Book 3 :Curriculum Planning

By Ruvaida sana
 Long term and short term goals
• Long Term Goals : • Short term goals:
• Physical development- • Learn to use scissors,
learn to use pencil, pen
properly
• Play with materials such
as play doh , sand
• Gross motor skill
development - • Kicking the ball ,
jumping ,running
• Fine Motor skills - • Sticking pictures, pom poms, drawing ,
coloring .
• Understanding landscapes like grass,
desert, river, snow,
• Understanding diversity among people
and appreciating them , Understanding
• Cognitive development- instruction , recognizing colors .
• Literacy skills :
• Able to replicate
rhymes ,songs ,identifying different
instruments
• Able to express themselves such as
telling a story .
• Identifying letters Ato Z, numbers 1to
20.
• Social and emotional • Have positive
skills - relationship with people
of all ages, learn to be
polite
• Able to express
emotions in a better
way .
• Actively participate in
group activities .
• Learn about self care .
Activities for the week :Summer Theme
• Make nature paint brushes :go out to the garden and pick up
leaves , flowers , and paint it. This is good activity so that children
can recognize and feel things available in natural environment
• Collecting things from the garden like stones , leaves , twigs ,
flowers and bring it to the classroom .It can be used for number
of things such as counting , sticking on the paper
• Have a beach day : let children try their hands on the sand or
kinetic sand ask them to scoop it and fill it the bottle or use
construction toys thereby developing their motor skills and sand
can also be used as sensory bins for children to explore also this
can be used as way to teach about sea animals and having
umbrella race .
• Using playdoh for identifying color :play doh can
be use for identifying different colors and it can
be used to develop fine motor skills .
• Making ice cream and decorating it :children
can be asked to make ice cream of different
colors using playdoh and decorating with
sprinkles which is really helpful in enhancing
their grasping skills and we can take it forward
as a role play of selling ice cream and sharing it .
• Sorting activity :sorting is a good method of
teaching kids to differentiate color , shapes
and can also be used for counting .Things
collected from the garden can be used for this
activity and also pom poms .
• Including summer fruits for learning :summer
fruits such as water melon , pineapple can be
used for arts and as well as literacy such as
counting seeds in the melon .
• Outdoor activities :practicing throwing and
catching ball, running race activity and
bicycling to ensure their muscles develop and
strengthen.
TIMINGS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

8:00-8:15 Receiving Receiving Receiving Receiving Receiving

children children children children children

8:15-8:30 Circle time Circle time Circle time Circle time Circle time
(discussing (discussing (discussing (discussing (discussing
day ,time, day ,time, day ,time, day ,time, day ,time,
weather ) weather ) weather ) weather ) weather )

8:30-9:00 Alphabet Color sorting Alphabet Color sorting Repetition

learning by and counting learning by and counting of the
sticking pom activity . .*co sticking pom activity . .*co weeks
poms , gnitive* poms , gnitive* alphabet
beads on the beads on the and number
letter .*cogni letter .*cogni learning .
tive* tive*

9:00-9:20 Snack/ Snack/ Snack/ Snack/ Snack/

breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast
TIMINGS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

9:20-9:45 Going out Ice cube Coloring the Making and Sticking
collecting painting given sheets introducing things that
things like *fine motor with crayons animals such are collected
leaves , twigs skill* , pencils as making from
and painting *gross and jelly fish outside
with it *fine fine motor *cognitive *fine motor
motor skill* skill and fine skill*
developmen motor skill*
t*
9:45-10:00 Music and Running , Lemon and Umbrella Singing and
dance jumping spoon race dancing on
time*physical activity activity *physical rhymes
development *physical *physical development *physical
* development developmen * development
* t* *
10:00-10:30 Play doh Sand sensory Water Play doh Summer fruit
activity play sensory play activity for craft *fine
(identifying c making ice motor skill*
olors)*fine cream and
motor skill* decorating
*fine motor
skill*
10:30-10:45 Quiet time Quiet time Quiet time Quiet time Quiet time
TIMINGS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

10:45:11:15 Read aloud Talking about Read aloud Having an ice Read aloud
book, story a particular book, story cream party book, story
time *social fruits or time *social with doh ice time
and vegetable by and creams *social *social and
emotional displaying emotional and emotional emotional
development pictures . development development * developme
* *social and * nt *
emotional
development
*

11:15-11:30 Building blocs Sorting and Shadow Matching the Building

time*fine identifying matching the given puzzle blocs
motor* shapes*cogni given *cognitive* time*fine
tive * pictures*cogn motor*
itive*

11:30-12:00 Review of Review of Review of Review of days Review of

days activities days activities days activities activities and days
and dismiss and dismiss and dismiss dismiss activities
and dismiss
Teaching method and materials used :
• Method of instruction :
The method of instruction planned for the week
includes a combination of
explanation ,demonstration and collaboration .
• Explanation :few activities planned for the
week includes explanation such as story
telling , alphabet and number teaching .
• Demonstration : animal making through paper
craft such as jelly fish making needs
demonstration with clear instructions.
• Collaboration: Lot of activities planned for the week
includes active participation of children such as
painting, sticking, physical activities sorting activity
and play doh activity .
• MATERIALS USED ARE :
 Materials from the garden
 Paints and color pencils, crayons .
 Different colored pom poms
 Sand sensory box
 Water sensory table
 Play doh and sprinkles.
The weeks schedule was planned so that it can
focus on all the areas of development of a
child and it was also planned so that children
can have fun while learning .