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AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2016
Ganesh Chaturthi :
Dear Parents,
We are glad to see our children grow and progress
each day. We love to share what our kids are
learning and doing at school.
Parent’s teachers meeting are very important as
they provide you the first opportunity to have 15 to
20 minutes of uninterrupted time alone with your
child’s teacher. It may seem brief, but we are happy
to say that our parents at The Learning Curve used
this moment to establish a rapport and develop a
common goal with the teacher that focused on
helping their children have the best school
experience. Teacher’s too introduced the parents
to their teaching style, discipline and classroom
policies which was an important aspect for our
children’s holistic development.
A main ingredient of the parent teachers meet was
exchanging information with the teachers about
your child’s academic progress and social
achievements. That included everything from how
well your children communicated with you about
the activities they learnt and did at school. Our
teachers came across beautiful experiences shared
by the parents and were amazed to know that few
children actually became teachers at home and ask
their parents to be their students. Children sang
rhymes, told stories and also played games just the
way their teacher did.
Our team would like to thank all the parents for
motivating our teachers by sharing stories about
their lil ones that came across as a reward for the
efforts and handwork they have put every day to
ensure their children enjoy at school.
We have had lots of parents asking us whether we
will take children out on field trips and we have
responded to it with a big ‘YES’. This term we will be
taking the children out for field trips.
In the past month we had lot of fun celebration in
which all of you enthusiastically participated.
Cheers
THE LEARNING CURVE
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Jayanagar
Kamothe
Indiranagar
Bodakdev
Nerul
Thane Vasant Vihar
GANESH UTSAV AT THE LEARNING CURVE
Festivals are the days where the centre is lit up and it feels lively… as there
is an excitement in the air with festivity and something different that is
going to happen. Decorations done by the teachers make the children feel
the days at school are different due to the new look given to it. School is
fun for children with new scheduled to follow and yummy snakes to be
served by our cooks, it creates an atmosphere of joy and happiness.
Ganesh Utsav is a festival that we celebrated at all our centres. Following
rituals and traditional ceremony gave a glimpse of Ganesh Utsav to our lil
ones. Teachers enacted and narrated the story of Lord Ganesh’s wisdom
and how he defeated his brother Lord Karthik in a race around the world
for their children. With tasty ‘modak’ treats our children had a gala time.
An interesting take away activity of making Ganpati was the highlight of
the event for the kids. They loved making their own ‘GanpatiBapa’ and
chanting ‘GanpatiBapa Moriya’. Here are few pictures of the festival
celebration at our school where you can see the children and their
teachers dressed up in traditional wear. .
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PLAYGROUP
I’M LUCKY, I HAVE A SIBLING
After learning ME, Mother and Father,
the beginning of
o u r n e w te r m
focus on sibling
love. To develop
and nurture
sibling love we
read the book
‘I used to be
the Baby’ by
Robin Ballard
where the
children get to
understand
how to take
care of their
y o u n g e r
siblings.
play time for both of them, as they will
learn to gel with their sibling and also
share toys together.
sister
Ÿ Painting a picture of
their baby brother/
sister
SHAPES
Children love this
book. Each picture
in the book ‘A Circle
Here, A Square
There’ brings out the
angles, curves, and
lines in objects both
every day and unexpected.
Artist David Diehl creates engagingly
active graphic
d e s i g n s :
whether it’s the
secretive Square
of a wrapped
gift,
the
surprising
crescent of a moon, or the (nibbled)
triangle of a piece of pizza, all the
illustrations are striking and
exuberantly colourful.
Kids made exciting connections
between the letters of the simple
words on the page, the exciting
images, and the common shapes of
the world around them.Children
loved the story and if you have the
time do read it to your children again
at home!!The concept of shapes and
matching made children enjoy the
process of learning math in an
interesting way.
At home
There is nothing better that siblings
bonding, getting to see your children
share and care for each other is the
most precious feeling for parents. Get
your children to sing nursery rhymes
and songs or tell stories to their baby
brother/ sister. Try to keep a common
LETTERLAND
W e m o v e
further into
Letterland
meeting Harry hat man who does not
l i ke n o i s e … h e h a s a h a b i t o f
whispering hhh… hhh… hhh… so
whenever you want your children to
Children learn
the quality of sharing and caring for
their baby brother/sister. The children
also recall their days as baby.
