Cycle 3 Newsletter

Message from School's desk :

Dear Parents,

Have you ever noticed how often young children ask “Why?” or “What’s that?” or even “How come…?” Their minds are bursting with questions, and that’s a wonderful thing! At this stage of life, curiosity is one of the most powerful tools for learning—and in our kindergarten classrooms, we treat it like gold.

Curiosity leads children to explore, ask, imagine, and discover. Whether they’re watching a caterpillar wiggle across a leaf, building a tower with blocks, or wondering what happens when blue and yellow mix, they are doing more than playing—they are learning. These questions spark conversations, investigations, and critical thinking skills that will stay with them for life.

At school, our teachers design activities that encourage this natural sense of wonder. We don’t just provide answers—we create space for children to investigate, test, and figure things out on their own. This kind of learning helps develop confidence, persistence, and joy in the process of discovery. You can help fuel this curiosity at home too. Try turning everyday moments into little adventures. Ask open-ended questions like “What do you think will happen if…?” or “Why do you think that happened?” Read together, explore your neighborhood, visit a library or garden—and most importantly, listen to your child’s questions and wonder right alongside them.

In our classrooms, curiosity is not just encouraged—it’s celebrated. We believe that asking questions is just as important as answering them. After all, today’s curious kindergartner is tomorrow’s creative thinker, inventor, and problem-solver.

Warm Regards,

Kanakia International School- CBSE

Subject Feature - Music and movement-Music and movement are essential components of early childhood development, supporting a wide range of growth areas in a fun and engaging way. Through dancing, clapping, and playing instruments, children develop gross and fine motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. These activities also enhance cognitive development by promoting memory, language, and early literacy skills through rhythm, rhyme, and repetition. Emotionally, music and movement provide young children with a way to express themselves, build confidence, and explore their feelings. Socially, group songs and dances encourage cooperation, turn-taking, and cultural appreciation. Additionally, music fosters creativity and imagination, allowing children to explore new ideas and experiences in a safe, joyful environment. By integrating music and movement into daily routines, educators and caregivers create rich learning opportunities that support holistic development in the early years.

Learnings in Nursery

English

Topic: -Letter 'Ss'

Activity: Finger painting.

The teacher provided each learner with a Letter Ss letter cut out in green colour. Learners were encouraged to do finger painting on the letter using paint. This enjoyable, hands-on activity helped reinforce letter recognition and formation of letter while also developing the learners' fine motor skills and creativity. The learners participated with great enthusiasm, making the recap of letter Ss both fun and memorable.

Topic: - Introduction -Letter 'Aa'

Activity: Paper tearing.

To support the development of early literacy skills and build a strong phonics foundation, the teacher engaged learners in a creative hands-on activity using an apple template. Learners practiced paper tearing and sticking with red-coloured paper to complete their apple designs. This multisensory experience not only enriched their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination but also provided an opportunity to reinforce vocabulary and phonetic awareness associated with the letter ‘Aa’. The learners thoroughly enjoyed the tactile activity and took pride in creating their vibrant red apples.

Topic: - Recap -Letter 'Ss'

Activity: Friends of letter- Ss.

Math

Topic: Introduction to Circle.

Activity: Stamping with paper rolls.

The teacher provided each learner with a paper roll and guided them to stamp on paper using paint. Learners dipped the end of the paper roll into paint and stamped it onto the sheet, creating circle-shaped prints. This fun and hands-on activity helped reinforce shape recognition (circle), while also enhancing fine motor skills, creativity, and hand -eye coordination. This activity developed their pre-math foundation skills. The learners enjoyed experimenting with colours and making patterns using the paper roll.

Topic: Introduction to-Triangle.

Activity: Ice-cream stick triangles.

The teacher provided each learner with three ice cream sticks and encouraged them to arrange the sticks to form a triangle. This hands-on activity helped reinforce the triangle shape while developing the learners' problem-solving skills, fine motor coordination, and understanding of geometric shapes. The children enjoyed using the ice cream sticks creatively to build their own triangles.

