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The tiny tots enter Punrvasu Balak Mandir at the age of 2.5 to 3 yrs. On the first day of the school, these children want their parents in the class. The same children, when enter the school smiling by the end of July, our teachers feel the joy and pride of conquering the world.These children who have knowledge of their home and relatives alone, begin to interact with their playmates and other elders in the school. Our teachers help them understand that they should listen to and understand others and they should share the toys with their classmates. Punarvasu Balak Mandir takes conscious efforts and provides different play materials for fine motor development, provides opportunities to have unique experiences for the development of hand eye coordination and senses.Our teachers, with motherly love, fulfil many responsibilities like friendly chatting with children, making them aware of the surrounding area, inculcating mathematical concepts in their minds, introducing science concepts through different fun experiments, awakening children’s curiosity, preparing children for reading and writing without making them feel a ‘burden of studying’, introducing alphabets through different fun activities, along with introducing English as a second language.The teachers in Punarvasu Balak mandir also have accomplished improving efficiency in the daily tasks with the help of computer. The teachers create educational materials and worksheets using computers.
At Palakshala event, parents become children and experience children’s school for a day. This allows them to understand children from a child’s point of view. Parents know what educational materials are provided at school and why they are required. The basic purpose of Palakshala is that the parents can give the child similar experiences at home like those in the school. This helps the overall development of the child.
On Vasant Panchami, a child seeks his mother’s blessings. He holds a slate and pencil in his hand and starts writing with the help of his mother. The culture of respecting elders, expressing gratitude towards the mother is passed on to the children throught this celebration. Vasant Panchami is the day of ‘Saraswati Puja’. A small ‘Granthdindi’, a procession with books, happens on this day to make children understand the importance of books and education.
Every child is given an opportunity to go on stage in the Annual Function a school gathering. Children are given a chance to fight their stage fear and stand on stage in front of many spectators, perform dances with friends, sing songs and speak their lines in plays. With a little bit of discipline and a lot of fun, this activity is loved by parents, teachers and kids alike.
Fun Games, other than those normally at school along with booths for Mehndi, Tattoos and food are the attraction at the fun fair. The main purpose of the fun fair is to induce parents to visit the school and enjoy with their children a fun filled day. Admissions for the new academic year are opened on this day. It helps new school parents to get to know the school informally.
In the Project Method of teaching the tiny tots, teachers introduce the children to different topics in the daily life of the child, like fruits, flowers, animals, birds, vehicles in the locality and. The teachers let the children know and experience the locality. The objects from these topics come before the child as the characters in these short plays, written by our teachers. Children learn many things from these short plays like, the use of food ingredients, fruits, different colours of flowers, the teaching of helping each other instead of fighting. The teacher presents the story, the characters’ dialogues, gestures and emotions and the children imitate it. Expression development begins with these plays in kindergarten.
Many community helpers in the society help us in our daily life. To get to know them and know their work, kindergarten children visit places like florists, fruit shops, flour mills, plant nurseries in the vicinity. The children are introduced to the traffic and pedestrian rules while walking on the road. Children chat with all these community helpers about their work and their tools. They observe their work and get to know many new things first hand. Children don’t forget to thank these community helpers for their help.