Art and Craft activities include:
Ÿ M a k i n g
pinwheel for
their baby
brother/
whisper remind
them Harry hat
man who does not
like loud voices. They
also meet Impy Ink
who happens to
sayi... i... I...
SING ALONG!!!
Yo u w i l l h e a r
your little ones
singing and
moving to a
s o n g .‘ W i g g l y
Woo’. This is a
funny leg
s t o m p i n g
number by Tumble Tots. Here is the lyrics for
you to sing along with your children;
Wiggly Woo, Wiggly woo
Let’s all do the wiggly woo.
(Shake your body when you sing this)
Swing your arms round and round
(swing arms)
Tap your two feet on the ground (tap feet)
Clap your hands in front of you (clap hands)
That's how you do the wiggly woo
Wiggly Woo Wiggly woo
CHILDREN ARE EXPLORERS
Children are explorers and they love to
explore.
Playing hind and seek with the children made
them explore quiet and hidden places in their
classroo
m . I t
changed
t h e
atmosp
here of
t h e
class.
T h e
toddlers
were all excited and there joy had no
boundaries.
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NURSERY
WHAT’S SPECIAL
In the first term our children learnt all
about SELF. Now we have something
more innovative and exciting for
them. Our little ones will all be
enacting, roleplaying and also going
for field trips. Yes!! Isn’t it exciting? Do
not be surprised if your child asks
Mumma, Pappa
what do you do?
The theme for
this term is
COMMUNITY
HELPERS. So
though the spot
light is on
Community
(supermarket) children learnt in
depth about how variety of things are
grouped
differently
i n
a
supermark
et to easy
t
h
e
customer.
T
o
generate curiosity the teacher read
the book ‘At the Supermarket’ by
Anne Rockwell before their visit to the
supermarket. They learnt to trade
(exchange currency for good). Now
next time when you are at the
supermarket with your little ones…
beware they know where to find their
favourite chocolate and ice-cream.
At Home
Involve your children in shopping at
the supermarket on your next visit. At
this age children love doing things on
their own. Visit to a supermarket is
like a mini trip for them. Start with
making a
list and then let them
help you pick up the
material from the
selves. This will help
them identify
different shapes and
colours.
makes the
sound at the
beginning of
his name.
Keep your
mouth nearly
closed and lips open – ‘nnn…’ to avoid
adding “uh”.
COLOURS AND CRAYONS
In Math they learnt about mixing
colours. In the
colour world they
move on to learn
how to make
different colours
by watching a
demonstration. We read the book
‘Colour Dance’ by Ann Jonas and
children loved playing with ribbons
and streamers of different colours.
RECAP ACTIVITY
We also enjoyed learning our ‘Days of
the week’. A cute little kitten told us
what she did each day. Do you know
what fun we had? We played a
memory game. Guessing what the
kitten did each day made children
think and know their days of the week
easily.Ink who happens to sayi... i... I...
LETTERLAND
In Letterland they continue their
journey into the letter character
learning
about
Impy Ink
a n d
Noisy
Nick.
Impy Ink
makes the sound at the beginning of
his name – ‘i…’ (As in ink). Noisy Nick
MOVING AND GROVING
Mr Grocer
Tune: Old Mac Donald Had a Farm
Mr Grocer had a store yum yum yum yum yum
And in his store he had some milk yum yum
yum yum yum
With a gulp gulp here and a gulp gulp there
Here a gulp there a gulp everywhere a gulp
gulp
Mr Grocer had a store yum yum yum yum yum
GAMES AND FUN
What happens when our shopping goes
missing?
Mummies,
I’m sure you
can relate to
what chaos is
created. Our
c h i l d re n a t
‘The Learning
Curve’ also
face similar
situation
where their
shopping
w e n t
missing.
Oops!!!
‘Who stole
m
y
shopping?’ Was a mysterious game that made
children to put on their thinking hat and look
for cues? To see the actual fun peep on to our
camaras.
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JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN
It this beautiful age children create
memories and remember them. Don’t
they? For a moment let’s go in flash
back and recall our childhood days.
The thought of childhood brought a
smile on our faces. Think of what fun
would it be for our children to have
colourful memories? This is an age
where they learn to dream on what
they want to be when they grow up.
From an Engine Driver a pilot and
exclamations like “Mummy, I think I
want to be a Doctor”. Be ready to hear
it all. Any profession can attract them
at this age …and they dream of being
just that. Yes they also change their
ambitions …as quickly as a change of
clothes…what fancies the Lil ones
today changes quickly …whimsical
dreamy eyed and full of adventure;
Life is happening and fun when they
l e a r n
a n d
g r o w.
