Teaching young kids is a skill I thought I never had until I began teaching at the Nursery.
Each day of these 3 foundational months of the nursery has been filled with tremendous joy and learning. Nothing can compare to the smile you see on the face of these less than 3 year olds walking up to you early in the morning. I greet each student with a high five! And now even some of the non English speaking grandparents will tell their kids- high five de na bhaiyya la!
Learning at this age is fun, kids are extremely curious to know and see for themselves, they imitate quickly and remember fast. The kids are already familiar with alphabets and related words from A to H, they are familiar with a few colours, they know the days of the week and can count from 1 to 3. They are good at singing and know over a dozen rhymes.
The kids have been on a learning and fun excursion to the vegetable and fruit market and later to a park. They have celebrated Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami at the centre.
Their motor skills have developed fairly, they are good at sorting, at colouring and sticking and enjoy art and craft a lot.
Parents use a monthly schedule provided by us to send in snacks with the kids, this helps us maintain uniformity and link what’s in their snack boxes to what they are learning.
These kiddos totally and absolutely love the outdoors. Pre monsoon dry days and the brief respite we had in August gave the kids the opportunity to scurry and saunter all over the lawn.
The class starts with a few moments of silence and ends with a prayer. We have these young ones end each day’s class with the national anthem and exclaim Bharat Mata ki Jai!
Kids above 3 stay back every day for half an hour of writing initiation.
– Reeves Rodrigues
