Friday 20 December 2013

Sorry for the break due to unavoidable reasons.

CURRICULUM -

As I mentioned earlier that pre-primary section is not recognized by any board, there are no prescribed study material and guideline.
Each school decides on their own, so the curriculum depends on the creative mind of the head of the pre-primary section. The curriculum should be age appropriate and child friendly. It must have activities which are skill oriented.

NURSERY CURRICULUM-

Nursery is a preparatory year and all the activities are developmentally oriented, vocabulary, finger control, eye' hand coordination recognition of the environment, reading readiness, writing readiness, and physical development.

VOCABULARY-
3 year old child has limited vocabulary and to introduce new words, stories and poems are the most effective way. Also, oral communication and picture talk on different topics is also a good way to introduce new words.

FINER MOTOR CONTROL-
Children's fingers are yet not ready for writing, so for strengthening their finger control and eye-hand coordination as  well as readiness. Activities like crayon work, colouring within the line, play work, puzzles, paper tearing and sticking, recognition of capital and small letters and numbers 1 to 10.

RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT-
For a child his home and his family is his world, so we must start with Myself and My Family, the names of family members and their relationship as an activity they can make an album of family members with the help of photographs . With nursery children the topic should be such that they can understand, Eg- beach, mall, park etc. While teaching animals start with pet and domestic animals. For such topics taught, teacher must give a follow-up activity like worksheet, colouring, cotton sticking. One day you can ask the children to bring their pet if they have.

PHYSICAL MOVEMNT-
Singing and Dancing must be a part of the curriculum. The steps along with beats not only give them physical movement but a sense of rhythm. Outdoor play for this age group is a little dangerous as each child needs individual attention. Most of the schools have indoor gym of foam blocks of different shapes. And this is used for climbing, walking , balancing etc. Running in circle , hopping on one leg, go to the shapes, colour square, alphabets and numbers. My,"You can Do Activity" series is graded according to the age- Book A is for 3yrs, Book B for 4yrs and Book C is for 5 yrs. Schools are using this set and parents can also use thees at home.

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