Edition 2

Message from School's desk :

Dear Parents,

Little hands are constantly learning, exploring, and growing! One of the most important skills we focus on during the early years is fine motor development—the ability to use the small muscles of the hands and fingers with control and coordination.

At school, we make learning fun through hands-on experiences like playdough activities, beading, tearing and pasting, painting, peg games, puzzles, threading, and various sensory tasks. While children are busy having fun, they are also strengthening the muscles needed for future learning.

You can further support your child's development at home by encouraging simple activities such as sorting objects, building with blocks, drawing, colouring, helping in the kitchen, or practicing everyday self-help tasks.

Every small effort makes a big difference. Together, we can help our children develop the confidence, independence, and skills they need to thrive.

Warm Regards,

Kanakia International School- CBSE

Learnings in Nursery

English

Topic: - Letter Aa (Arrow)

Activity: Straw Sticking

Nursery learners enjoyed a fun Straw Sticking Activity where they created an arrow shape using paper straws. The teacher provided straws and an art sheet, and guided the learners to paste the straws to form an arrow. This hands-on activity helped enhance fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. Learners participated enthusiastically and enjoyed arranging the straws in the correct direction. The activity made learning engaging, interactive, and enjoyable for all.

Topic: - Letter Aa

Activity: Rice tracing.

Nursery learners enjoyed a fun and engaging Rice Tracing Activity as part of their pre-writing practice. The teacher provided trays filled with rice and encouraged learners to trace letters using their fingers. This sensory-based activity helped children improve fine motor skills, letter recognition, and hand-eye coordination. Learners participated enthusiastically and enjoyed exploring the texture of rice while learning letter formation. The activity made learning interactive, enjoyable, and meaningful for young learners.

Activity: Letter Aa, Apple Sticking

The Nursery learners enthusiastically participated in a fun letter recognition activity focused on the letter “Aa.” They were encouraged to stick apple cut-outs on a tree while identifying the letter “Aa.” The children showed great excitement as they carefully placed the apples and repeated the letter sound. This activity helped them connect the letter “Aa” with “Apple” in an engaging way. It also enhanced their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and early literacy development. Overall, the session was interactive and enjoyable, making learning meaningful through a hands-on experience.

Topic: - Letter Ss

Activity: Snail Yarn Sticking

Nursery learners enjoyed a fun Snail Yarn Sticking Activity. The teacher provided a snail worksheet and colourful yarn pieces, and encouraged learners to stick the yarn on the snail’s shell. This activity helped develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. Learners participated enthusiastically and enjoyed decorating the snail shell with yarn. The activity was engaging and supported sensory learning through a hands-on approach.

Activity: Sand Tracing

Nursery learners enjoyed an engaging Sand Tracing Activity to practice the letter Ss. The teacher provided sand trays and letter cards, and encouraged learners to trace S and s using their fingers. This sensory-based activity helped develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and letter formation. Learners participated with excitement and enjoyed exploring the texture of sand while learning. The activity made learning fun, interactive, and supported early writing readiness.

Topic: - Letter Tt (Tree)

Activity: Colouring

The teacher recapped the letter Tt with the help of a PowerPoint presentation and a chart, reinforcing its shape and sound. Learners were then provided with a tree cutout and asked to colour it. This activity helped learners recognize and identify the letter Tt, associate it with the word Tree, and develop fine motor skills, creativity, and hand-eye coordination through colouring.

Topic: - Letter Pp (Pig)

Activity: Colouring

The teacher recapped the letter Pp using a display board and discussed words beginning with the letter. Learners were then given a pig cutout and asked to colour it pink. This activity helped learners identify the letter Pp and its sound, associate it with the word Pig, recognize the colour pink, and develop their fine motor skills through colouring.

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Topic: Circle Shape

Activity: Circle Stamping

Nursery learners enjoyed a fun Circle Stamping Activity. The teacher provided learners with an art sheet and tissue paper rolls and encouraged them to dip the rolls in colours and stamp circles on the sheet. This hands-on activity helped develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity. Learners explored different colours and enjoyed creating colourful circle prints. The activity was engaging and supported early learning through play-based and sensory experiences.

