Session Report (5-7 yrs) wk: 28Dec - 1jan
Multiple Intelligence Camp - 5-7 years group - Shaveta aunty
Week 2: 28th Dec to 1st Jan
Day 4 - 31 Dec 2009
What they did?
· In session 4-, today we greeted each other by saying “Namastae”. The children did “namastae” with a smile and said it is a nice way of welcoming and respecting elders.
· After that we did stretching exercises, shlokas followed by meditation.
· The activity session began by discussing about holidays and places. This discussion was carried forward by discussing about places, hotels and resorts.
· Then I told children to imagine that they are all going out with me on a beach holiday and we all only laugh and enjoy. They all designed a laughing resort, castle, house in their own style. Someone made a laughing Michael Jackson mansion, one child made a starfish house, one made a laughing castle etc.
· This was followed by snack time and then we all went down to play in the sand area for 5 mins.
· Once we came up, we all discussed about HOM- “Respect” and how we use it in our daily lives. The children knew about what respect is and gave different answers to that.
· After this discussion, all children were asked to make an “I-Mask” where they had to write “Who am I”, “What do I Like” and about their qualities.
· The children liked making I-Masks and those who could not write, coloured the masks.
· In Reflection, we all discussed about what they learnt and where else they can apply this knowledge. For example – knowing more about holiday places etc.
How they Responded?
· They liked the “Namaste” introduction.
· Some of them liked the clay activity. One boy said he did not enjoy much with the clay.
· They all liked the energizer, “ I sent a letter......
· All children liked discussing about their holidays and how they spend them.
Day 3 - 30 Dec 2009
What they Did?
· In session 3- they greeted each other by saying , “ Balle- Balle oye, good morning oye”
· We all did some stretching exercises , followed by shloka , “ Om- Bhur-Bhava” and then did meditation.
· After that we all discussed about emotions. Each child was asked to remember any special moment they felt, happy or sad. Then I told them to describe “What are emotions?” and “How we can apply emotions in the class?” The children gave different answers. Then I asked them “What will happen if aunty leaves the class?” to which they answered, “ sad, irritating, bad” etc.
· Then I told them let us all make a laughing mask and they all did their activity well.
· After that we all discussed about “gold, silver and diamond” during snack time as two children were discussing about it.
· Then all children were divided into three groups where they had to tell me a jungle story based on characters they were pre-assigned. After I listened to all the stories, we made it into one story and did a role play.
· This was followed by the moral of the story and reflection in which they all told what they liked and learnt.
How they responded?
- They liked the good morning greeting- “balle-balle”
- They all loved their roles and role names- “Dholu- the hunter, Pompy- the peacock, Rosy-Magical rose etc’
- They also liked making the laughing masks.
- All children were very participative.
Day 2 - 29 Dec 2009
What we did?
On Day2, the children entered with much enthusiasm with aunty greeting them with “Jai Hind”
· This was followed by stretch out exercises by sitting in the circle holding hands together and also saying one line on nature-“ I like rain. My name is.....”
· The stretch out exercises, were followed by meditation. After that the children discussed about nature- what they think about nature? , what is nature etc. They also made sounds of various birds and animals and danced like them. This made children stimulated as they were divided into two groups- “Parrots and Porcupines”
· They were also very participative and went on to do the activity- “Make a Nature Park” and most of them had everything on the sheet- right from human beings, seasons, trees, insects, sea creatures etc.
· This was followed by snack time with discussion on professions – aunty asking the child about his parents profession. Once the snack time was over, they were all asked “ what they would like to be when they grow older? There were many interesting answers – storywriter, oceanographer, scientist, astronaut etc.
· After this they all wrote on the slates two- three sentences” what they want to be?” the children who had difficulty in writing drew the same.
· In Reflection, they all discussed about what they learnt in the class, where else they have been close to nature and how?
How children responded?
· The children like the stretch out exercises and also liked the “jai-Hind” entry.
· They were all very keen to do the activity accept one girl who showed little interest in doing herself and was observing others. I asked her if she would like to do something else- she said’ no’
· The children liked discussing about professions.
· After the activities got over, we went to the NECTAR area and played “Dog and the Bone” with different constraints- picking the bone with one leg, picking the bone with closed eyes, partnering and hopping with one leg etc.
· They also danced as partners singing “lakdi ki kathi” and enjoyed a lot.
Day 1 - 28 Dec 2009
What we did?
On day 1, the children entered with much enthusiasm and introduced themselves by telling about one thing they like and their name.
· This was followed by stretch out exercises, dancing on “zinga-lala”, jumping like their famous cartoon characters followed by meditation.
· After that we all went to the sunshine area and played hopscotch as 4 teams- tigers, lions, monkeys, giraffes. For some the game was new while some were familiar with it.
· Then we all sat down in the circle to discuss about the dame and began with logical intelligence- they all did some additions, subtractions keeping in mind the hopscotch game. Few children found it difficult, so blocks were distributed to each child and they were again divided into groups with two in one group and then began- the “addition- subtraction concept again. This they really liked and enjoyed and wanted to do for some more time.
· This was followed by displaying blocks and making something out of the blocks.
· By then it was snack time, and we all had our snacks.
· After this, we did some energizers by playing “Dog and the Bone” which they all enjoyed.
· This was proceeded by reading from books, knowing about words, understanding meanings etc.
· After that, we all focused on hopscotch numbers and they drew cartoon characters out of numbers from 1-8 and alphabets.
· After that in last 10 mins, they all went to have a giniekids tour.
· In reflection, they discussed about hopscotch, additions, subtractions and also reading from books and how interesting it is for each child.
How children responded?
· The younger children felt a bit lost when we were doing –addition, subtraction. But aunty quickly replaced the mind activity with physically counting the blocks and doing addition/ subtraction.
· They enjoyed the energizer- “zinga-la-la” and also imitating like cartoon characters.
· They enjoyed making cartoon characters from 1-8 and alphabets.
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