Weekly Overview
- Class: Toddler
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
- Total Days: 5
Grade
Playgroup / Toddlers
General Objectives
- Learning from surroundings and connect with real life things.
- Explore, discovery and thinking based learning
- Manage to do things independently.
- Physical development – motor skills
- Personal, Social and emotional development
- Understanding of the rhythm
- Overall language development
Develop Skills
- Communication
- Art and craft
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Fine motors
- Gross motors
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Learning Objectives for Week-5
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Toddler
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Nursery rhymes and songs
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Pre-Math concepts:
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I have a name.
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Simple Instructions (2-word instructions like sit down, come here)
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-Identify colours (red, yellow, blue and green)
-Colours around me |
I am special.
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I am discovering how to do new things.
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I love to play
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I do many things by myself.
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I have feelings.
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I share and co operate
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My last week experience/important discussion:
Toddler Week 5 Activities
- Teacher’s Guide: Toddler
- Day: 1
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
A. Free Play (Mix Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Children will play outdoors. Teacher will monitor and observe their activities and play. It will be indoor play time in case of the rainy season or any other circumstances. Teacher will not guide them with what to play with and how to play. She will take care of safety and causations. She can ask to make a line or wait for turn to come.
B. Circle Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
(5 min.) Prayer/ Day/ Date/ Attendance / sharing experience
(10 min.)Tell the children that today/this week you will be talking about things they like to do.
The teacher will begin by saying her own name. My name is Amita. What is your name?
Encourage children to tell their names.
She will then discuss what she liked today. I like the colour of my dress, I like the milk I drank in the morning, I like my car etc.
She encourages the children to speak. Let them talk about their likes and dislikes for the day.
Let them talk about things they like to do.
Talk to them about how each one of them is special.
Discuss how eating healthy food and playing outdoors helps to keep our body active and so on.
HW Student Book Parent Child Worksheet – I am Special Parents have to send it filled the next day.
(5 min.)Music & Movement: If you are happy and you know…
“If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, And you really want to show it. If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands”. Other verses: …. stamp your feet …. shout hooray!
…. turn around …. jump up high …. come and dance …. wave your hands
C. Rhyme Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 10 Min.
(5 min.) Rhyme: I am Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrqkjS1cV24
I am Special (To the tune of “Are you sleeping”?) “I am special,
I am special,
Look at me, look at me,
A very special person, A very special person That is me, that is me”
Material required: small mirrors
(Let children stand in a circle and let each child point to herself/himself while reciting the poem). (Songs, stories, poems and finger plays that help to enhance each child’s self-esteem by focusing on the child’s name)
D. Lunch/food Time
Total Time 30 Min.
- Washroom / Toilet habits / Hand wash and Prayer before eating (10 Min.)
- Meal time and hand wash after eating (20 Min.)
E. Instruction Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Say your Name
Make children sit in a circle on the floor. Let each child say her / his name turn-wise.
Then talk about how important everyone’s name is.
Take a large ball and roll the ball to a child and let the child with the ball say her / his name.
Ask the child to roll back the ball to you and the ‘ball name game’ continues.
F. Planned/Structured Game (Fine / Gross)
Total Time 15 Min.
The teacher will keep objects of four colours on the table so thatthe children can see. Then she will pick up object of one colour and say its name. Like a red pencil, then the children willrepeat it. Then again, she will ask which colour is this, the children will say red.The same steps would be followed for blue, yellow and green colours.
Material required: Blocks of red, yellow, blue and green colours.
After identification, the teacher will ask the children to get objects of thecolour they like from the classroom and keep them near the respective colour block.
G. Transition time
Total Time 10 Min.
- Winding up / Good bye song
- Teacher’s Guide: Toddler
- Day: 2
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
A. Free Play (Mix Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Children will play outdoors. Teacher will monitor and observe their activities and play. It will be indoor play time in case of the rainy season or any other circumstances. Teacher will not guide them with what to play with and how to play. She will take care of safety and causations. She can ask to make a line or wait for turn to come.