Topic: Triangle Shape

Activity: Fish-making activity

The Nursery learners enthusiastically participated in a creative triangle fish-making activity. They used colorful triangle cut-outs to form fish shapes and pasted them neatly on paper. The children showed great excitement while arranging the shapes and exploring different color combinations. This activity helped them understand the concept of triangles while also encouraging creativity and imagination. It supported the development of fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. The learners enjoyed expressing themselves through art. Overall, the activity was fun, engaging, and helped reinforce shape recognition in an enjoyable way.

Topic: - Introduction to Red Colour

Activity: Cookie Monster

The teacher recapped the red colour with the help of real objects and a PowerPoint presentation, reinforcing colour recognition. Learners were then provided with red paper for a paper-tearing activity and an art sheet on which they pasted the torn pieces inside a circle to create a Cookie Monster craft. This activity helped learners identify the colour red, develop fine motor skills, strengthen hand muscles through tearing and pasting, and enhance creativity and hand-eye coordination.

Topic: - Triangle

Activity: Ice-cream stick

The Nursery learners actively participated in a fun and engaging activity where they used colorful ice cream sticks to make a triangle shape. The teacher guided them to arrange the sticks correctly, helping them understand basic shapes in a hands-on way. The children showed great excitement and curiosity while placing the sticks and identifying the triangle. This activity helped in developing their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and shape recognition. It also encouraged creativity and active participation. Overall, the session was joyful and interactive, making learning enjoyable and meaningful for the young learners.

Topic: - Circle

Activity: Circle lollipop colouring

The Nursery learners enthusiastically participated in a circle lollipop colouring activity. They were given circle-shaped cutouts and crayons to colour creatively. The children showed great interest while filling colours within the shape, exploring different shades and patterns. This activity helped them recognize the circle shape and improved their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It also encouraged creativity and focus among the learners. The students enjoyed expressing themselves through colouring. Overall, the activity was fun, engaging, and supported early learning in a playful and interactive manner.

Topic: - Yellow Colour

Activity: Sorting Objects

The teacher recapped the Yellow colour with the help of real objects and a PowerPoint presentation, reinforcing colour recognition. The teacher then created a sorting centre and asked learners to sort yellow-coloured objects. This activity helped learners identify and recognize the colour yellow, develop observation and classification skills, and enhance their cognitive and problem-solving abilities through hands-on learning.

Topic: - Yellow

Activity: Paper plate Painting

The teacher recapped the Yellow colour with the help of real objects and a PowerPoint presentation, reinforcing colour recognition. Learners were then provided with paper plates and yellow paint and asked to paint the plates yellow. This activity helped learners identify and recognize the colour yellow, develop fine motor skills, enhance hand-eye coordination, and express creativity through painting.

Theme

Topic: Sense Organ (Ear)

As part of the 5 Senses theme, learners explored the sense of hearing through an engaging listening activity. The teacher played different sounds using various musical instruments and encouraged learners to identify and differentiate between them. The activity helped develop listening skills, sound recognition, and an understanding of how our ears help us hear and enjoy different sounds.

Topic: 5 Senses – Tongue

As part of the 5 Senses theme, learners explored the sense of taste through a fun tasting activity. The teacher provided different taste cups on a tray and encouraged learners to taste them using their tongue. The activity helped learners identify different tastes and understand how the tongue helps us experience flavours.

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Sink or Float Exploration

Our Nursery learners had a wonderful time exploring the concept of sink and float through a fun hands-on water activity. They observed and tested different objects, made predictions about whether the objects would sink or float, and compared their results.

This engaging activity encouraged curiosity, observation, prediction, and early scientific thinking while helping children understand the properties of different materials. The learners enjoyed discovering which objects floated on the water and which ones sank to the bottom!

Learnings in K1

English

Topic: Letter Aa & Pp

Activity: Pom pom sticking

Our learners were introduced to the letter Aa & Pp through a fun and engaging hands-on activity. They explored the shape and sound of the letter while developing their fine motor skills and letter recognition.

Using colourful pom-poms, learners creatively formed the letter Aa & Pp and enjoyed the sensory learning experience. The activity made learning interactive and enjoyable, helping children remember the letter and its formation with enthusiasm and confidence.

