Concepts are defined as abstract ideas and general notions that occurs in the mind, in speech or in thought. They are the fundamental building blocks of thoughts and beliefs, which play an important role in all aspects of cognition. Learning different concepts is important for young children. It gives them the confidence to explore and develop an understanding of the world around them. Keeping the

“Colours are the smiles of nature.” – Leigh Hunt The ability to identify colours is considered as a milestone in a child’s cognitive process and is often a central part of early screening for development and educational admittance. Recognizing the colours and identifying the colour name is an important part of a child’s development. Colour is a powerful and significant communication to

Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (CVC) word is a word that is made up of a consonant, a short vowel and a consonant sound like cat, mat, rat etc. The students of KG I were introduced to CVC with the help of flashcards during a classroom activity. As students of KG I have a strong foundation of phonics, teaching them CVC words was more of fun. The students were given flashcards of “a” family w

“Trains are wonderful…to travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact to see life.” – Agatha Christie To make our journey easy, smooth and comfortable, we need transportation. The children of KG-II were introduced to the concept of Transportation with the help of discussions, activities and crafts. They were made aware of different types o

The students of KG II learnt about different types of vehicles like motorized and non-motorized through an interesting activity. Non-motorized transportation is also called human powered transportation, which includes walking, bicycles, cycle rickshaws, skates, skateboards, push scooters and hand carts. To make the concept easy to understand, students were exposed to real wheel barrow, bicycle, tr

“The right cloth, the right wear can protect you from the unkind weather.” – Anonymous The weather can be quite cruel at times, even affecting the health of everyone, especially the children, who get prone to develop seasonal illness like fever, cold and flu. It’s very important to protect children from such diseases. Apart from medicines and precautionary vaccines, choosing the righ

“Questions are the engines of intellect, the cerebral machines which convert energy to motion and curiosity.” The Quest Club of SAI Angan conducted a quizzing session for the students of KG II and Class I in the SAI Angan auditorium. The students were excited to participate in the competition. Teachers and volunteers supported and encouraged the participants. The event began with an in

To help students of KG II learn about the ‘br’ sound words, the Teacher read a poem from language content book giving emphasis on ‘br’ sound words in the poem. Students were also shown some real-life objects and flash cards having ‘br’ sound words. Later the students were asked to pick up one flash card of br, sh, ch, th, wh from the basket and match it with the word wr

Floating and sinking is a fun science concept for children to explore as they love playing with water and learn all about the density of the objects at the same time. Various objects ranging from leaves, paper boat, straw, ice cream sticks, key and lock, eraser, sharpener, pencil, wooden letter, cotton balls were put into a tub filled with water for students of KG I to observe. While some floated,

“There’s a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around.” – Dick Dale The world of animals is really interesting. There are various kinds of animals like some that stay at home and some that stay in forest. Some are liked by man and some are not. However, there are certain animals who are socially useful to man. Students of KG II were mad