Oakridge Day & Residential Campus, Visakhapatnam

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

IMAGINARY PLAY

Imagination is a key to creativity. The toddlers were asked to pretend like sitting in a boat and rowing it using imaginary oar with the rhyme “Row, row, row your boat….” They dramatized riding on a boat and reaching the shore by helping each other to get down. This activity inculcates co-operative nature and improves their imaginative skills.

HEAVY AND LIGHT

Kindergartners are not capable of grasping abstract concepts, so they tend to think of big and heavy, and small and light as synonyms. For them to understand the concrete fact that small objects can be heavy and big objects can be light an activity was done the children of PP2 to find a way to get them physically involved with the weight of objects. This activity enhances their thinking skills that the weight of an object is not always as it appears.

Parent Orientation Session @ School

A Time Out for Parents of Pre Primary was conducted at Oakridge Vizag campus. Parents reached campus at around 4.30pm. Our principal LT. Col. Prasad gave a warm welcome speech and explained the main objective of the picnic.

A warm up game “Pass the hoola hoop without breaking the chain” was played by teachers to break the ice and to give a start to the parents. “Guess the weight of the cake”, “Dress your Partner” and some fitness games by the Leap Start were also conducted. Activities like Cycling, Flying Kites, Tennis, Volley ball and many more games and fun activities were enjoyed by the parents.

After the enthralling games and a high tea, parents gathered at the Amphi Theater for a cultural program by our little ones. Oakridgers of Play group and Nursery sang and danced. Parents were delighted to see their children perform enthusiastically.

Finally all parents were invited on the stage to do the Paper dance competition was organized for them. Sky lanterns were lit up by the parents and released in the air as a gesture for peace and harmony. Parents were thanking Oakridge for providing them with a wonderful evening and an opportunity to let free the child within.