What they finally choose to become is
the consequence of what they
experience. Children at ‘The Learning
Curve’ discover themselves through
play.
a r t i s t i c a n d l o v e t o e x p r e s s read a book about a traffic jam in the
themselves.
We learn about famous artists and
their art
wo r k . We
r e a d a
beautiful
Story ‘ The
Dot’ by
Peter H.
Reynolds
where we
learn that everything begins with a
single dot. Ah interested what it is
about…well let us give you a hint it is
about a little boy who says he cannot
draw and how his teacher encourages
him resulting in a whole new learning
for the children. It also introduces
children to the technique of
POINTILISM …what is that you say…a
technique of colouring used by the
famous painter George Seurat who
use dots of colours to paint his art
masterpieces!!!
middle of the street ….hmm who
started the traffic hold up…which was
the first vehicle that got stuck
becoming the second truck to get
stuck…Read the book ‘20 Big trucks in
Middle of the streets’ by Mark Lee
with your child…we are reading it at
the centre.
(The book also helps children
understand the concept of before and
after.)
LETTERLAND
We are happy to say that
MATH
We strengthen the concept of
I’M A PAINTER
Let’s make it interesting for our numbers by playing with numbers children. We focus on occupations, a learning sequencing patterns, before
and after and learning to rote count
forward and backward from 1 to 20.
How do you explain the concept of
little different …step ahead of just
boring community helpers. Our
kindergartners are so much more! Our
little ones love to doodle, draw and
paint for hours together. They are
kindergartners are now comfortable
with the identification of letters in
l o we r ca s e . We ke e p re v i s i n g
beginning sounds and lower case
while beginning our journey of
learning to identify and write Upper
sequence and ordinal to children?
Well at The Learning Curve along with case Letters.
concrete examples and objects we
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SENIOR KINDERGARTEN
GAMES
We play a lot of fun games during our
Physical Experience session. Work on
our balancing and body control while
trying to enact a tree on a windy
day…why don’t you try the
scenario…role play
At Home
You can make your child balance a
balloon on
the plate by
tossing in in
t h e a i r,
throwing a
ball in a
number grid
and playing hockey with a broom …
Isn’t it fun! Try to play it with your
c h i l d re n i t wo u l d a d e l i g ht f u l
experience. In Active learning they
independently learnt to write letters
from a to z in lower case and upper
case. Paint and make beautiful
pictures and portraits like little artist.
They learn to sort things in different
order and sequence them. .
KIDS ARE IN MOTION
Bean bags and parachute –
Its Shadow dancing.
We’re gonna’
play a game
c a l l e d
“Shadow
Dancing.”
All you have to do is follow me.
Just watch me closely and be my
shadow
Can you move your body just like me?
You will know all the songs that your
children sing for you when you get a
copy of our music book.
Wow!!! The fun in Kindergarten is no
less than the fun they had in
playgroup and nursery class. It was 3
years ago when the lil ones entered
‘The Learning Curve’ a place away
from home none other than their own
school. Those nervous and anxious
little babies settled with love and care
from their teachers and strong
support from our parents. They have
now grown up and almost ready for
formal schooling. At this age in Senior
Kindergarten we are focusing on
Math, Science and Letterland to
prepare them for big school.
LETTERLAND
We are learning
to read and
understand the
mechanics of
words, blends
with ‘l’. We learn how two letters
come together to create new sound
which is a combination of both their
individual sound like ‘bl’ as in blue, ‘cl’
in clap, ‘fl’ in flap, ‘gl’ in glass and ‘pl’
in play. Yes!!! Mummy, Daddy I know
all the words which ‘l’ (Lucy Lamp
Light) makes with their consonant
friends. The children at school learnt
few sight words and they were happy
to be able to read those words aloud.
These were their first steps towards
reading independently.
At Home
Give children a book, children
magazine or any article with a pencil
and allow them to find and circle all
the sight words that they have learnt
at school one by one and then let
them count the total number of ‘The’
that they have actually circled. Isn’t it
fun!!! Look what they have learnt.
MATH
Yes, math is much
more than rote
counting. We
learn how to
count forward and
backwards, sequencing, matching
pairs, sorting and much more.
