Vacation Enrichment Programme

Kindergarten-2

An Activity a Day, Keeps Boredom Away

VACATION ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

Vacations are a great opportunity for parents and children to spend quality

time with each other. Parents’ relationship and bonding with their child

plays an integral part in shaping their personality and adds on to their well-

being. Parents know their child intrinsically and hence that can bring out

the best in their child.

Vacation Enrichment Programme (VEP) is planned to set your child on a

journey for joyful learning. It has been designed to give your child a chance

to explore, inquire and bridge the learning gaps. This will enable them to

practice the skills which are a pre-requisite for continuous learning. Two of

the greatest gifts we can give a developing child are positive self-esteem

and self-confidence. These holidays are a great chance for parents to

develop a relationship where the school and the parent community can work

together for children’s holistic development.

Be a part of this enrichment Programme as it has been designed to foster

your child’s learning experiences. Take an active interest and participate in

everything which your child is fascinated to talk about and show that you

care about their experiences and share an interest in all they do.

Ladders to Literacy

1. Learn 5 lines about My family. 2. Read story for 15 to 20 minutes to your child every day. 3. Learn any 5 lines on the places you visited during ‘The Summer

Break ‘ & be ready to give a presentation on this in your class 4. Learn phonic sounds of letters A to Z thoroughly so that it will help

you to form words easily.

5. Do a handprint activity and write the 5 vowels on each finger.

Let the child complete the attached worksheets himself/herself

PROJECT

1. Make a Pictionary of Swars in a scrap – file and draw or paste

pictures related to the swar on that.

Sample picture attached herewith

1. Play with dough and clay daily. 2. Give your child lot of puzzles to solve. 3. Practice quantification of numbers from 1 to 30 with objects like

crayons, pencils, erasers etc. Let the child complete the attached worksheets

PROJECT

Quantification of numbers from 1 to 30 – Encourage your child to write

numbers from 1 to 30 in the scrap file and paste/ draw the pictures

according to the number next to it.

Sample below

Theme based Learning (If it rains)

1. Watch a thunder storm. Be excited! Talk to your child about dark clouds,

thunder, and lightning. 2. Walk in the rain together with an umbrella. Look for rainbows, frogs,

and count puddles.

PROJECT

1. Make a Weather Calender for the month of June depicting the

weather of each day like Sunny, rainy etc…. Encourage your ward to

write the numbers from 1 to 30 and then paste the appropriate

weather picture according to each day.

Sample below:

2. Make a booklet on ‘My family. Take a scrap file and make an album.

Encourage your ward to write the names of all the family members below

the picture.

Let’s be creative

1. Make an album cover by using following steps- • Take A3 sheet and fold it in half. • Punch the fold and string yarn/satin ribbon. • Decorate the front and paste your photo. • Fill in the album with all the worksheets.

2. Craft file – Kindly help your ward to the craft work on pages 7, 11, 13

and 19 in their crafts files. Material has been provided for the same.

3. Make the swar Pictionary, Quantification of numbers from 1 to 30

and My family in one scrap file itself.

IMPORTANT DAYS DURING VACATIONS:-

• International Children’s Day : (01 . 06 . 12) Make your child feel special by taking him or he for an outing to

places like shopping mall/metro walk for fun and frolic.

• World Environment Day: (05. 06 .12)

Plant a small shrub at your home. Encourage them to look after the

plants and trees in his/her locality.

• Father's Day :(16.06.12)

Celebrate Father’s Day by making a card and clicking a photograph.

(mamma’s help is required here)

Social and Safety Skills

To practice at Home

CULTIVATE MANNERS -Let’s tell them to use these magic words

(please, thank you, sorry & excuse me) as many times as possible

through the day in sentences like:

May I play with toys, Please give a glass of water etc...

STAY HEALTHY -To stay healthy, let your child accompany you for a

walk.

DO YOURSELF - Make your child more responsible by making them do

various activities themselves, like buttoning & unbuttoning the shirt,

folding mats & clothes, arranging their toy shelf, learn how to wear

shoes & socks, learn how to zip the school bag & uniform.

CONVERSE IN ENGLISH - Make an effort to converse in English with

your Mom & Dad all the time.

ENCOURAGE TO HELP -Encourage your child to help birds during

summers. This could be done by keeping a bowl of water in your

balcony/terrace/garden etc.

PERSONAL INFORMATION -Have your child practice stating their

personal information in case of emergencies (full name, parents' name,

address, telephone number)

• TAKE TURNS -Encourage your child to share and to take turns with

others

• SOME USEFUL WEB LINKS: www.starfall.com

www.meddybemps.com

www.literacycenter.net

www.janbrett.com

• Enjoy and discover the summer vacations together. Every single

minute can be a learning moment for your child.

Wishing you a happy and bright summer vacations!!

Biscuit Topping

Put on your chef’s cap and get going in the kitchen

Ingredients:

Marie or Monaco biscuit

Cheese slice

Tomato ketchup

Method:

Take one Marie or Monaco biscuit, place a small slice of cheese on it and a

pinch of ketchup. Cover it with another biscuit.

As you have already learned how to make’ Lemonade’, now it’s time to make a

chilled glass of lemonade for your dad and mom. Ask your mom to cut a

lemon for your and make chilled refreshing drink for them.

Love KG-2 Teachers

NOTE: Kindly submit all the worksheets and projects in a labeled zip

pouch

Name: _________ Subject: Numeracy

Fine Motor Development

Join the numbers in sequence to complete the picture and colour it.

Name: _________ Subject: Literacy

Fine Motor Development

Colour the shapes that have vowels in them red and the shapes with

consonants in them blue.

Name: _________ Subject: Theme

Cognitive and Aesthetic Development

Draw 4 things that you can see around.

Name: _________ Subject: Theme

Cognitive and Aesthetic Development

Draw 4 things that you can touch and feel.

Name: _________ Subject: Theme

Cognitive and Aesthetic Development

Draw 4 things that you eat and tastes differently.

Name: _________ Subject: Theme

Cognitive and Aesthetic Development

Draw 4 things that give fragrance.

Fun Project

Make a small picture portfolio of yours by learning & doing these few

fun filled & skill based activities mentioned below:-

Try sand writing(fine motor skills):Spread clean sand on some old baking

sheets and encourage students to trace newly learned letters in the sand.

They can also model letters and numbers out of clay.

Walk like animals (Physical Development): Play the music, ask the children

to walk like an animal you call out. e.g. elephant, frog. Children move around

the room imitating an elephant’s walk, frogs jump.

Sounds of Objects (sensory and motor development): Make sounds with

each object using different methods- striking the pot or a metal plate with

a stick, shaking a box or a tin containg stones, tearing or crushing paper

rubbing two spoons together, bouncing a ball, splashing water. Ask children

listen carefully and name or describe the particular sound.

Sorting by size(Cognitive Development):Spread all the different objects

out in front of the children and talk about the sizes of the objects. Let

them identify the small, big, tall and short objects by comparing and picking

them up.

Show and Tell (Language Development): Bring a surprise gift for your

child and let the child show and talk about the same. Encourage the child to

express his/her feeling about the same.

(Language Development):

Make a picture story book and make your child to learn the same story. Also

encourage them to answer some questions asked by you related to the

story. Kindly send this same picture story book along with VEP.