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Hi! I am

BUGGy.

Hi! I am

BUnny. Get ready to have some

fun. Buggy and

I are coming to

meet you.

Fine! Let's have some

fun and it's time to

celebrate!

Ms. Swati Popat VatsPresident

Early Childhood Association, Mumbai

Ms. Sonal Andrews Director, IPTTA, Hyderabad

Ms. Anne Sivanathan Educationist, Malaysia

Ms. Aditi JainPragyavataran Educational Society

Noida

Ms. Prema Daniel Director, Centre for Training and Resources

in Early Childhood Education, Chennai

Advisory Panel

Dr. Reeta Sonawat Professor and Head Human Development, SNDT Women's

University, Mumbai

November 201602

It is an important festival of the Sikh. It is the birthday of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. Gurudwaras are decorated with flowers and lights. Prayers, poems and hymns are recited. Guru Nanak’s values and teachings are relived.

It is celebrated in different parts of India. The sister fasts until she applies a’ tilak ‘with sandal wood paste and ghee on her brother's forehead. Brother gives gifts to his sister.

Guru nanak Jayanti

Bhai Dooj

Children’s Day

November 14

November 14

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It is the birthday of the first prime minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.He was fond of children, spent time and played with them. He worked for the welfare and educational development of the children. He is called ‘Cha-cha Nehru’

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Play & Learn.......14Little Readers...23Play Zone............24Word wall...........28Fun Activities...29

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rhyme Miss Polly HadA Dolly....................08

PArentingMentor Speaks ....................34

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Dear Children,

October begins with the birthday celebration of the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The Cover Story, ‘Happy Birthday Bapu’ tells interesting facts about this great leader.

Winter is approaching fast and the story of ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’ will tell you why the ant survived the harsh winter weather and the grasshopper could not. In the ‘Best Buddy’, your favourite cartoon character Winnie- the Pooh is coming your way. Find out why the zebra has such beautiful stripes in ‘Amazing Animal’ and watch and listen to the happy tune of ‘Lady’s finger’ in ‘Rhymes’.

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Happy children’s day!

Children’s Day comes each year on November 14.

It is the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

Chacha Nehru loved children. So we celebrate his birthday as Children’s Day.

Children’s Day is about fun! Take part in school celebration programmes. Songs, Dances, Drawing and Colouring competitions or fancy dress shows, you can be a part of any activity you like. Happy Children’s Day!

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Chacha Nehru mostly sported a RoSE on the buttonhole of his jacket.

He wanted children to STuDy and ExPLoRE.

He was very well read and he wrote a few books.

Do you

know?

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Five year old, Aatish Jawahar, a UKG student of SBOA, Chennai, entered the India Book of Records for the SeCOND TIMe this year. earlier in June this year, he remembered

40 scientific names in

59 seconds and in September he remembered

33 disease causing microbes in a minute.

Aatish developed interest in reading when he was just 1 year and 8 months.

When he was 2 years, he fell ill. The doctor mentioned how bacteria

can make a person fall sick, from then he started

developing interest to know more about

names of insects, inventions and discoveries and many more.The young whiz says to his friends, “Be good and study hard!”

Kudos

the young whiz

The double record holder wants to study

engineering and become a train driver.

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Pomegranatethe miracle Fruit

the Jewel of winter

hmmm… yummy, juicy pomegranates! wow!

Have you seen and tasted this amazing bright red coloured fruit,

haven’t you?

Pomegranate is filled with vitamins and nutrients and has lots of health

benefits.

Do you KNoW eating pomegranate regularly -

Cures infection

Protects liver

Is good for heart

Cures dental problems

Supplies iron to blood

ACTIVITy

Watch the video, listen to the rhyme and repeat it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7msPRKVPu1o – pomegranate fruit rhyme

or

Pomegranate

trees can

live for over

200 years.

Know?Do you

Y ummY TummY

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chutki

from dholakpur to Brainfeed

Hi friends! I know very well that you are fond of me.

I am the best friend of Chhota Bheem.

My mother’s name is Tun Tun and she is a

laddu maker.you can

learn many things from

me.

I help my friends.

ACTIVITyFriends, let me see how you colour me and make

me look pretty.

I always help my mother

with her work. I like to play

chess.

I am always NEAT and

TIDy.

besT buddies

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eats righteat on time

Hello! Bunny. Where are you

going?

To eat Vegetables,

fruits, grains, meat, fish, egg and drink milk.

Have food at regular timings.

Eat breakfast which is very important and

never to miss it.

Teacher told the children that those who eat food regularly are ACTIVE and LEARN BETTER.

Not to take snacks just

before lunch or dinner because they may eat less than they need to eat. Fruit is the best snack.

Hi! Buggy I am going to my teacher to ask about

healthy food habit.

I will come with you.

Come let’s go.

Bunny and Buggy both go to their teacher and ask her to tell about healthy food habit .

Teacher tells them

healTh

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miss Polly had a dolly

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick.

