Dear all,
One of the UN volunteers who help us - and who would like to stay anonymous - has sent me the following ideas together with the file attached which collects internet resources on activities for kindergarden and pre-school children.

For ages 2-5:
-learning their own names and their teacher's name
-learning the alphabet and words in their own language
-learning parts of the body
-identifying things like houses, rooms, chalkboard, etc.
-learning to count to ten
-learning how to greet someone - eg. hello, how are you?, goodbye
-giving their "toys" a name and calling the toy by its name
-learning how to hop (like for hopscotch)
-making a circle with their arms and going in circles while singing a song
-learning how to clap
-identifying numbers in a clock
-knowing times of day - morning, afternoon and evening
-looking at the sky and identifying the sun, moon, stars, etc.
-knowing what a car is and also a bicycle
-knowing how to write words with a chalk on the chalkboard
-learning how to shake hands with someone
-waving goodbye
-making a drawing or self-portrait on the chalkboard
-also, working with another fellow child on an assignment such as reading

For ages 6-8: I would include the following:
-reading a book from start to finish
-being able to speak in sentences instead of phrases
-adding and subtracting numbers
-knowing and remembering names
-identifying animals and parts of the body
-identifying different buildings and structures
-starting multiplication and division
-writing a poem about nature or something about the immediate environment
-playing games
-playing sports in teams
-drawing
-making an object with stones or sticks
-growing a plant with some seeds

UNV_childhoodskillsact[1].doc

Dear Sabina,
There are already some good ideas here. In addition to Barb's suggestions from the Waldorf schools, I can also add the Montessori school ideas which use the same methodology. For more on this and the training courses, please visit http://indianmontessoricentre.org/tsep.0942/imc_mont_training01.php

I am attaching a guide for caregivers prepared by UNICEF for caregivers of children 0-6 years of age. The guide has examples of activities for children of different ages.

UNICEF also has developed an Early Childhood Development Kit for children in emergency settings that can also be used in regular settings. The kit (costing roughly 350 USD for 30 children) has been pilot tested in 7 countries including Chad, Liberia, Congo Brazzaville, Jamaica, Guyana, Maldives, Iraq. The kit may be adapted to the local setting, situation, needs and therefore be more appropriate and less costly.

Regards,
rema

GuidelineforECDKitcaregivers.pdf

Dear Sabina,

There are already good collection of ideas on activites for children. I have attached a word document, which contains activites that can help in introducing Math and logic concepts for children right from the age of 3 years. These can be worked out according to the needs of the children.

Regards,
Deepika.

Activities.doc1.doc

Dear Sabina,

These are few more activites for children of 4 years of age.

Regards,
Deepika.

MATH AND LOGIC ACTIVITES.docnabuur..doc

Dear Sabina,

These are few ideas for craft activites for children of 2 to 6 years of age as well as you can use some for classroom decorations. I am forwarding you the links to these activites.

Thanks,
Deepika.

http://www.balagokulam.org/kids/arts.php

http://www.first-school.ws/INDEX.HTM

http://www.pitara.com/activities/colouring/

Dear Sabina,

I have come across this website which has many activites for young as well as older children. They have also given various ideas as to how one can create a classroom enviroment more child friendly and inviting for children. I think you will get lot of information from this site.

Thanks,
Deepika.

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/earlyyears/contents.htm

Dear Deepika,

Thanks for the link. I have saved some articles from the link.

Best regards
Sabina

Hi sabina dee
i hope you remember me. I was at Bhaktapur with Anjana sometime back.Regarding activities for children off the classroom i think cross learning would be a great idea.I mean we can take the children to different parts of Kathmandu which are basically unknown to them but are important cultural sites of the city.I hope the idea is appealing.
Do let me know if i can do anything

Regards
Khushbu

Dear Sabina,

I have sent few activites on Word and Music for children of 3 to 4 years of age. They can be manipulated according to the needs of children.

Thanks,
Deepika.

Word and Music Activities for children of 3 to 4 years of age.doc

Dear sabina,
Recently I came to know about this website and its only 3 days .First of all its a great job you are doing for those lovely kids. Honestly I am learning about Nabuur for the past few days But as far as activities are concern I would suggest you to create an creative environment for those kids what ever possible thing are available with you. It can be paper crafting - cartoon drawing- some magic..I mean low cost and interesting too.

have a great day

subratha

hey
its a very gd thing which ur doing 4 those lovely children.
u can conduct many acivities to bring up their talents eg
like painting,singing,dancing,group discussion on various topics.........through which they will get knowledge.due to these activities they'll develop self confidence in them.all these activities are at very low cost.if any way i can help u please let me know.tc
sam james

Hi, new neighbours! Big welcome to you!
It's great you already started sharing your ideas :) any ideas and comments are welcome!
All the best from Vienna,
Angelika

Hi,

Just to give the heads up: we are another group of Dutch students who are involved in this project as a part of our final paper. We are currently collecting ideas and trying to find a good way to develop an activity plan.

As implied, we're not there yet: we're in the early stages of our investigation. We just wanted to let you know we're thinking about this project too.

Regards,
Fieke, Eveline and Rengin

Dear Fieke, Eveline and Rengin,

Tks for joining us.

regads
Sabina

Thanks indeed!

Will you also take into account the contributions of other neighbours in your plan? It would be wonderful to present a compilation of what you found and others found also as a result of this task for Yoshinkhel in the form of a bound manual or something similar :)

Kind regards,
Angelika