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| * Tell us about the best gift you have ever got | | * Tell us about the best gift you have ever got |
| * Tell us the best and worst thing about your last week | | * Tell us the best and worst thing about your last week |
− | '''Memory Game:''' Children are divided into groups and made to sit in circles. First person says out their name, the next person says out the first person's name and then their own name, the next person has to tell the first & second person's name and then their own name and the game continues with a new name getting added to the list with each turn. The game goes on till each person in the group has got a recite the entire list of the names in the group. With this activity, the children get a chance to learn the names of their new classmates and associate the names with their faces. The game can then be played again by choosing a theme - animals, sports, etc. and to make it slightly challenging, the children can be asked to recite the list by closing their eyes. | + | [[File:Passing the ball.jpg|center|thumb|600x600px]] |
| + | '''Memory Game:''' Children are divided into groups and made to sit in circles. First person says out their name, the next person says out the first person's name and then their own name, the next person has to tell the first & second person's name and then their own name and the game continues with a new name getting added to the list with each turn. The game goes on till each person in the group has got a recite the entire list of the names in the group. With this activity, the children get a chance to learn the names of their new classmates and associate the names with their faces. The game can then be played again by choosing a theme - animals, sports, etc. and to make it slightly challenging, the children can be asked to recite the list by closing their eyes. |
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| ==== Picture Story Telling ==== | | ==== Picture Story Telling ==== |
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| ==== Art and Craft ==== | | ==== Art and Craft ==== |
| Origami Hat: A paper folding activity where children get to make different types of [https://youtu.be/rIyXdq3CAfo hats using newspaper]. Origami and other craft activities helps develop students' sequential memory, concentration, ability to follow directions, while being fun and engaging. | | Origami Hat: A paper folding activity where children get to make different types of [https://youtu.be/rIyXdq3CAfo hats using newspaper]. Origami and other craft activities helps develop students' sequential memory, concentration, ability to follow directions, while being fun and engaging. |
| + | [[File:Newspaper hat.jpg|center|thumb|600x600px]] |
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| ==== Story enactment ==== | | ==== Story enactment ==== |
− | This activity is aimed at helping students rebuild their basic communicative competencies as well as regain working fluency in the first language and/ or medium of instruction. Students, divided in groups, are shown an audio-visual story which they then have to retell through enactment. The children are free to to modify or add elements like characters, dialogues, narration, etc. to the story as they wish to, keeping the basic essence of the story the same. The children are given adequate time to rehearse after which they have to present their story to the whole class. | + | This activity is aimed at helping students rebuild their basic communicative competencies as well as regain working fluency in the first language and/ or medium of instruction. Students, divided in groups, are shown an audio-visual story which they then have to retell through enactment. The children are free to to modify or add elements like characters, dialogues, narration, etc. to the story as they wish to, keeping the basic essence of the story the same. The children are given adequate time to rehearse after which they have to present their story to the whole class. <gallery mode="nolines" widths="600" heights="450"> |
| + | File:Story enactment 1.jpg |
| + | File:Story enactment 2.jpg |
| + | </gallery> |
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− | '''Camps conducted so far:''' | + | ==== Reading corner ==== |
| + | Children's meaningful engagement with reading can be initiated and strengthened by providing them with opportunities to read books relevant to their age, context and interests. As part of this activity, children were given the option to choose a story book of their liking from a variety of books of different languages, different types(picture books, wordless books, illustrated books, etc) and difficulty levels. Children were free to read the books individually or in pairs. <gallery mode="nolines" widths="600" heights="450"> |
| + | File:Reading activity 1.jpg |
| + | File:Reading activity 2.jpg |
| + | </gallery>'''Camps conducted so far:''' |
| # Need Base India(Hostel) | | # Need Base India(Hostel) |
| # Hombegowda Boys High School | | # Hombegowda Boys High School |