Topic: Letter Ss

Activity: Sorting Activity

Our young learners enthusiastically explored the letter Ss through an engaging sorting activity. They identified and sorted objects that began with the /s/ sound, such as spider, snail, snake, sun, star, and spoon. This hands-on experience helped children strengthen their phonemic awareness while enhancing their observation and classification skills. The activity was filled with excitement as learners confidently recognized and grouped the objects, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Math

Topic: Circle

Activity: Shape Sorting Activity

Learners participated in a fun and engaging shape sorting activity. They identified basic shapes such as circle, triangle, square, and semicircle, and sorted them into the correct groups. The learners observed simple features like sides and curves while placing each shape. This activity helped them develop shape recognition, improved their observation skills, and strengthened their fine motor skills.

Topic: Introduction to Yellow Colour

Activity: Yellow Colour – Corn Dabbing

The children engaged in a fun and creative yellow colour activity where they used blocks to dab and create corn kernels. They dipped the blocks in yellow paint and carefully stamped them onto the worksheet, forming a bright and textured corn cob. This hands-on activity helped enhance their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while reinforcing their understanding of the colour Yellow.

Theme

Topic: Sense organs-Tongue

Activity –How does it taste?

As part of their learning about the five sense organs, the learners tasted salt, sugar, and lemon to experience the different flavors of salty, sweet, and sour. Through this enjoyable activity, they learned about the function of the tongue as a sensory organ and improved their ability to identify and describe different tastes. Using words like "salty," "sweet," and "sour," they built both their sensory awareness and vocabulary. The learners’ enthusiastic reactions—from smiles at the sweetness of sugar to funny expressions when tasting the sour lemon—made the activity lively and engaging. This hands-on experience helped make learning about the sense organs fun, meaningful, and memorable.

Topic: Sense organs- Nose

Activity – How does it smell?

In this fun and interactive activity, our K1 learners explored the concept of sense organ-auditory. Using a variety of instruments like drums, shakers, and triangles, the children listened carefully to the different sounds each object made. This activity helped enhance their listening skills, auditory discrimination, and understanding of the world around them. By actively engaging with sound in a controlled environment, learners not only deepened their sensory awareness but also built early scientific thinking skills. It was truly inspiring to observe our young learners as they concentrated on identifying and appreciating the diverse sounds, reinforcing the importance of active listening in both learning and daily life.

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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 of two letter words.

Activity: Construct two letter words

Our K2 learners were introduced to simple two-letter words such as to, do, no, go, and so through an engaging phonics session. The focus was on blending sounds to form meaningful words, helping learners strengthen their early reading skills.

To reinforce the concept, learners participated in a hands-on activity where they were given letter cards. Using these cards, they enthusiastically constructed two-letter words by blending the sounds together.

This interactive activity enhanced their phonemic awareness, encouraged independent word building, and made the learning experience enjoyable and effective.

Topic: Introduction to Articles

Activity – Articles ‘a’ and ‘an’

Our K2 learners were introduced to the concept of articles “a” and “an” through an engaging and interactive session. The teacher explained the usage of articles by helping learners understand beginning sounds of words.

To reinforce the concept, learners participated in a hands-on activity using flashcards. Each flashcard was labelled with different objects, and learners practiced reading and recognizing the initial sounds. They then thoughtfully sorted the cards into the correct columns of “a” or “an” based on the vowel or consonant sound.

This activity not only strengthened their phonetic awareness but also enhanced their reading and thinking skills, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Topic: Vowel ‘a’ and ‘e’ family cvc words

Our K2 learners were introduced to a and e family CVC words through an engaging phonics session. The teacher guided learners in blending sounds to form simple words from the a and e families such as ad, ag, ab, am, an, as, at, en, ed, and eg.

To reinforce their understanding, learners participated in a reading activity using a and e family word books. They practiced reading these word patterns, strengthening their ability to decode and recognize similar sounding words.

Through this activity, learners enhanced their phonemic awareness, improved their blending skills, and developed early reading confidence in a fun and interactive way.

Math

Topic:- Introduction to number name- four

Activity: Sand tracing

Our K2 learners were introduced to the number name “four” through an engaging and interactive session. The teacher guided learners to recognize, read, and understand the spelling of the number name.

To reinforce the concept, learners participated in a sensory-based activity using sand trays. They practiced writing the number name “four” by tracing and forming the letters in the sand, making learning both tactile and enjoyable.

Through this activity, learners developed familiarity with number names, improved their letter formation skills, and enhanced their fine motor and sensory development.