Pre-Break Summer Craft Activity

Summer Craft Activity: Popsicle Craft (Takeaway)

For the summer craft activity, learners were provided with popsicle cut-outs and materials to assemble their very own popsicle stick Ice-cream candy. They were encouraged to paste the eyes on their popsicle and bring it to life. This fun, hands-on activity helped develop the learners' fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. The popsicle craft made a perfect summer takeaway, allowing the them to proudly display their creations.

Library

Topic:, “Cat's Colours” by Airlie Anderson

Activity: Colouring Activity - based on the story

Learners enjoyed the vibrant and charming story “Cat’s Colours” by Airlie Anderson. The story follows a curious cat exploring the world and noticing the many beautiful colours around her. After listening to the story, the learners engaged in a creative follow-up activity to reinforce their understanding. They expressed their learning by colouring a Cat sketch with different colours they discovered in the story. This activity not only helped reinforce colour recognition but also encouraged observation skills and artistic expression.

Learnings in K1

English

Topic: Recap of Patterns -Standing, Sleeping, Slanting and Curve

Activity: Tracing on Sand and on tracing on art sheets

To support the development of foundational writing and fine motor skills, our K1 learners engaged in an interactive tracing activity. They practiced forming standing, sleeping, slanting lines, and curves using sand trays and colourful worksheets. They also practiced the formation through interactive play and formations using their bodies. This hands-on experience not only enhanced their pencil control and hand-eye coordination but also fostered early writing readiness in a structured yet engaging manner, laying the groundwork for future literacy and academic success.

Math

Topic: Red colour.

Activity: Paper plate fishes.

Our young learners explored the colour blue through a creative fish craft, enhancing both artistic expression and foundational math concepts such as shapes and patterns. Using blue paint to dab paper plates, they transformed them into vibrant underwater fish, completed them adding eyes and fins. These engaging, hands-on activities supported colour recognition—particularly red and blue—while fostering creativity, fine motor development, and early cognitive skills in a joyful learning environment.

Topic: Red colour.

Activity: Crab-craft activity.

Our young learners had an exciting time exploring the vibrant world of colours! This week, we focused on two primary colours.To introduce the colour red, the children used red paper cutouts to create adorable crab crafts. They carefully folded the red circle cut outs into halves and pasted the shapes onto their sheets, adding legs and eyes to bring their crabs to life. This fun activity helped them recognize the colour and improve their hand motor skills as well as aesthetic and spacial awareness. This activity also helped the learners to recall the shapes like circle and semi-circle strengthening their mathematical skills.

Theme

Topic: Introduction to Skin Sensory Organ.

Activity : Touch and Feel Hot or Cold.

Our curious young learners explored the sense organ skin through an engaging and hands-on sensory activity. By touching ice and lukewarm water, they were able to feel and identify the sensations of cold and warmth. This interactive experience helped them understand how our skin plays a vital role in sensing the environment around us. It was a meaningful way to build early scientific thinking through real-world exploration and discovery.

Topic: Recap-Sense organs

Activity – Discovery and exploration center.

K1 learners had an exciting, sensory-rich experience as they explored the five sense organs through a thoughtfully designed learning center. Engaging hands-on activities allowed them to match objects to each sense—such as perfume cutouts for smell, a bell for hearing, a magnifying glass for sight, a soft cloth for touch, and a chili for taste. This interactive approach brought concepts to life, fostering curiosity and meaningful understanding through play.

Library

Topic: The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter

Activity: Storytelling through shadow play

Learners were introduced to the science behind shadows, including how they are formed and what materials are needed for shadow play. They discovered the roles of light, opaque objects, and screens in creating shadows.

Learners then became storytellers themselves! They made their own shadow puppets, used voice modulation to act out characters, and presented mini shadow plays.

