English

27th September 2015 ( Sunday)                                                                                                               

Fun with letters

Insha can now easily identify the vowels. She was able to form small words using the vowel letters. By using vowels she learnt new words;

some words she made were:

Mug

Pin

Bed

Son

Cat

She also helped her friends to do words and did them for fun.She practices sounds of the letters, specially sound of vowels when making each word.

20th September 2015 (Sunday)                                                                                                                 

Learning the vowels

Today Insha learn the five letters of the vowels. She sang the vowels song with teacher and by the end of the day she was able to sung it by herself.

"There are some letters I love to sing and vowels are there name o
a....e....i....o....u
a....e....i....o....u
a....e....i....o....u
and vowels are their name-o"

Its like the 'Bingo' song so they already know to sing. Singing the song makes her remember the vowels letters.
Today we made the vowel letters using colorful wires. She was really interested to work using the wires and was very good at shaping letters using it.
She even helped her friends, who found it hard to make the shapes. She was kind and helpful to everyone in the classroom.

13th September 2015 ( Sunday)                                                                                                              

Rhyming words

Today she learnt rhyming words in the English class. She is developing her vocabulary by making new words. At first she was given the words with pictures. She found it very easy to read as the pictures were shown. Then the word cards were given. She read it with out difficulty and matched with the pictures. After that she could read the rhyming words while looking at the pictures. At the end she was given the picture cards without words. So that she has to say the word and listen to see whether it rhyme.

6th September 2015 ( Sunday)                                                                                                       

Learning sounds 

She explored a new skill in learning words.  That was phonics of 'sh' and 'ph' sounds.

She was given some words to identify the 'sh' and 'ph' words.

Later pictures with the words were given to fill the missing letters  

Example:  _ _ o n e    ( p h o n e ),     _ _ e l f      ( s h e l f ).

She learnt to link the phonics with vowels and enjoyed making new words. Words like;

• S h i p
• S h o p
• S h u t
• P h o n e
• P h o t o

 She had a keen interest and also was very enthusiastic in making words. She has explored many new words  herself when doing it. She is among the children who ask the meaning when ever a new word that comes around. 

30th august 2015 (Sunday)                                                                                                       

Opposite words

She has learned some opposite words in the English class. We did a lot of hands on experience, like; touching hot and cold
                           lifting light and heavy
                           tasting salty and sweet
Experimenting with objects was really motivating for Insha.
Next she was given cards of opposite words. She found it very interesting to find the opposite words. She was given the pictures with corresponding words and later the word cards were jumbled and given to match with opposite words.

She did it in a group, where she helped the peers in finding opposite words to match the pictures. Insha  enjoyed doing any work in groups. She loved playing games including memory games that enhances the cognitive development of children.