Shapes and Colors

DAY : 3

Topic: Pictures of family and difference between friends and family members.

Vocabulary: Short, tall, small, big, slim, fat, thin etc.

Material required: Photographs of family

Presentation:

· Encourage the children to bring family photographs to school.
· Ask them the names of their family members.
· Point out each member and discuss about their role and character.
· Ask them to count the number of family members.
· Ask when and where did they take this particular photo.
· Recall previous topic, make a list of the names of members of your friend's family.
· Invite the children to play grandmother, may I? Like mother, may I?
· Encourage the children to make a card for their family members.
· Encourage them to talk about the birthday parties, how all the members help to organize the event.
· Family members are members of the family for example: brother, mother, grandmother, grandfather etc.
Members of the family are always related to each other.

● Friends are the people who are close to us and we share our views with them during difficult and happy times but not a relative to us.

Friends usually will be of same age group or peer group.
Family members will be of variable age group from babies to old age people.

Assessment:

· How many members are there in your family?
· Can you show your grandparent in photo?
What is your uncle or aunt's name?
Recall where did you take this photo?
· How many members are there in your family?
· How many sisters and brothers you have?
· Who are the old people staying in your house?
· Who are all your friends?
Who is your best friend and why?
· How does a friend help you at the time of need?
· What is a joint family?
· What is a nuclear family?
· What is the difference between family members and friends?
· Who we called as friends?

Closing: To make them understand and identify their family members

Evaluation:

Cognitive skills- recalling the topic
Social emotional skills-their sweet memories, sharing their feeling.
· Expressive and receptive language skills- how well they understood the topic,

Topic: Talk about friends, Means of communication with friends.

Vocabulary: friendship, sharing, care, wish, gift, present, pal, letter, post e-mail, SMS, stamp, envelope, greeting card, postman, pal, peer, photos, address.

Material required: show them some pictures of friends like Barney and BJ, Dora and boots, pooh and friend's etc, post cards, inland letters, and stamps.

Presentation:

· Explain the children about the importance of friends. We require people to play, share and spend time with us.

● Tell them to name some friends. Talk about the need of friends.

· Tell them we need them when we are in trouble, in happiness.

Tell them the qualities required for a good friend.

● Explain the children how we can communicate with friends when they are far away from us or when they are not near us. Tell them the means through which we can communicate like mobile, letter, E-mail and so on.

● Ask the children to talk on toy telephone give them a topic (not well, festival, friendship day).

● Show the pictures or materials required to communicate.

· Explain how to send a letter, email or SMS.

· Talk to them about E-mail, mail ID, sending letters.

Assessment:

● Which is the good quality you like, the most in your friend?

● What gift would you like to give for your friend on friendship day?

· What are the good things we can do for friends?
If you have too many toys and if your friend doesn't have any toy what would you prefer to do?
· How many friends do you have?
· How can we be a good friend to others?
· Do we need friends?
· How do you feel when a friend gives you a hug?
Is sharing a part of friendship?
How can you talk with your friend who is far away?
How can you communicate, invite your friend who is not next to you for your birthday party?
· What is the best quality you like in your friend?
In what all ways we can communicate with our friends?
· Do you all have an e-mail ID?
· What is an e-mail?
How many friends you have?
· Who is your best friend?

Closing: To make the children understand the importance of friends, how we play, share toys with them, and we need them in our troubles and happiness. To make them understand and know the means to communicate with friends in various ways and to make them know even if they are far away we can easily have contact with them.

Evaluation:

Language skills of expressive and receptive. Pre math skills: counting of friends. Social/ emotional skills: sharing, loving, caring for others, understanding others feeling, helping. Expressive language skills: participating in conversation

Social skill; having contact with friends

Extension: Play the game of guess who? (Blindfold the child and ask another child to recite a rhyme and ask the blindfolded child to guess who it is.

Ball or potato race
Hand print card

Paper cup telephones (usage of juice carton).

You can use empty juice cartons or cups and string to play the telephone game as the children can tell each other why they like the other person through communicating via the telephone.

Story suggestion: Pooh and his friends.