STREAM

Designing and building with Lego

This week, our K1 learners turned into mini engineers as they explored the fascinating world of construction using LEGO blocks!

In this hands-on activity, the children learned how to build simple structures and worked together to create their own bridges using colorful LEGO bricks. Through trial and error, they discovered what makes a bridge strong and stable, all while having a blast! This activity helped enhance their fine motor skills, encouraged teamwork, and introduced them to basic engineering concepts in a fun and playful way.It was amazing to watch their creativity and confidence grow—one brick at a time.

Learnings in K2

English

Topic : Introduction to new set of 2 letter words

Activity : Matching of 2 letter words to its flashcard

Our K2 learners actively engaged in a word-picture matching activity focused on 2-letter words. They observed flashcards with words and confidently matched them to the corresponding words by identifying sounds and reading aloud. Through turn-taking, peer discussion, and collaborative effort, students developed phonetic awareness and enhanced vocabulary. The interactive nature of the activity fostered focused participation, excitement, and a deeper understanding through visual and hands-on learning.

Topic : Recap of Vowels and consonants

Activity : Sorting of vowels and consonants through bottle caps

Learners enthusiastically participated in a hands-on “Sorting of Vowels and Consonants” activity. Using bottle caps labeled with letters, they identified each letter and sorted it into the appropriate container marked “Vowel” or “Consonant.” The activity reinforced letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and the distinction between vowels and consonants. It also promoted turn-taking, collaboration, and boosted learners’ confidence in identifying letters correctly through an engaging and interactive approach.

Math

Topic:- Introduction to 3D shapes.

Activity:-Sorting

Learners explored the concept of 2D and 3D shapes by observing various objects and sorting them into two groups based on their features such as sides, corners, edges, and faces. They then illustrated and labeled both types of shapes on an art sheet, using colours to enhance their work. This engaging activity deepened their understanding of flat and solid shapes while fostering observation, classification, and fine motor skills. The hands-on approach sparked enthusiasm and encouraged active, joyful participation through art integration.

Topic : Introduction to number name 3-Three

Activity : Play dough, pista shells, pom-pom, and straws.

Our K2 learners were introduced to the number name “3 – Three” through a fun and engaging hands-on activity. Using playdough, pista shells, pom-poms, and straws, they creatively formed the number and its name by rolling, shaping, and arranging the materials. The activity reinforced number recognition and word association, enhanced fine motor skills, and encouraged active participation. Learners confidently counted, repeated, and wrote “Three,” making the learning experience both tactile and joyful.

Theme

Topic:- Gender recognition

Activity: Playdough figures.

Our K2 learners made figures of a girl and a boy using play doh. They shaped different body parts like the head, arms, legs, and facial features with their hands. Learners carefully assembled the parts to complete the figures and used different colours to depict clothes and hair. They discussed the differences between a boy and a girl while creating the figures. Learners developed fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills. They identified body parts and basic differences between genders. They enhanced creativity through play-based learning. The activity was fun and allowed learners to use their imagination.

Topic:- Myself

Activity: Self-introduction in few lines.

Learners spoke about themselves on the topic "Myself." Each child came forward and introduced themselves by sharing their name, age, class, and a few likes or hobbies. They spoke in simple sentences and used clear words. The activity built confidence and gave each learner a chance to express themselves in front of others. They listened to their peers patiently and encouraged one another. Learners developed self-awareness and speaking skills. They gained confidence in public speaking. They improved sentence formation and active listening skills.

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Library

Topic: Taking Care of Books

Activity: Book Clinic Activity where learners learnt to repair books.

Our K2 learners became book doctors and saved the day — one page at a time!

Our little "book doctors" came dressed in white coats, carrying their toy stethoscopes, ready to care for our beloved storybooks. They carefully examined the books for "injuries" like torn pages, loose covers, and bent corners. With great enthusiasm, learners repaired torn pages using glue and gave lots of "gentle care" to help bring the books back to life!

Achievements