Topic:- Revision of Number Names

Activity: Number names 1 to 5

Our K2 learners enthusiastically revised number names from 1 to 5 through an engaging and interactive activity. The teacher reinforced the recognition and reading of number names, helping learners recall their prior knowledge.

To strengthen their understanding, learners were given sheets with numbers written on them. They picked up the correct number name cards and matched them accordingly to the given numbers.

Through this activity, learners enhanced their number recognition skills, improved their ability to match numbers with their corresponding number names, and developed focus and cognitive skills in a fun and meaningful way.

Topic:- Mixing colours to make Orange

Activity: Finger Dabbing

Our K2 learners were introduced to the colour orange through an engaging and interactive session on colour mixing. The teacher explained how orange is formed by combining red and yellow, sparking curiosity among the learners.

To reinforce the concept, learners participated in a fun group activity where they dipped their fingers in red and yellow paint and mixed the colours to create orange. They then used their fingerprints to decorate cutouts, making the activity both creative and hands-on.

Through this joyful experience, learners understood the concept of colour mixing, specifically how primary colours combine to form a new colour, while also enhancing their sensory exploration, creativity, and fine motor skills.

Topic:- Shapes Exploration: 2D & 3D

Activity: Circle and Sphere through Playdough

Our K2 learners were introduced to the concepts of 2D and 3D shapes through the circle and sphere. The teacher explained the difference between a flat 2D shape (circle) and a solid 3D shape (sphere) using simple examples and visual aids. To reinforce their understanding, learners engaged in a fun hands-on activity using playdough, where they created a flat circle and rolled playdough into balls to form spheres. Through this engaging experience, learners were able to identify and differentiate between 2D and 3D shapes while also enhancing their fine motor skills and spatial understanding.

Theme

Topic:- Myself.

Activity: Boy and Girl

Our K2 learners were introduced to the theme “Myself” with a focus on understanding the concepts of boy and girl. Through interactive discussions, learners explored their own identities and learned to differentiate between boys and girls.

To make the learning experience engaging and hands-on, learners participated in a creative playdough activity. Girls created figures of girls, while boys created figures of boys, expressing their understanding through modelling.

This activity helped learners develop self-awareness, enhanced their creativity, and strengthened their fine motor skills while building a sense of identity in a fun and meaningful way.

Topic:- My hobbies

Our K2 learners were introduced to the theme “My Hobbies” through an engaging and interactive session. A variety of flashcards depicting different hobbies were displayed on the table, encouraging learners to observe and explore.

Learners enthusiastically looked at the flashcards and picked their favourite hobby, sharing their interests with the class. This activity helped learners express their preferences and connect with the concept in a meaningful way.

Through this experience, learners developed self-expression skills, enhanced their observation abilities, and gained confidence in communicating their likes and interests.

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Sounds Around Us

Our Nursery learners explored the exciting world of sounds by listening to and identifying different sounds from their surroundings. They learned to differentiate between loud and soft sounds through fun listening and sorting activities.

As part of the hands-on experience, the children created a glass xylophone to explore how different sounds are produced and made their own shakers to experiment with rhythm and beats. These activities helped develop their listening skills, observation, creativity, and understanding of sound in an engaging and enjoyable way.

The learners had a wonderful time making music and discovering the sounds around them!

YOGA

The K2 learners participated in an enjoyable and energizing yoga session focused on simple poses and stretching exercises. The children followed guided movements that helped improve their flexibility, balance, and coordination. Through fun and gentle yoga activities, they learned the importance of healthy habits and mindful breathing. The session created a calm and positive atmosphere where learners could relax, focus, and build confidence. Through this activity, the learners developed physical skills such as balance, coordination, flexibility, and body awareness, while also strengthening their focus and self-regulation.

PARENT ENGAGING ACTIVITY

As part of the holiday homework, parents enthusiastically participated in the engaging nature-based activity with their learners. It was wonderful to see families spending quality time together while exploring nature and learning about its benefits.

The learners actively collected and observed natural materials such as rocks, pebbles, leaves, and many other treasures from nature. This hands-on experience helped them develop observation skills, curiosity, and a deeper connection with the environment.

We sincerely appreciate the efforts, time, and enthusiasm shown by all the parents in making learning meaningful, enjoyable, and interactive for our learners. Your support and involvement play a vital role in enriching their learning experiences and fostering a love for exploration and discovery.

Special Days!