Holidays Home Fun Class I
Summer brings us nice warm sun, For swimming, fishing and lots of fun, For finding sea shells in the sand, For sun bathing and making friends, To do all these things and more, At the beach and at the seashore.
Vacation is the groovy time of the year, Let your hair down and cheer, Time to have loads of fun, Best way to beat the sun. Explore cool recipes and rejoice, Have ice-cream of your choice, Be good, nice and helpful to all, You will be everyone's favourite pal. Pray in the pleasant morning, And play in the warm evening, Remain indoors during the day, Beat the heat in the best way. Be imaginative, innovative, bold and daring, Try boating, sailing or rowing, Nothing is impossible, if you plan, Always remember, 'I believe, I can'.
Here are some guidelines to invigorate you while enjoying the activities for vacation. PROMISE TO THE ENVIRONMENT : Go ! Grow ! Glow! As you sow happy seeds which sprout and spread all about. Celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 by planting a sapling and see your bountiful green bloom ! PLAY OUTDOOR GAMES : Computer games are good. They sharpen your intellect, but what about the rest of your body? You do need some exercise, don’t you? Go cycling, play badminton, cricket, kho-kho, hide n’ seek …… anything that will make you run. SHARPEN YOUR MATHEMATICAL SKILLS : First In Math© presents a world class, engaging and self-paced playground where game design leverages math practice, so DeLFites take ownership of the learning process. Login on www.firstinmath.in to explore and practice different skills at least half an hour a day. ENRICH
YOUR VOCABULARY : Make a word dictionary using a
telephone diary which has a separate page for each letter. Now search words from the book that you read and write on each page at least five new words beginning with that letter along with their meanings. BOOKMARK : Create a bookmark with an inspiring quotation for each of your notebooks. Embellish it with your creativity. WALK TOGETHER : Go for walk with the family. Say hello to the rising sun. Smell the flowers around you, hear the chirping birds and feel the morning dew. You will realize you have two of God’s greatest gifts…. NATURE and your FAMILY. Do not forget to thank GOD for these gifts. MY HANDMADE FOLDER : Make a beautiful folder with handmade sheet and decorate it using waste material eg. pencil shavings, bottle caps, buttons, beads etc. Superb! Your folder is ready to keep your Home Fun activities. Label it and bring it to school.
Let’s brings laughter and Home-Fun
Erase and fix your answers when checking your work Add required things to your activities to make them more interesting Read and re-read to get a better understanding of the activities Never give up, always start again with enthusiasm and more energy, to do your best!! Consciously create habits because habits unconsciously dictate you.
Let’s Explore and Learn… THE JOY OF READING : Make friends with books during these holidays. Suggested books to read (any two) by
NBT ( National book Trust ) Panchtantra Tales Earth Book For Kids Little Feet Little Faces
TV TIME ! OUR FAVOURITE TIME : Let’s go
a step beyond cartoon channels and redirect its use for learning. Suggested channels to watch
Star Sports Discovery Kids Animal Planet History Channel
CYBER FUN !! : Internet is a boon to the society. It has an
ample amount of information. It’s the time to plunge into the pool of knowledge and gain from it. Suggested Internet Sites to Visit
www.babloo.com www.kidswebindia.com www.balmitra.com www.pitara.com
LEARNING BY DOING :
Practice tying shoe laces and buttoning up your shirt. Keep your room clean and well organized. Help your parents with daily chores. Don’t forget to spend time with your grandparents and help them.
Activity 1 Show What You Know : Your Creation for Your Satisfaction
Read for pleasure any story book that has lots of pictures. After reading the book, choose any ten words which you find interesting.
Now make a vocabulary hanging on an A4 size sheet with the following headings.
S. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Word
Rhyming Word 1
Rhyming Word 2
Describe any picture of your choice and talk about it during one of your “Show and Tell” session.
Activity 2
Fruity Cools : The Thirst Quencher for My Loving Ma & Pa Put on your chef’s cap and get it going in the kitchen. This mouth watering recipe might become your all time favourite. Mango Mastani : - Ingredients 1 large mango 1 cup full cream chilled milk
2 pieces of each pistachios, almonds, cashews sliced or chopped 2 scoop vanilla ice-cream 1 table spoon sugar 2-3 glazed cherries for decoration 2-3 ice cubes Directions : Peel and chop the mango (reserve a few chopped mango pieces for topping) and put it into the blender, add sugar and milk. Pour this mango milk shake in glass and add one or two scoops of ice-cream. Top with sliced dry fruits. Your Mango Mastani is ready to be served to the World’s Best Dad and Mom with straw and spoon as well. Please note: To be done under the supervision of an adult to use blender and adding ice-cream and dry fruit topping on the shake.
