Message from our desk
Children are naturally inquisitive, full of questions about the world around them. We should take advantage of this natural curiosity and start directing their enthusiasm and curiosity as early as possible
Encourage lifelong love of science-Children in early years love to explore and experiment. We can nurture and establish a positive approach to science education that will stay with them. Starting early helps foster a lifelong love of science.
It gives a basic foundation in scientific concepts and scientific thinking-Even the very simplest activities can introduce children to scientific concepts and stimulate scientific thinking. Early years science education can provide a strong foundation in terms of both what is learned, and how it’s learned. By encouraging and directing their natural curiosity, we can help children begin to make sense of the world around them, and gain some understanding of how things work. Science activities provide opportunities to develop collaboration and communication skills.
Ms. Rupa Tank
Administrator-Olive Trails
Learning engagements @ Nursery
Math: Trace Numbers with Finger Painting
Development of pre - writing skills is an important part of preschoolers. Nursery learners engaged themselves in tracing of number 2 where their parents drew it on a sheet and the learners used the tips of their fingers and they did tip painting with the color of their choice. The learners got a hand – on- experience and eagerly enjoyed this activity.
English: Intro of letter Ii
Literacy development is an important part of young child's overall development. The teacher introduced letter 'Ii' through real objects, flash cards, and rhymes. Later learners played a scavenger hunt game where the searched and brought a few objects related to letter I. Practical learning is always the best way to teach children things in a way that ensures it remains in their memories for much longer.
Theme: Let's have fun with Car Wash
Washing the car is a great way to get children involved in an activity while enjoying natural play with water. Nursery learners got involved in an activity of washing a car, where they used a bucket of water and with a help of a sponge cleaned the different parts of it. Kids were very excited for the activity as they found it fascinating and they loved cars as toys so
Curious Explorer: Fun with Tracing
Finger painting is a simple fun way to boost fine motor skills in preschoolers. In curious explorer learners took a white sheet and folded it into 4 parts. After that they unfolded it and they created a pattern on the lines formed by finger painting with the guidance of teacher.
Sports
It is very important that learners learn about the benefits of a healthy body. Physical activity is the best way to get a healthy body. It helps children to improve their flexibility, build strong bones and muscles, and manage their anxiety. Teacher brought a new form of exercise called drill where she blew a whistle and learners extended their hands up, down and straight motion on the count of 1 to 8. Learners followed the exercise by the teacher with complete enthusiasm.
Learning engagements @ K1
English: Formation of Letter 'P 'with collage activity
Recognition of letters is an important part of learning where they learn how to read letters and their sounds and letter recognition of words. Pre-writing skills are also essential for the child to be able to develop the ability to hold and move a pencil. K1 learners were introduced to the letter ‘P’ through flash cards, rhyme, and objects related to the letter ‘P’. Learners traced the letter ‘P’ in their notebook. Later they were also involved in an activity of tracing a letter P in scrap book. They tore bits of papers and stick it on the tracing and created a collage. In collage making children perform many actions like cutting , tearing, picking up small objects, squeezing the glue and putting the material on to the paper which develops their fine motor skills.
Math: Before and After Number
Number counting is the basic math skills that helps children to recognize the order of the numbers. Emphasizing math from small age provides children a strong base of reasoning. Introduction of before and after number was done through number line , rhymes , story and for better learning video were shown. Students were very interactive and used their thinking skills to tell the numbers. Later to reinforce the idea of before and after, children practiced with worksheets of it.
Curious explorer: Draw Favorite Toy
Toys are simply objects that children use to entertain themselves, while at the same time they explore the world around them. The K1 learners engaged themselves in drawing their favorite toy, where in they used a plain sheet and they had drawn different toys of their choice. This kind of learning help children to develop their fine motor skills and encourage visual analysis.
Emotional quotient
“Self-portraits are a way of revealing something about oneself”
Eric Kandel
Kids can express their feelings through facial expressions, through their body, their behaviour and play. K1 learners performed an activity wherein they drew self-portrait by showing how they are feeling. The act of drawing self-portrait helps children to show their creative imaginary skills.
