DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
HOLIDAY’S HOMEWORK CLASS -PRE-SCHOOL SESSION: 2022-23
Summer time, summer time
Swimming to stay cool,
Pillow fights,
and story nights,
An awesome break
from school!
Dear Parents,
Summer Vacation is just round the corner, let every moment of this vacation be a time to unite, connect and enjoy beautiful moments with your child.
Children are born with natural curiosity and inquisitiveness about the world around them. It is important for us to help them keep this spark alive and to make learning fun.
Here are some activities given to help your child become independent and confident:-
Independent Me
∙ Buttoning and Unbuttoning
∙ Hanging school bag
∙ Keeping belongings back in their place
∙ Filling the water bottles
∙ Keeping room clean and well-organized
∙ Opening and closing Tiffin box
∙ Wish your elders with a smile
∙ Go outdoors and play with your friends
∙ Share things with your friends
∙ Use magical words: Sorry, Please, Excuse Me, Thank You
Social Skills:-
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
∙ Brushing teeth twice a day
∙ Combing hair regularly
∙ Bathing everyday
∙ Washing hands before and after meals
∙ Trimming nails regularly
Personal Hygiene:-
One, who maintains cleanliness, keeps away diseases.
Developing Motor Skills
Working on Gross Motor Skills helps child gain strength and confidence in his/her body.
Do activities like-
∙ Brushing teeth twice a day & trimming nails regularly
∙ Combing hair regularly
∙ Bathing everyday
∙ Washing hands before and after meals
Fine Motor Skills involve the use of the small muscles that control the hand, fingers and thumb. It helps to build a child’s self-esteem and confidence also. Do Activities like-
Handy Musical Instrument
Exposing young children to musical instruments can help to achieve various skills like listening skills, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor skills and in developing muscle tone in the hands and arms. Therefore, help your child to make ANY ONE handy musical instrument with the help of sample images given below.
�Paper Plate Tambourine
MATERIAL REQUIRED-Small paper plate, Markers, stickers, etc. (decorations),Yarn, Jingle bells, Hole punch or pencil, Scissors, ribbons
Step 1-Have your child decorate the back of the paper plate.
Step 2-Cut sections of yarn 3 inches long (as many sections of yarn as bells you'd like to use).
Step 3-Thread each jingle bell onto a piece of yarn.
Step 4-Use a hole punch or pencil to cut holes around the edge of the plate.
Step 5-Tie the jingle bells to the holes on the plate and cut off the excess yarn.
SENSORY BAG
MATERIAL REQUIRED-A zip lock bag/ any transparent packet, hair gel, food colour, glitter,
cello tape.
Step 1 – Fully open the Zip lock bag and lay it on a flat surface. Then, pour the hair gel into the bag.
Step 2 -Apply a couple drops of food colouring to the gel inside the large Ziploc bag.
Step 3 – Sprinkle the glitter into bag. You can use as much as you would like.
Step 4-Put tape on all sides of the bag so that there is no leakage.
Step 5-Use it for practising different patterns and letters, numbers.
PATTERN STRIPS
MATERIAL REQUIRED-A4 size sheets, sketch pens, scissors
Step 1-Fold the A4 sheet vertically
Step2-Take out four strips from one sheet
Step3-Draw simple patterns on them
Step4-Encourage your child to trace the patterns using different seeds
(Like watermelon or buttons etc.)
Step5- Laminate the same using broad transparent tape.
*Refer to the image.
BUSY BOARD- BASIC LIFE SKILLS
MATERIAL REQUIRED-A4 size sheet, card board, zip, shirt with buttons, shoe lace
Step 1- Take an A4 size sheet
Step 2- Divide it in 3 parts
Step 3- Paste a zip on the sheet
Step 4- Cut an old shirt from the button side and paste it on the same A4 size sheet.
Step 5- Draw a shoe with holes for the shoe lace on a sheet
Step 6- Now paste the complete sheet on the card board
Note- Use a feviquick or a glue gun for pasting the zip and shirt
For the Parents
Reading is Fun
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.
∙ Make reading a regular practice with pictures and large text.
∙ Read out value based stories from Panchatantra, Pepper and Bruno to the child daily.
∙ Make bed-time stories a part of your child’s daily routine.
Suggested Story Book Series & links: ♣ Pepper ♣ Bruno ♣ Bubbles Lady Bird (level 1)
https://www.wilbooks.com/free-resources-free-online-books-kindergarten
Note:-Please click the pictures while reading the books and share a collage on an A4 size sheet.
Be a Friend of your child
∙ Identify a family game like cricket, football, volleyball, etc. and play with your child every weekend.
∙ Take your child for nature walk and explore different leaves, insects, pebbles, trees while walking
Help your child develop good language skills by speaking to him in complete sentences and using “grown up” words. Help him to use the correct words and phrases. Help your child to learn simple sentences:
Please give me a bath.
Please trim my nails.
Can I watch T.V.?
It is hot today/raining today.
Mom, May I help you?
Please give me water.
I am feeling hungry/ thirsty.
I have finished my lunch.
He/she is troubling me.
Mom, you are looking beautiful today.
Papa, you are looking handsome today.
I am glad to see you.
Self-Introduction: Knowing about oneself is the most important thing at this tender age of learning. Teach them how to introduce themselves.
Show and tell activity: Chose any one object from your surroundings every day and let your child speak a few lines on it.
Use of magic words like Excuse me, thank you Please should be initiated.
DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
Kindly encourage your child to do the following worksheets.
Trace each pattern using seven different colours.
Note: Practice the similar patterns regularly.
DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PASCHIM ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-87
MAKE THE KITTY HAPPY BY DOING TEARING AND PASTING USING COLOURFUL SHEETS