Activity 3
My Dad / Mom and Me For a child, father and mother are always role models. Also, the parents try to find their childhood in their child. So, I want to present a small token of love for my beloved Dad / Mom. Click your photograph with your dad / mom while doing any of the activities given in the frame. Take a printout of the frame (on next page) and paste the photograph given in the space provided. Bring it to your class and share your golden moments with your friends.
With Love For My Loving Dad / Mom My Dad/Mom and I play ______________ My Dad/Mom and I eat _______________ My Dad/Mom and I go to _____________ My Dad/Mom and I read ______________ My Dad/Mom and I watch ____________ My Dad/Mom and I like to ____________ I love it when my Dad/Mom _________ _____________________________
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My Father/ Mother and Me
Activity 4 Magic of the Five Senses Go for a nature walk to a nearby park. As you walk through it, discover the magic of the five sense organs :- touch and feel, observe the beauty, smell the fragrance, listen to the symphony of the birds and lick most flavoured ice-cream of your choice from the neighbouring ice-cream parlour. Time to express your observation : Paste two pictures that you see in the park in the scrap book. Write two things that you : Smell _______________, _________________ Hear _______________, _________________ Touch _______________, _________________ Taste _______________, _________________ see _______________, _________________
Activity 5 Time to Explore Your Neighbourhood Is there a post office, fire station, school, temple, church, gurudwara, mosque, shopping mall, amusement park etc. in your neighbourhood ? Visit any of the three places with your family. Click your pictures along with your parents and paste them in the scrap book. Reflection Scroll (Do the following on an A4 size sheet and keep it in the hand made folder.): Write the places you visited with day, date and time (in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening / at night). Write two rules that you followed at respective places. Name the place that you enjoyed the most __________________.
Activity 6
Travel Bingo Travelling is always fun for everybody. As you travel to different places, observe the traffic signs and how people use the road. Observe the people who are walking on the pedestrian lane. There are different traffic rules which are followed by everyone for safety and security. Rules to play Travel Bingo: Whenever you go out, look for the traffic signs given in the Bingo Ticket. If you find any traffic sign/ signs, come home and put a tick in that box. Continue playing till each box has a tick in it. After completion, give yourself “Bingo!!”.
Activity 7
Fingerlicious Outing Everybody likes to go for outings and relish their favourite dishes at Mc Donald’s, Sagar Ratna, Haldirams, Dominos and other places. Purchase a burger, french fries or anything of your choice. Pay the amount and get the bill. Now paste this bill in the scrap book. You can also shop at different places and collect the bills.
Activity 8 Pick – a – Pencil "Beautiful Handwriting always leaves an impression.” Its time to earn a pencil smiley. Do one page of handwriting in English and Hindi twice a week in separate notebooks for Hindi and English both (follow the pattern as pasted in the notebooks).
Activity 9
Nurture Nature
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“We do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors, We borrow it from our children.”
Plants and trees are just like children. So this vacation, let’s bring a sapling to our home to nurture the nature for our future.
Be the Change to bring the change.
Click your picture while planting the sapling (day 1). Keep watering and nurturing the plant by keeping it in open space. Click the picture of the sapling after one month. Paste both the pictures in the scrap book and observe the difference and write in the table given below.
Observation
Day 1
After 15 Days
Day and Date Monday 23-5-16 Height
Leaves Flower
e.g. 7 erasers 2 erasers long / 1 long pencil long
After 1 Month
Activity 10
Self - Made Table Mat Wonderful method to thank God for the food we eat. Follow these simple steps. Take different vegetables and fruits. Cut them and apply water colour on it. Take an A3 size white sheet / chart paper. Put the coloured fruit or vegetable on the sheet in different decorative manner. Write your name and class on the sheet and get it laminated.
“The Life of the city is fast, Let’s take a dive into our ancestral past.”
Write a thanks giving message or beautiful lines on being a healthy eater or a poem on healthy food.
Now your table mat is ready which you can use during your lunch time in school. Hummmm ! Awesome.
Activity 11
Glimpses of Your Summer Break Take a scrap book, cover it with coloured paper and decorate it. Go for excursions with your parents to different places to have fun filled holidays. Capture yourself in lovely photographs to keep the sweet memories that you can always cherish and share with your friends and parents afterwards. Paste these wonderful moments in your scrap book.
