friends.

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Story - Two silly rabbits and a clever monkey - with puppets

An interesting story to learn to share things with friends.

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Language - English - Read a story

A simple story book for a simple read by a four year old.

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Language - Hindi - Recognition of alphabets

Early recognition of hindi alphabets helps understanding a different language.

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EVS - Colours on light

We did this interesting activity of colours on light. White light changes to colours when passes through a coloured sheet. 

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Story - Hare and the tortoise

Story time with soft toys...

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EVS - GK - English - Action words

An exercise we did on action words.

Doing and learning...

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EVS - GK - Parts of the body - Counting

Some additional task to parts of the body.  

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EVS - GK - Parts of the body - with a pic of self

With a picture of self, a child can recognize the different parts of the body, better. 

Let the child identify and the mother can mark the parts.

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EVS - GK - Parts of the body - Uses - Game

Understand the different uses of each part of our body, by playing a simple game.

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EVS - GK - Parts of the body - Identification

Make your child identify all the parts of the body, by just pointing out to them.

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Story - Elephant and Friends - with puppets

Darsh enjoyed the different  characters in the story and their reactions. The story has a sweet moral too.

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EVS - GK - Seasons

Learn about seasons 

(Summer, Rainy, Autumn, Winter, Spring).

Loved doing this activity. Me, Darsh and Alice enjoyed playing 'Seasons'. :)

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Game - Math - Counting - Snakes & Ladders

Snakes and ladders can teach many things... 

Following a pattern. 

Winning and losing.

Counting and moving your pawn.

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Math - Numbers - Draw the exact number of objects

Revising 1 to 10, by drawing the exact number of objects. Simple exercise.

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Math - Forward & Backward counting 1 - 20

Interesting way to learn forward and backward numbers. 

Since trains interest him a lot, I chose train route.

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Craft - Diwali Lantern

Diwali lantern with chart paper !

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EVS - GK - Process of making clothes

Learnt the steps involved in making clothes.

Cotton from cotton plants are spun, dyed, woven and stitched to make clothes.

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EVS - GK - People who help us - Community Helpers

Found an interesting way to revise this topic.

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Art - Craft - Diya painting

Painting clay diyas was fun!

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Craft - Best out of waste - Glass bottle - Lights decor

We used an empty sauce bottle to create a beautiful lights decor for Diwali.

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Language - English - Learn to read

Learning to read simple sentences with only the words he can identify. 

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Language - English - Reading words (with phonic sounds)

Learning to read small words with the help of phonic sounds.

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Language - English - Rhyming words introduction

Identifying 'rhyming words', the interesting way.

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Language - English - Phonics exercise - Two letters

A little phonics exercise with two letters.

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Language - English - Alphabets - Phonics Song

Phonics song with things at home.

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EVS - Science - Water and Ice

Learn how water becomes ice and back into water, when temperature changes.

But ofcourse, in the fun way.

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Math - Concept of increasing & decreasing - Pista shells

Introduce the concept of increasing and decreasing, the fun way.

Also helps in counting forward and backward.

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Math - Count 1 to 10 - Pista shells

Pista shells can be used to practice counting.

Paint them and stick them.

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Art - Leg printing

Beautiful butterfly with leg prints!

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Craft - Pista shells creations

Pista shells can be used to create so many things!

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Art - Hand printing

Hand printing of paints can be so much fun !

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Art - Finger dabbing

Some finger dabbing fun!

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Language - English - Alphabets with Phonic sounds

Practice phonics with toys at home.

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Language - English - Alphabets - Phonics exercise

This is a simple exercise I tried with him, with the names of people he knows.

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Game - Picture memory

With things at home and his toys, we played a memory game.

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Game - Break the pyramid

With playing blocks and a car, we created a game.

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Craft - Tissue paper colour fun

Some colour fun with tissue papers.

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EVS - Day and Night

Understanding 'Day and Night'.

So fun it was...

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Math - Concept of After

Introducing the concept of 'After'.

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Math - Numbers 1 to 50

Practicing numbers ! 1 to 50.

