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Activities of February 2023 KG 1

• In English this month students were learning about the sight words: Am, I, for, he, she, is etc. Students had to blend the following CVC words: Pam, map, Cam, cap, jam etc. Students practiced making sight words as well as CVC words with a playdough.
• In Math, students practiced recognizing numbers and finding the corresponding objects. We also learnt about addition and adding numbers together.
• Students learned about land, water, air. They have painted the pictures that belongs to each of the categories and made a poster. Students also learnt about the seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
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Activities of February 2023 KG 2

• In English class, students learn about high frequency words, sight words, and nouns every day. For the class activity, we played “fireball” whereby students had to sit in a circle and they had to pass a ball around the circle and when the teacher blows the whistle, then they have to stop passing the ball around, whoever student has the ball in their hands has to stand in the middle of the circle and play a flashcard game, whereby the teachers shows flashcard words and if the student says all the words correctly they get rewarded with a star.
• In mathematics, students learned about different 3-dimensional shapes like the sphere, cone, cube and the cylinder. To help KG 2 students to get familiarized with these different 3- dimensional shapes, for the activity, they had to form those 3- dimensional shapes with playdough in class.
• In art class, students had to create a handcrafted hen whereby they had to paint their hands yellow and then press their hands on a white paper to leave the tracing of their hands on the paper, then while waiting for the paint to dry, students had to create a hen by using the shape/ form of their hand, creating the beck and legs of the hen and pasting eyes for the hen.
• In social we focused on road safety, which educates students about the safety of the road. For an activity, students had to use a “tear and paste” method with colored paper to create a traffic light whereby they also had to make sure what each color of the traffic light indicates.

Activities of February 2023 Preschool

1. In February, students have learnt about the letters: Oo, Pp, Qq and Rr. During this time, they have tried to trace letters, tried to identify the sound of these letters, and had a various kind of activities.
2. Children have practiced Counting and Matching, and have tried to relate numbers to quantity. They have studied new words, plus and equal signs.
3. During the Social and Science classes, students have learnt about Natural world around us, our planet the Earth, and seasons of the year in the classroom through various activities.
4. For each letter, students have made different hand-made crafts, e.g. octopus for letter Oo, popcorn for letter Pp, and rabbit for letter Rr.

Activities of January 2023 KG 1

1. This month, students have learnt about the letters Mm, Nn and Oo. During the classes, we wrote the letters on the whiteboard, made crafts for each letter as well as made the letters using different objects. We also started reading our first words.
2. For art, learners practiced tracing on lines on a giraffe. They also learnt about drawing themselves as self portraits.
3. This month learners learnt the number 9 and 10 and started learning about addition. We made addition trees and played addition games.
4. This month learnt about weather, seasons and transportation. We made winter hats for winter and learnt about what clothes we should wear in different weathers.

Activities of January 2023 Preschool

1. In January students have learnt about the letters: Kk, Ll, Mm and Nn. During this time, they have tried to trace letters, tried to identify the sound of these letters, and had a various kinds of activities.
2. Children have begun to become familiar with the numbers 9 and 10. They have learnt about different shapes, like: star, heart, and diamond. They have practiced Counting and Matching, and have tried to relate numbers to quantity.
3. During the Social and Science classes, students have learnt about healthy food, fruits and vegetables, and about our planet The Earth. Children got to make their own plates of healthy food.

Activities of March 2023 KG 1

1. In English children focused on the letters S, T and U. The students also practiced writing all the letters on their whiteboards. Students were also learning about the sight words: For, he, she, is, at, the etc. Students had to blend the following CVC words: Rat, mat, Cam, cap, jam etc. Students practiced making sight words as well as CVC words with a playdough.
2. In Math, learners have been learning about more and less as well as subtraction. We have practiced subtraction by using physical items as well as writing in on your whiteboards and in our books. Students had to choose as many balls as many objects were there on the screen.
3. This month was mothers’ day. Students made a card with flowers using their hands.
4. For the month of March, the students looked at different parts of a plant as well as different animals such as farm animals, wild animals and insects.

