“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self."

Yoga is an invaluable gift of India's ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action ". Keeping this in mind, Nursery learners of Olive Trails RBKIS celebrated International Yoga day on 21st June 2021 during the regular virtual class. The teacher discussed with the learners the importance of Yoga. After that, the learners along with the teacher performed various Yoga Asanas. The learners were excited to learn various Asanas and followed the teacher with great enthusiasm. The teacher also did some breathing exercises which relaxed the minds of the learners. This auspicious day was celebrated by the students and teachers with great fun.

After the introduction of the country India, the teacher spoke about different symbols of India. The teacher showed them the national currency, animal, bird, and flower of our country India. Learners were enthusiastic to see the country on the map. Later, the learners discussed their hometowns with the teacher. The teacher then showed their hometowns to the learners using google earth.

Young children begin to describe and compare their physical world during their early years. A main concept of mathematics is understanding the degrees of big and small. Understanding concepts of big and small are important for math readiness. It helps them to classify objects according to their size. To teach the same to the learners, an introduction of the concept of big and small was done in the class. The teacher showed different objects and compared them as big and small. She asked the learners to fetch some big and small objects. Learners were happy to do the activity.

Curiosity leads to creativity. Young minds are curious to know everything that is going around them. It motivates them to seek out new experiences which leads them to greater success. To nurture this curiosity amongst the learners of Nursery, a curious explorer activity was conducted during the class. The activity was based on mixing the colours. The learners thoroughly observed the changes in colour when mixed with water and different colours. They were happy to mix different colours. It was a fun learning activity for kids.

Think about what happens when Mum or Dad tells you that dinner is ready – you can hear them asking you to wash your hands, feel the water and soap against your skin, smell what’s cooking, see your chair at the table and taste the food on your plate. You can do all of that thanks to your senses! Senses are very important as it helps us to understand what’s happening around us. Children grow and learn using their senses. To explain the importance of the sense organs, the introduction of Sense Organs was done in the class. The teacher explained about our sense organs and shared the role of each sense organ. As a part of the revision, a sensory activity was done using real objects where learners had an opportunity to have a first-hand experience of our senses.

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