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Craft - Fun with clay - Fine motor skills - Creativity

Imagining Vamana and Mahabali (Vamana avatar story)

Matsya avatar

His imagination of Matsya avatar (Fish growing in size)

Clay is fun

Clay is the best for a child's fine motor skills. It also helps in building an imagination of things they see and creating them their own way.

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Craft - EVS - Banana tree

We learnt about a banana tree with a craft.

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Math - More and Less (quantity)

Learning the concept of more and less with things at home.

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Story - Lion and the Rabbit

Story time with puppets.

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Craft - Best out of waste - Car - Storage box

With Amazon carton, we made a car. Vroom Vroom.....

We can be use it to store things too.

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Math - Game - Counting - Dice game

This is a simple dice game you can prepare at home. Child learns to count as well as 

follow a pattern.

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Game - Jigsaw puzzle

Jig-saw puzzles can enable the child learn to follow a pattern. They learn to follow instructions and solve problems too.

I got these from Amazon. Basic ones.

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EVS - G.K - Months of the year

Practiced months of the year with his cars. He wanted to do it again and again. :)

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EVS - G.K - Days of the week

We practiced days of the week with his bikes.

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Math - 1 to 20 - Forward and Backward counting

Backwards counting made interesting.

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Art - Craft - Bubble wrap craft

Bubble wrap can be used to create colourful arts.

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Craft - Art - Clay Ganesha - with a backdrop of Solar system

Last year's

Ganeshji made with clay. This is not done by Darsh. He enjoyed watching though. :)

I made a backdrop of the solar system. 

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G.K - India and its states with capitals

Learn about our country. Understand different states and its capitals with a puzzle.

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EVS - Solar system

Learn about our solar system with rings and a puzzle.

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Math - Big to Small (by size)

Arranging big to small and small to big using rings.

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Craft - EVS - Bullock Cart

Create a bullock cart with a syrup box and a wire.

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EVS - Art - Shapes printing

Learn different shapes and get them traced on the book.

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Game - EVS - Fishing water animals

Learn the different water animal names and learn to fish.

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Math - Number counting

Count the objects and stick the same number of circles.

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Language - English - Alphabets arranging

Here is some fun Darsh had playing alphabets with daddy, their own way.

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Language - English - Alphabets

Identify the first letter of every word and write the alphabet in the box.

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Game - Shaving foam fun

Here's some messy fun we had with shaving foam.

We played, learnt to write alphabets on it too.

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Craft - EVS - Bread craft - Shapes - Colours

An activity very interesting. Kids will love it. 

The creations will remain hard always.

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Craft - Dye a cloth

Use a white cloth and dye it with different colours. Do not strain the cloth. Fun activity.

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Game - Handmade yoyo

We made a yoyo with a racket and a ball.

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Game - Best out of waste - Newspaper rolls creations

Here's some activity to explore creative skills.

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Craft - Best out of waste - Cardboard box train

With some boxes, we created a train and took passengers through stations.

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Craft - Best out of waste - Game - Carton box Bus

Create a bus with a carton. Hang it on yourself and drive away. 

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Game - Land and Water Re-invent

Land/Water/Desert/Sky ... Created our own outdoor game.

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Art - Father's day craft - Hand print

An activity with daddy for father's day!

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Craft - Best out of waste - Painting on a tin

Make a waste tin box into a cute vase.
With acrylic paints !

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Art - Thread painting

Here is some paint fun with a thread.

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EVS - Milk and Milk products

With things from your kitchen, learn about milk and its products.

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Art - Hand printing and Blow paint

Some hand printing and blow paint fun.

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Game - Best out of waste - Maze

Create a wonderful maze with waste boxes. Its fun to move your toy finding your way to finish line.

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Science - Mixing of colours

Mix colours and find new colours that get created, using this simple experiment.

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Craft - Fabric sticking

Learn to use cloth to convert waste boxes into beautiful storage.

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Art - Paints and Ear buds

Here's some fun creative art with ear buds and paints.

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