Activities of March 2023 KG 2

1. In English class, students had the opportunity to write different High Frequency Words and sight words on the board. One of the word families in the month was the -ed family. Learners practiced the -ed family words on the whiteboard.
2. In math class we are busy learning about different 3-D shapes, so one of the math activities that the students enjoyed was to create and fold their own 3D shapes, like the cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder. First, they had to color in the shapes then they had to fold and paste the paper together to create.
3. In the art class students had to draw a picture of a bus, first following a few steps on how to draw a bus and then they had to use a black marker to make the pencil lines bold, after that they had to color in the bus that they draw. This activity really develops creativity and hand works. They also got to color picture of animals for National Wildlife Day!
4. This month was Mother’s Day. The learners made handprint flowers and wrote letters to give to their mothers to thank them for all they do!

Activities of March KG 2

Activities of March 2023 Preschool

• In March students have learnt about the letters: Ss, Tt, and Uu. During this time, they have tried to trace letters, tried to identify the sound of these letters, and had a various kind of activities. For each letter, students have made different hand-made crafts, e.g. spider for letter Ss, tomato for letter Tt.
• During the Social and Science classes, students have learnt about seasons of the year and different types of weather. Children have participated in Four Seasons Project; they have made art projects with using different materials.
• Children have practiced their coloring and painting skills during art classes. They have celebrated World Wildlife Day and Mother’s Day. Kids have tried to color different types of animals and have made some special handmade cards for moms.

Activities of October 2023 KG 1

• Students played a game: They had to find same letters A-A, B-B etc. and they collected points. Students wrote letters and drew one picture that starts with those letters.
• Students made shapes with wooden sticks and cotton balls. (square, rectangle etc.) Teacher placed numbers on the table and students had to put counters related to the numbers. Students practiced writing numbers on the white board.
• In Social and Science students made a traffic light using colored paper and a wooden stick.

Activities of October 2023 KG 2

• For October the learners had to learn their sight words “ the, like, see, I, can, and”. The learners really enjoy learning how to spell their sight words using their white boards. In KG we really enjoy reading, the more we read the better.
• We learnt about letter K in October, we learnt about the words kite, king, kangaroo and kitten. To help learn how to write “Kk” we first practice making the letter with playdough.
• For the month of October, we had a teacher’s appreciation day. We got to dress up as teachers and make posters in class to show our teachers how much we appreciate them.
• We had a revision week to help us prepare for the exams we were going to write. We practiced all of our subjects by doing worksheets and other fun activities like making shapes with popsicle sticks.

Activities of October 2023 Preschool

• In October students have learnt about the letters: Ee, Ff, Gg and Hh. During this time, they have tried to trace letters, tried to identify the sound of these letters, and had a various kinds of activities.
• Children have begun to become familiar with the numbers 4, 5 and 6. They have learnt about different shapes, like: rectangle, oval and star.
• During the Social and Science classes, students have learnt about wild, zoo, farm and pet animals and their living places. Also, students have learnt about friendship and responsibility.

Activities of September 2023, KG 1

• In the month of September, students got started learning the alphabet and the phonic sounds of the letters. Students practiced making letters A, B, C, D, E and F with playdough. They also practiced writing letters on the white board.

• During Math this month, students practiced making numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 using playdough. They also practiced forming the numbers correctly on the white board. Students showed their creative side by painted shapes we had learned in class (Circle, triangle, rectangle, square) on white T-shirts.
• In Social and Science we began with learning all about Qatar. Students had to make a poster of famous landmarks in Qatar and present it in the classroom in front of their classmates.

Activities of September 2023, KG 2

• In the month of September the learners started to learn about decomposing numbers. They have used puzzles to help learn about decomposing and they have used blocks and counters to help them break a whole number into two smaller parts.
• In Septemeber KG2 had a paitning day. The learners had lots of fun painting shapes onto white t-shirts.
• In Social and Science, we learnt about “the country we live in Qatar”. The learners had to make posters about famous places in Qatar. While learners shared the posters with the class, the learners told the class what is their favorite place in Qatar.
• We also learnt about forces and motion. Learners made ramps in class to learn about speed and direction. We also learnt about push and pull.

Activities of September 2023, Preschool

• From the beginning of the semester, students have learnt about the letters Aa, Bb, Cc and Dd. During this time, they have tried to trace letters and tried to identify the sound of these letters.

• During Math children have begun to become familiar with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. They have learnt about different shapes, like: circle, square, and triangle.
• Children have started experimenting with art materials in the classroom. They have combined their knowledge from different subjects and have used it in the practice. They have made an ant for a letter Aa, a butterfly for a letter Bb, and a carrot for a letter Cc. Also, they have painted their handprints on the t-shirts and have celebrated a Healthy Day.

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