She called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick.

The doctor came with his bag and his hat

And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat.

He looked at the dolly and he shook his head

He said “Miss Polly, put her straight to bed!”

He wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill

“I’ll be back in the morning with the bill, bill, bill.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIDILXfpyk – link

for the rhyme

RhY me

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PigeonYou must have seen a Pigeon, flying around your house or perched on

an old building.

Pigeons often live in small groups.

They are intelligent birds that can fly hundreds of miles in a day.

In olden days, pigeons carried hand written messages to far off places.

They are found in different colours but the gray pigeons are the most common.

One variety of pigeon is also called

Dove.

ACTIVITy

Find out what do

Pigeons eat.

INTERESTINg FACTS:

Pigeons can hear distant storms and earthquakes.

Pigeons flap their wings 10 times in a second.

The white Dove is a symbol of peace.

animal WORld

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The Little PianistsTORY

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There was once a little boy named Azul. He loved to play the piano and dreamed of becoming a pianist some day.

One day, Vicki, his piano teacher told him, “Azul, you will perform tomorrow in front of a large audience. You are getting to be quite the pianist!

Vicki smiled. She whispered into Azul’s ear a piano teacher’s secret. “Play with your heart, not with your fingers.”

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Every Sunday, Azul went to his piano class, and practiced every night at home, just before going to bed.

Azul became good at it because he was so sincere. He would forget to brush his teeth but would never forget to practice playing the piano!

Your fingers move like a squirrel on the piano keys. But there is something missing.”

“What is it?” Azul just had to know. He really… really wanted to be, not just a good pianist, but a great pianist.

As always, Vicki pulled out her box of stickers. Azul held out his hand and Vicki stuck on it, a bright sticker of a butterfly.

“There, think of this butterfly when you want to play with your heart,” she said.

The End

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That day, when all the children played in the park, Azul just stared at his butterfly.

The night before his performance, he did not practice because he did not know how to play with his heart!

The piano was in the middle of a round stage, surrounded by rows of people.Azul walked onto the stage, sat on the piano bench and closed his eyes for a second.

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He wondered, “I can play with my fingers because I can move them.I can touch the piano keys.How can I play with my heart? I can’t even see my heart.”

For the first time, in a long time, Azul went to bed without playing the piano.

When Azul woke up, he looked for the butterfly sticker. Oh no! The sticker was gone too! Now Azul was nervous. Really nervous…

He tried playing the piano, but his fingers would just not move! However, that did not stop the clock from ticking. Soon it was performance time.

Remembering Vicki’s words, he thought of the butterfly. In the quiet of the auditorium, Azul heard the flutter of wings.

A butterfly sat on his shoulder and started to hum a tune. His fingers began to move by themselves. His heart began to play the butterfly’s song.

The Milkmaid and her Pail

sTORY

A milkmaid was going

to the market carrying milk on

her head in a pail.

As she was dreaming and

walking, she stepped on a stone. She fell down and her pail of

milk also spilled.

On her way, she

started dreaming. “I will get money after

selling the milk. With that money, I will buy some hens. They will lay eggs. I will sell them in the market. With the money I will buy a new

frock. I will look so pretty. Everyone will

look at me.”

Do not dream while you are

doing any work.

Moral

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saFeT Y

Tips for safe bus journey

Tips for safe bus journey

School buses are the

safest for the students to

travel.

Students have to be

alert and be aware of their surroundings. Wait for the

bus at the fixed stop.

Wait until the bus has stopped for boarding and

alighting.

Use handrail while boarding and alighting

the bus.

Never keep head or arms

out of the window.

Never run out into the street, cross at zebra

crossing.

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Bus Safety

When we ride the schoool busWe follow all the rules.We listen to the driver

Who takes us to the school.

We sit down in our seatsAnd keep the aisles clear.We Use our quiet voices

So the bus driver can hear!

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Birds BuILD

NESTS to lay eggs

Birdsnests

BARN SWALLoWS make nest with mud

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Baby birds have

CoLouRFuL BEAKS.

Birds make nest with

TWIgS, gRASS, PINE NEEDLES,

LEAVES, sheep’s WooL, FEATHER,

CoTToN, etc.

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sTORY

The greedy Mouse

A greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He made a small hole in the basket. He ate a lot of corn. He could not come out as his stomach was full.

The mouse started crying. A rabbit was passing by. It heard the mouse’s cry and asked, “Why are you crying?”

The mouse explained, “I made a small hole and came into the basket to eat the corn. Now I am not able to get out through that hole.”

The rabbit said, “It is because you ate too much.” The rabbit laughed and went away.

The mouse fell asleep in the basket. The next morning he wanted to eat some more corn. He forgot all about getting out of the basket. So he ate the corn and his stomach was really big again.

After eating, he thought, “Oh! Now I will go out tomorrow.”

A cat passed from there. He smelt the mouse in the basket. He lifted its lid and ate the mouse.

Never be greedy.