B. Circle Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
(5 min.) Prayer/ Day/ Date/ calendar / sharing experience
(10 min.)Tell the children that today you will be talking about things I can do myself.
The teacher will say that I can rub my hands. Then she will ask the children to imitate the action. Then she will say rub, rub, rub.
In the same way roll my hands and clap my hands.
Next, she will encourage children to share which actions or activities can they do on their own – like walking on a straight line, combing hair, wear slip-ons, eat on their own.
Talk to them about how each one of them is special. (Different children are able to do different activities – that is how they are special.)
(5 min.)Music & Movement: If you are happy and you know…
“If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, And you really want to show it. If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands”. Other verses: …. stamp your feet …. shout hooray!
…. turn around …. jump up high …. come and dance …. wave your hands
C. Rhyme Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 10 Min.
(5 min.) Rhyme: All by Myself (To the tune of “Three blind mice”)
Make children move in a circle and perform activities to words.
“All By Myself All By Myself
See what I can do See what I can do I can brush my teeth
And hair so neat
I can put my socks And shoes on my feet I can get my napkin And snack to eat
All By Myself All By Myself All By Myself All By Myself
See what I can do See what I can do
I can clean- up my toys And ride my bike I can kick a ball And throw in the sky
I can read a book And sing songs I like All By Myself All By Myself”
D. Lunch/food Time
Total Time 30 Min.
- Washroom / Toilet habits / Hand wash and Prayer before eating (10 Min.)
- Meal time and hand wash after eating (20 Min.)
E. Instruction Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Clean up their toys. When they take toys out, they put them back.
Make children sit in a circle on the floor.
Let each child try to wear his or her footwear on their own.
Material required: small baskets
F. Planned/Structured Game (Fine / Gross)
Total Time 15 Min.
Crumpling of paper
The teacher will demonstrate how to crumple a piece of paper with fingers and palm and make it into a ball. Children do the same and then paint the ball. When the paint dries off, teacher shows how to unfold the ball and see the magic paint all over the paper. Each paper opened will have a different pattern design on it. The work of
the children can be displayed and then glued in their workbook.
Material required: Old newspapers (1/4th part of newspaper for each child)
Activity workbook –The dried paper may be glued to the Activity workbook page Crumpled Paper.
G.Transition time
Total Time 10 Min.
- Winding up / Good bye song
- Teacher’s Guide: Toddler
- Day: 3
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
A. Free Play (Mix Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
B. Circle Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
(5 min.) Prayer/ Day/ Date/ calendar / sharing experience
(10 min.) Story – Smile Please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8XXZFI64AA Smile Please
The teacher will narrate and explain the story to children emphasising on the feelings happy and sad. She will also relate the incidents of the story to children. For e.g. The fawn tumbles over a stone and gets hurt – so he is sad. How will you feel when you fall down or get hurt? What will mumma do when you are hurt?
Materials required: Happy and sad smileys on candy sticks.
(5 min.)Music & Movement: If you are happy and you know…
“If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, And you really want to show it. If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands”. Other verses: …. stamp your feet …. shout hooray!
…. turn around …. jump up high …. come and dance …. wave your hands
C. Rhyme Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 10 Min.
(5 min.) Rhyme: Machchali Jal Ki Rani hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BltB-q3zNA
The teacher will repeat the colours and explain the expressions
and feelings of the fish and the children.
Material required: Video the rhyme (link given) Children and the teacher stand and do the action rhyme.
D. Lunch/food Time
Total Time 30 Min.
- Washroom / Toilet habits / Hand wash and Prayer before eating (10 Min.)
- Meal time and hand wash after eating (20 Min.)
E. Instruction Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
The teacher will give simple instructions and make the children follow them. Like stand up, sit down, keep it, bring it, come here etc.
Then she will take the names of children and ask them to follow the instruction like Ranvir come here, Lata sit down etc.
F. Planned/Structured Game (Fine / Gross)
Total Time 15 Min.
Scribbling on paper with different coloured crayons.
Material required: Crayons and worksheet – Scribble
Student Book – Scribble
G. Transition time
Total Time 10 Min.
