By now the children have acquired many skills and are ready for formal studies like reading, writing alphabets and numbers. The academic year starts from Mid-June. The first fifteen days the month could be utilised for settling and revising the previously learned material. Once they have settled down, the teachers can start with the new curriculum. Teachers must have a lesson plan along with the time-table.
Importance of the lesson plans:
Teachers are given the curriculum for the full academic year, which is further divided into monthly plans. This monthly syllabus is planned into weekly schedules. The plans for the next month should be ready by the last week of the previous month. This plan is further broken down into weekly plans which is again followed with daily plans. The academic curriculum and the co-curricular activities are taken into consideration while deciding the time table.
Teachers must prepare and keep all the materials required ready. If the teacher is unprepared with the material, it would distract the children leading them into munching their snacks, talking and playing around aimlessly. Hence, a lot of time would be wasted by the teacher to quieten the class and re-settle the children. But, if the lesson plan book is ready on her table along with the material required for that particular day, automatically a good discipline would be observed in the class. This would ensure that the day scheduled would move forward smoothly. Therefore, planning the lessons is very important. If you already know the topics for each subject then one could prepare apt teaching aids, as the visual aids play a big role in helping the younger children learn better. So, the teachers can be ready with charts, flash cards, models, books from the library and instruments for experiments from the Science Laboratory.
Time Table:
In Nursery, there cannot be a fixed time table, as they need plenty of time for the activities. But, the teacher could prepare a flexible time table for the day and plan the activities, prepare the materials and the teaching aids accordingly. An example of a time table is below.
The teacher must arrange the free play before the children the start coming into the class. The first thirty minutes could be the free play, after which once the children have settled down on the floor the teacher could take the attendance and start with the oral work like recitation of poems, counting numbers, alphabets or introduce concepts. This could be followed by Environmental studies and some related activity such as the clay work. For example, red clay could be used to make an apple for demonstrating the use of the alphabet "A". Coloring, paper tearing, sticking, teaching a song could some other activities to consider. The children could then have a break and during this the teacher must teach them hygiene and discipline such as walking in a line, washing their hands before eating. Nursery children take more time, so encourage them for some physical activity related to music or dance. The nursery session could last upto two hours.
This is about the time-table and planning for the Nursery classes. However, the same information would not be applicable for the Junior and Senior Kindergarten. Following post would highlight the necessary information regarding the Junior and Senior KG time-table.
Here is wishing all my readers A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR in advance! May the year 2014 be rewarding and prosperous!
Importance of the lesson plans:
Teachers are given the curriculum for the full academic year, which is further divided into monthly plans. This monthly syllabus is planned into weekly schedules. The plans for the next month should be ready by the last week of the previous month. This plan is further broken down into weekly plans which is again followed with daily plans. The academic curriculum and the co-curricular activities are taken into consideration while deciding the time table.
Teachers must prepare and keep all the materials required ready. If the teacher is unprepared with the material, it would distract the children leading them into munching their snacks, talking and playing around aimlessly. Hence, a lot of time would be wasted by the teacher to quieten the class and re-settle the children. But, if the lesson plan book is ready on her table along with the material required for that particular day, automatically a good discipline would be observed in the class. This would ensure that the day scheduled would move forward smoothly. Therefore, planning the lessons is very important. If you already know the topics for each subject then one could prepare apt teaching aids, as the visual aids play a big role in helping the younger children learn better. So, the teachers can be ready with charts, flash cards, models, books from the library and instruments for experiments from the Science Laboratory.
Time Table:
In Nursery, there cannot be a fixed time table, as they need plenty of time for the activities. But, the teacher could prepare a flexible time table for the day and plan the activities, prepare the materials and the teaching aids accordingly. An example of a time table is below.
Period
|
Time
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
I
|
9am to 9.30am
|
Free Play
|
Free Play
|
Free Play
|
Free Play
|
Free Play
|
II
|
9.30am to 10am
|
Oral Work
|
Oral Work
|
Environmental Science (EVS)
|
Picture Talk
|
Story/Poem Recitation
|
III
|
10am to 10.30am
|
B
|
R
|
E
|
A
|
K
|
IV
|
10.30am to 11am
|
Physical Exercise
|
Yoga
|
Craft
|
Singing/ Music
|
Dancing
|
The teacher must arrange the free play before the children the start coming into the class. The first thirty minutes could be the free play, after which once the children have settled down on the floor the teacher could take the attendance and start with the oral work like recitation of poems, counting numbers, alphabets or introduce concepts. This could be followed by Environmental studies and some related activity such as the clay work. For example, red clay could be used to make an apple for demonstrating the use of the alphabet "A". Coloring, paper tearing, sticking, teaching a song could some other activities to consider. The children could then have a break and during this the teacher must teach them hygiene and discipline such as walking in a line, washing their hands before eating. Nursery children take more time, so encourage them for some physical activity related to music or dance. The nursery session could last upto two hours.
This is about the time-table and planning for the Nursery classes. However, the same information would not be applicable for the Junior and Senior Kindergarten. Following post would highlight the necessary information regarding the Junior and Senior KG time-table.
Here is wishing all my readers A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR in advance! May the year 2014 be rewarding and prosperous!
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