Moral

The greedy Mouse

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sTORY

Pride goes before a

fall.

Moral

ororSTRoNgWEAK

STRoNgWEAK

There was a proud teak tree in the forest. He was tall and strong. There was a small herb next to the tree.

The teak tree said, “I am very strong. No one can defeat me.” Hearing this, the herb replied, “Dear friend, too much pride is harmful. Even the strong will fall one day.”

One day a strong wind blew. The teak stood firmly but the herb bowed low. The teak made fun of the herb.

One day, there was a storm in the forest. The storm kept growing stronger. The teak tried his best to stand upright, but in the end, he fell down. That was the end of the proud tree.

When everything was calm again, the herb stood straight. He looked around. He saw that the proud teak had fallen.

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plaY & leaRn

What do you need?

Sand, box of bits and pieces of wooden or plastic things like spade, blocks, empty containers, boxes, animal and human toys, natural items like leaves, twigs and stones.

Children, come and play with sand! Oh, you love to play with sand, don’t you?

Sand Play

Dear Parents,Children have a natural affinity for sand play. What can children learn from playing in sand?• Sand play promotes physical

development.• Muscle skills develop as children

dig, pour, sift, scoop, etc.• eye-hand co-ordination.• Sand play develops social skills.• Children work together; they

share and understand each other.• Sand play infuses creativity• Mathematical and Scientific

concepts can be developed.• Children also learn to use new

words.

Learning through Play

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ChildRen’s aRT

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Thumb pRinT aRT

Activity: Try drawing some animals on your own.

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WORd WallDo you know these words with ‘Ch’ sounds? It is fun to read aloud!

Ch_n

Chai_

Ch_rry

Chi_k

Cha_t

Cho_

Ches_

Ch_ld

Che_k

Ch_lk

Chi_ly

Ch_ps

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Fun aCT iV iT ies

Help the Owl to get to the forest

Find the correct shadow

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Fun aCT iV iT iesCount and tick the correct answers.

Match the insects with their

homes.

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Fun aCT iV iT iesFind 12 differences between the pictures.

Match the correct missing part of animals.

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Fun aCT iV iT ies

Find the hidden objects in the picture.

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aRT & CRaFTaRT & CRaFTMake a Peace Paper Plate

PoPSICLE STICKS ElephantGET2 Popsicle sticks, 2 pairs of wobbling eyes, two paper balls, 4 different colour crepe papers, colours and glue.

ACTIVITY

Take help from your teacher and make Bunnies with Popsicle sticks as shown in the picture.

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Who is screaming and shouting?

Disciplining your child can be child’s play

tHE PAREnt OR CHILD?

Most of the time parents look at the misbehaviour and either scold, punish, threaten the child for the misbehaviour and do not look into the reason that lead to the misbehaviour. This means adults do not try to understand children. They try to have patience with children, and then they always run the risk off running out of patience.We understand children, when they are babies. We don’t blame them for crying, we try and understand why they are crying and try to resolve the reason. But as the child grows older, he acquires language, movement and the ability to act out his

needs and hence now he does not only rely on crying, he resorts to angry behaviour or tantrums and now instead of looking into the reason, we either blame him for having the reason or we blame him for the ‘act’ he chose to get our attention. “Happy children will never hit, bite, scream, shout or misbehave.” Whenever a child misbehaves or throws a tantrum understand that he is upset and something or someone is making him unhappy. Try to find the reason, maybe, any one of the ‘four devils’ is troubling him. Hungry• It is not only related

to pure and simple hunger, sometimes the body requires special food and so the child can be cranky, irritable or the child is getting too much of a particular food and hence behaves or rather misbehaves to draw attention to his need.

• Children are also

known to be fidgety and inattentive when they are thirsty.

Tired• They can be tired

physically or tired of concentrating or tired after coming from school and need to just sit for 5 minutes but we harass them to change, eat, and go down to play.

• Tired can also be of ‘being always told what to do’, no choice, no freedom etc.

upset• Upset can be

because, ‘I did not get what I want’,

• an upset stomach, • feeling of fright,

fear, and separation anxiety.

• ‘I fell down and you scolded me, instead of hugging me and reassuring me that it is o.k. to fall, be careful the next time’.

• You promised me something and did not give it to me.

• You gave me two choices and then made me do what you want.

Ms. Swati Popat Vats

menTOR speaks

• Upset can be a lot of reasons and upset generally makes me throw a tantrum, or wail and cry or beat the adult because I am so frustrated that you cannot see and recognise my need.

IgnoredChildren feel ignored when they see:• A new baby • A new guest in the

house • A new appliance in

the house • Ignored can be

that I drew a lovely picture and you did not ask me about it.

• I wanted to chatter and talk and you kept talking to others.

• I wanted some company while I did my homework and you were busy on the phone.

• And when I am feeling ignored I will do all I can to get you to pay attention to me.

• When nothing else works I do negative things that get you to scold me or shout at me, because that too is attention.

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plaY and haVe Fun!

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