- Winding up / Good bye song
- Teacher’s Guide: Toddler
- Day: 4
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
A. Free Play (Mix Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
B. Circle Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
(5 min.) Prayer/ Day/ Date/ Attendance / sharing experience
(10 min.) Story – Smile Please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8XXZFI64AA Smile Please
The teacher will narrate and explain the story to children emphasising on the feelings happy and sad. She will also relate the incidents of the story to children. For e.g. The fawn tumbles over a stone and gets hurt – so he is sad. How will you feel when you fall down or get hurt? What will mumma do when you are hurt?
Materials required: Happy and sad smileys on candy sticks.
Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, And you really want to show it. If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands”. Other verses: …. stamp your feet …. shout hooray!
…. turn around …. jump up high …. come and dance …. wave your hands
C. Rhyme Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 10 Min.
(5 min.) Rhyme: Machchali Jal Ki Rani hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BltB-q3zNA
The teacher will repeat the colours and explain the expressions and feelings of the fish and the children.
Material required: Video the rhyme (link given) Children and the teacher stand and do the action rhyme.
D. Lunch/food Time
Total Time 30 Min.
- Washroom / Toilet habits / Hand wash and Prayer before eating (10 Min.)
- Meal time and hand wash after eating (20 Min.)
E. Instruction Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
The teacher will give small fish cut outs of 4 different colors to the children and ask them to pick up and show her the red fish, then the yellow fish, blue fish and green fish. In each basket she will keep one color paper and tell “This is a red basket” … yellow basket, blue basket and green basket. She will show the baskets with colored paper inside themand ask children to sort the fish color wise in different baskets.
Material required: Red, yellow, blue and green paper fish cut outs.
5 small baskets
F. Planned/Structured Game (Fine / Gross)
Total Time 15 Min.
Walk on a straight line
The teacher will tape 4 straight lines using red, green, blue, yellow tapes. Then she will ask the children to walk on those taped straight lines.
Material required:To create your own simple lines of coloured tape activity, you’ll need:
Coloured tape in different colours
G. Transition time
Total Time 10 Min.
- Winding up / Good bye song
- Teacher’s Guide: Toddler
- Day: 5
- Week : 5
- Theme : All about me
A. Free Play (Mix Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Children will play outdoors. Teacher will monitor and observe their activities and play. It will be indoor play time in case of the rainy season or any other circumstances. Teacher will not guide them with what to play with and how to play. She will take care of safety and causations. She can ask to make a line or wait for turn to come. |
B. Circle Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
(5 min.) Prayer/ Day/ Date/ Attendance / sharing experience
(10 min)Story:The Story of Colours https://youtu.be/0xZXgxiIFUg
The teacher will show the video of the story. She will mute
the sound of the video and read the story in her own voice. The teacher will use the pause button at each page to read and explain.
(5 min.)Music & Movement:
Colour song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCZOj8i_sY
Action song with props in hand.
Materials required: colored blocks, colorful bowls, umbrella cut outs
C. Rhyme Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 10 Min.
(5 min.) Rhyme
I am special and All by myself. As done on Day 1 and Day 2
Material required: Video the rhyme (link given)
Children and the teacher stand and do the action rhyme.
D. Lunch/food Time
Total Time 30 Min.
- Washroom / Toilet habits / Hand wash and Prayer before eating (10 Min.)
- Meal time and hand wash after eating (20 Min.)
E. Instruction Time (Whole Group)
Total Time 20 Min.
Sharing and Caring
The teacher will allot toys to all the children. Once the children have played with their toy, they will exchange their toy with the other children. Teacher makes sure that children take care of their toys by not throwing it or snatching from the other child.
Material required:Toys in the classroom
F. Planned/Structured Game (Fine / Gross)
Total Time 15 Min.
Hand Clapping
The teacher and children sit in a circle and clap and tap their hands with the child sitting next to them.
Kids will then play with a partner to improve timing and control of their movements in a fun way. Using music and rhythm is a great way to support body awareness.
Material required: Audio music
HW Student Book Parent Child worksheet – Matching same colour objects
G. Transition time
Total Time 10 Min.
- Winding up / Good bye song