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Planning Developmentally Appropriate ECCE Curriculum

Drawing children’s attention towards display of charts on uses of water.

Fine motor skills: Children can colour the pictures, do free hand drawing related
to common uses of water. Notes

Children can water plants and they can be told that if the plant is not watered, it
turns yellow and dries.

Children may be allowed to wash their spoons and hands using water under
teacher’s supervision.

They may observe puddles of water and may like to play or float paper boats.
Children can do this activity indoors too.

Children may be asked to observe their parents and family using water for different
purposes and have a discussion next day in the class.

Teacher can focus on conducting simple experiments such as floating and sinking,
things that dissolve and do not dissolve, observing wet clothes dry in sun, melting
of ice-cubes left in the open, etc.

ACTIVITY 12.1
Design a weekly plan on any theme for preschool for four hours duration.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 12.3
State whether the following statements are true or false:

(a) Planning is usually organized over five different time scales.

(b) Long term planning means drawing up a plan for the whole year.
(c) Short term planning cannot address individual children’s needs and interests.

(d) A classroom rich in pictures, posters and charts provides challenge, fun and
excitement to the children, especially for theme teaching.
(e) Activity time can note that the children make choices about the activities in
which they engage.
(f) It is important to schedule 40-50 minutes cleanup time, particularly after
activity time, for children and teachers to participate in putting the classroom
back into order.

ACTIVITY 12.2
Visit a preschool in your neighbourhood and study the daily schedule being
followed and write a report of a hundred words.

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