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Planning Developmentally Appropriate ECCE Curriculum

Repetition of • Free and guided conversation on Holi Colours, balloon, picture
previous • Stories and rhymes related to themes reading cards piston
themes (pichkari), cards- for
Notes
• Development of speaking skills (fluency and clarity of matching, crayons, shape,
Celebration: expression), listening skills (listening with comprehension), pre-number concept,
number, sorting, seriation,
Holi (Festival) writing skills (drawing of circle, triangle, square) and reading
dominoes, outdoor play
skills (picture reading) equipment, indoor play

• Experiencing air around them, blowing out air onto hands, air material and building
blocks
blows away light objects in the environment
• Matching, identification and naming colours, shapes, big, small,

more, less, tall, short, fat, thin, wide, narrow, far, near, recognise
positions, e.g., in, out, over, under, front, back, above, below
• Missing and memory game, seriation, classification, time and

number concept, pattern making
• Physical and motor development activities
• Creative and socio-emotional development activities

Note: Festivals and other occasions can be taken up for ‘theme based conversation’
as and when they occur. All festivals need to be celebrated in the preschool.

Sample - Daily Plan (4 hours)

Duration Activities

09.00 am 09.30 am Welcome
Warming up exercises
Health/Cleanliness inspection
Prayer (rhymes, songs and dialogue with children)

09.30 am 10.00 am Going to the classroom, settling down, informal attendance
(who has not come today, why, what may be the reason)

Language development activity may be based on theme (free
conversation or guided conversation)

10.00 am 10.30 am Outdoor activities, swings, slides, sand and water play,
wheel toys, tricycles, etc.
10:30 am 11:00 am Washing hands, Snack time

11:00 am 11:30 am Rest, listening to rhymes, songs, or stories on a music
system

11:30 am 12:00 pm Activity for cognitive skill based on theme (structured
conversation on theme)

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