Counting is fun when we discover the
funny words of the ‘Monkey’ in
“Counting Crocodiles”. It was an
interesting story where monkey spies
a banana tree on a faraway island, but
the only way to get there is to navigate
the crocodile-infested waters of the
Sillabobble Sea. That’s no problem
when you’re a brave and clever
monkey who can count to fifty and
back!
SCIENCE
Our senses allow us to learn, to
protect ourselves, to enjoy our world.
Can you imagine what it might be like
to live your life without any of your
senses? The senses usually work
together to give us a clear picture of
the things around us. The human
beings experience the world around
them with their SENSE ORGANS.
We learn how we taste, smell, see,
hear and understand through touch.
Children learn these little facts about
science through activities and games.
Children enjoyed exploring the facts
about seeing through Eyes with a
purpose of knowing them by doing an
interesting activity where they
prepared a parallax bird cage. On
rolling it rapidly between their palms
they chirped…Magic! Magic! Magic!
All children were amazed. Learning
through play dough activities also
helped children know more about our
own body.
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ATUR PARK
PE:Pinwheel & Bubbles
Concept: I used to be The baby
Activity: what cookie did
Concept: Letterland: Noisy Nick’n’
SUPERMARKET
Math :Number sequence
Books Time
Playing with Parachute
SUPERMARKET
Music & Movement
Math :Addition
Story Time
Free Play
Letterland dress up
Active Learning
Concept
Letterland dress up
Free Play
Free Play
Concept
Free Play
Letterland dress up
CHEMBUR ( Annex)
Free Expression
Music and Movement
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Chembur ( Bungalow)
PE
Letterland dress up
Concept
Music and Movement
Letterland dressup
Activity
Active Learning
Concept
Letterland dress up
Free Play
Free Play
Concept
Free play–colouring
PE-fun with pinwheel and bubble
Music and Movement –hello
Concept
Letterland-impy ink
Active Learning-colouring impy ink
PE – When the saints go marching
Free Play-Legos & edu links
Letterland –’n’ noisy nick
Active Learning-match the shape
GHATKOPAR
Concept-a circle here a square there
Music and Movement
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NERUL
PE-Hide and Seek
Concept –I used to be the baby
Pe-late for school
Free expression-palm painting
PE- Trolley/Basket race
Concept- Supermarket
Letterland –revision
Concept
Active Learning
Free Play
MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Letterland- Impy Ink “I”
Free play
PE
Music and Movement
Concept
Letterland-impy ink
Active Learning
Concept
Music and Movement
Letterland –’n’ noisy nick
Letterland
NEW PANVEL
Active Learning
Music and Movement
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DHOKALI THANE
Free Play- Making pizza
Shapes
Concept- Supermarket
Red hed song
Music and Movement
Concept- Supermarket
Active Learning
Letterland Letter-h
Active Learning
Letterland dress up-I
Letterland dress up-x
Letterland- Impy Ink “I”
HIRANANDANI ESTATE
Free play
Active Learning
Letterland
Letterland-impy ink
Letterland-impy ink
Letterland
Free play
Active Learning
Concept
Free Play
Field Trip
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THANE(Vasant Vihar)
Free Experience – Hide and Seek
Music and Movement
Active learning
Letter land ‘h’
Free Expression – Leaf Printing
Music & Movement
Basket relay
concept- supermarket
Worksheets of letter I
Activity time
Learning about supermarket
Letterland- Impy Ink “I”
VASAI
Free play
Free Play
PE: Relay race
Concept
Supermarket
Active Learning
Supermarket
Free play
Active Learning
MM: Mixing colors
Active Learning
Concept
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KAMOTHE
Concept
Active Learning
Free Expression
Music and Movement
PE
Activity
Concept- Supermarket
Letterland
Music and Movement
Active Learning
Concept
Active Learning
Activity
Joint the dots
I Used to be a Baby
Letterland dress up
Activity
Music and Movement
KOPARKHAIRANE
Story about Bakri-Eid
KALYAN
Free Play
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LOKHANDWALA, ANDHERI (W)
Free Expression
Music and Movement
Concept
Active Learning
Free Expression
Concept
Let's String the Shapes
Active Learning
Free Play
Hide and seek
Concept
Letterland dress up
Active Learning
Letterland dress up
Let's String the Shapes
Free Play
Concept - Siblings
Concept - Shapes
Music and Movement
Letterland dress up - d
AIROLI
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AUNDH
Free Play
Letterland dress up
PE
Active Learning
Free Expression – Leaf Printing
Free Play
Concept
Active Learning
Maths
Active Learning
Letterland j
Active Learning
Free play
PE
WAKAD
Free Play
Letterland dress up
Concept
Active Learning
Music and Movement
Free play
Music and Movement
Concept
Letterland dress up
Concept
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BANER
Free Play
Letterland dress up
PE
Music and Movement
Concept
Letterland
Active Learning
Free Play
Concept
Music and Movement
Doctor Visit
Active Learning
Concept
Letterland dress up
Music and Movement
Active Learning
Celebration Activity
Music and Movement
Letterland
Active Learning
Free Play
PE
Letterland dress up
Music and Movement
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ERANDWANE
Free Play – Let’s play!!