Zumba: Freeze and Dance
Zumba for kids really works as a fitness programme as the fitness is a lot of fun for them as well as they develop confidence, co-ordination and many other skills. Kids usually love to dance and move their bodies in different ways, as they have a great deal of energy and feelings. Zumba is the perfect way to incorporate exercise in children's routine. K1 Learners enjoyed a dance game where they had to move when the music starts and freeze when it stop. Dancing and music combine to create a fun game that helps children to develop and practice listening skills.
Art: Assembled Art Activity
Art offers young children to explore colors, textures and pattern. It gives them the chance to strengthen fine motor skills and hand strength. K1 learners engaged in art activity where they made a creative artwork using different lines – straight, wavy, curvy, slanting. Teachers guided the students to use lines and created an artwork with the use of thread. By showing their creativity and imaginations, learners formed different and unique shapes in this activity.
Learning engagements @ K2
Math: Shape-Square &Cube
Kids have dynamic learning capabilities that are enhanced by their observation skills. However, parents need to take tiny steps while teaching preschool kids. Basic shapes and colours impact children. They try to understand their surroundings by looking at the different objects around them. All kinds of objects and structures help kids in learning shapes. K2 learners did fantastic job by joining ice cream stick with the help of clay to make 3D cube. Both 2D and 3D shapes were taught to learners which developed their logical thinking and fine motor skills.
Theme: Modern means of Communication
Today means of communication has increased such a lot that we can receive or send messages from or too far off places. Various means of communication which we use in the modern world are Posts and Telegraphs, Telephone, Radio and Television, Telex, Fax, Pagers, Email, Newspapers and cinema. Tiny tots of K2 stuck different cut outs from magazine or newspaper and by drawing different modern means of communication in scrap book, which develops their thinking and creativity.
Curious Explorer: Magic of Colorful rain
Driven by curiosity, people seek to explore the world. At no time in life is curiosity more powerful than in early childhood. The world of a young child is full of new foods to taste, new people to meet, new games to play, words to understand, places to visit, and concepts to master. The infant and toddler will touch, taste, smell, climb over, poke at, take apart, watch, listen, and learn more than at any other time in life. more powerful than in early childhood. K2 Kids explored colourful rain by getting transparent jar filled with half of water, food colour and 2 tablespoons of oil, they observed beautiful colour droplets of water dripping down from the upper surface of the water. Learners also got to know the reason why oil floats on water. Through this creativity and innovation, kids develop their thinking skills.
Sports:
Allowing children to participate in outdoor extracurricular activities, such as sports, helps them explore and develop skills which are considered beneficial throughout their lives. By participating in sports, children are exposed to various mental, social, emotional, physical and educational benefits. K 2 learners enjoyed doing these exercises in some sitting pose of yoga (example: seated forward bend) hands stretch and left and right side turn seated twist left and right side to side 4) sit stretch and both hands touch your foot) It also helps them lead fuller and happier lives as regular sports and fitness activities have proven to provide not only physical benefits but also social and psychological benefits to children.
STREAM: Logical me – Arrange the shapes-
Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, Math. STREAM education has been identified as a critical component in developing student critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative skills. When these subjects combine, there is no end to the learning fun. Pre-schoolers will love these hands-on preschool STREAM activities. K2 learners did a fabulous job by arranging the shapes according to the patterns which develops their thinking and cognitive skills.
Parent child engagement @ Olive Trails
This year also there are a whole new set of challenges. Since March 2020, the world has struggled to adapt to and deal with Covid 19. Our Pre learners got chance to come and spend some time in school with their friends and teachers. Both the parents and children were very happy and excited to be back to school after so long. Parent child activity was arranged in school for all the grade learners where they enjoyed Jungle safari, games, dance and they performed different activities. Nursery learners enjoyed shape formation with pebbles, whereas K1 enjoyed bingo game and feed the monkey. K2 learners also performed an activity, the making of binoculars with their parents. It is important to spend time with your children – not just when they are small, but also in their teenage years. Time spent together will help the family build memories . All the standard safety procedures were followed by everyone. The learners went home with lots of fun and happiness.