Passing the ball
Circle time
Celebrations - Ganapati
Giant sandwich
Fun with pinwheels & bubbles
Letterland – Impy Ink
Activity –Noisy Nick ‘n’
Supermarket
Supermarket
Activity – Shapes activity
Saints go marching……
KALYANINAGAR
Free play
Music & Movement
Letterland dress up
Maths
PE
Active Learning
Story Time
Active Learning
Active Learning
Outdoor Games
Concept
Letterland
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NIGDI
Free Play – Let’s play!!
Passing the ball
Circle time
Letterland
Free Play
Maths
Letterland – Impy Ink
Active Learning
Supermarket
Active Learning
Active Learning
Music & Movement
PAUD ROAD
Free Play- Edu Shape Bangle
Art & CraftPaper plate dabbing car
Art & Craft- tearing & pasting on kite
Active Learning- My Grandma & Grandpa
Letterland dress up – ‘n’
Letterland dress Up- I
Theme – Doctor
Concept- A Circle Here, A Square There
Music and Movement- Mixing Colour
Field Trip to Reliance Fresh
Free Play- Plot 4 & Memory Skill
Letterland dress Up-’k’
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PIMPLE SAUDAGAR
Free Play – Let’s play!!
PE
Letterland dress up
Music and Movement
Concept
PE
Concept
Active Learning
Music and Movement
Free Play
Active Learning
Music & Movement
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BODAKDEV
Free Play – Let’s play!!
PE
Letterland dress up
Active Learning
Letterland dress up
PE
Active Learning
Ganpati Celebration
Ganpati Celebration
Celebration
PE
Music & Movement
Letterland dress up
Music and Movement-Miss Polly had a dolly
Concept
HIMMATLAL PARK
Music and Movement
Free play
Free play
Music and Movement
Letterland dress Up- I
Active Learning
Music and Movement
Active Learning
PE
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INDIRANAGAR
Free Play – Let’s play!!
Letterland dress up : Impy ink ‘I’
Music & movement
Nick ‘n’
‘Grand old duke of york ‘
Concept: Art and Artist
Active Learning
PE: Hide and Seek
Letterland dress up : Harry hat man ‘h’
Active Learning : ‘h’ copy master
Marching
Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration
Introduction to letter ‘j’
Letterland dress up
Getting ready for bed PE
Story time-Cookie’s week
Concept
JAYANAGAR
Kitchen Set Free Play
Shadow Dancing
Music and Movement
Wiggle Woo
Music and Movement
Introduction to letter ‘D,E&F’
Letterland dress up
A Circle Here, A Square There
My Sight Word List
Active Learning
Twist & Turn
Free Play
Building block
PE
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SARJAPUR
Free expressions: Fun with colours
Music & movement:
Fly fly can you reach the sky
Concept: Grand parents
PE: Group play
Letterland
Active learning: First aid
Puppet show
Music & movement
Letterland dress up : Impy ink
PE
Letterland
Group game: Who stole my shopping
M&M: Hello Hello
Activity: Coloring - I
Activity: Mixing of colors
WHITEFIELD
Free Play- Manipulators
Concept: At the Supermarket
P.E: Who stole my Shopping?
Story Telling
Cool Down
M&M: stand up sit down
Free Play: Button lacing
Concept: I used to be a baby
Letterland: “n”- noisy nick
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GACHIBOWLI
Concept
Free play
Active Learning
PE
Free Expression
Letterland dress up
Letterland dress up
Concept
Warm Up
Music and Movement
Concept
Active Learning
Music and Movement
Letterland dress up
PE
WEST MARREDPALLY
Free Play
Concept
Active Learning
Active Learning
Music and Movement
Music and Movement
Letterland dress up
Letterland dress up
PE
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