PRE SCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN

Pragnya Global School is a strong believer in the value of Pre-School education and has built up a very attractive Nursery Department that caters for children from age three to five years. The school has adopted its own curriculum and methodology, whereby children learn through the play way method, with no formal instruction or text books. Our pre-primary children blossom in a nurturing environment. Two class teachers and a lady support staff for each section caters to individual needs of the little ones. Sensory development and environmental studies approach to learning makes our curriculum holistic and child-centric. Hands-on activities like music and dance are provided with opportunities for each child to maximize his/her potential in a comfortable and non-competitive environment.

The most impressionable age in a child's life is the pre-primary age. At this age, the development of the child is rapid and they absorb almost all that is taught to them. The onus, therefore, is on the adults to impart knowledge that would help the child develop good habits, proper attitudes and an inquisitive mind. Our Kindergarten offers the Montessori approach to learning that helps the young child inculcate knowledge, skills and confidence, thus giving them a firm foundation. Each classroom of Nursery and KG is well equipped with educational toys and audio and video learning resources. Story telling sessions, including a vast array of fairy tales take them to a world of joy and constructive learning. The play area has been planned to provide maximum fun while ensuring safety through specially designed slides and splash pool and a rubber foam tiled floor. The curriculum for Nursery and KG takes care of the development of personal, social,behavioural, intellectual, communicative and motor skills. Language skills are developed in the order of Learning, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

Learning at this stage is experiential, fun & activity based. The pedagogical processes followed are based on developmentally appropriate methods with multiple teaching and learning strategies. The child is the central figure and an active participant in the teaching learning process. Children enjoy the freedom to explore, express, create and interact within their environment and gain knowledge.

Children at this stage:

• identify self by specific abilities, characteristics and preferences (e.g., by gender, age, as part of a family, friends, colours, food etc.) • develop a sense of balance and physical coordination through play. • learn language through activities like role play, storytelling, poetry recitation, singing and reading age appropriate and level based books. • understand to analyse their actions as right or wrong. • learn to be friends with children from diverse backgrounds, celebrate various festivals, sing and dance together. • learn to live in harmony with their environment, make observations, enquire and ask questions – what, how & why. • relate a numeral to its respective quantity, associate value to a number and Identify shapes by names: curved and straight lines, circle, square, triangle and understand spatial relationships. • learn to manage their feelings and emotions and learn appropriate behaviour. • demonstrate the ability to begin to assume responsibility for their own safety within their environment. • learn values, life skills, build relationships and grow up as confident and responsible citizens. • We follow the schedule and programmes with a fair amount of flexibility. Changes are made from time to time as demanded by the environment and the emerging situations in the classroom. • The students are graded regularly on the basis of participation and performance in class activities • Areas of growth and development: Physical, Language, Personal, Emotional, Social, Intellectual/ Cognitive, Aesthetic Development, etc.

Our Learning Strategies

• Creative Art & Craft activities • Activity Based: Child-friendly activities • Excursions • Songs, Rhymes

• Puppets: Use of puppetry to conduct classes • Stage activities: Dancing, Enacting, Rhymes, Skits • Outdoor activities: Games, swings, Ball Pool

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

• On the basis of individual growth and development of the child.

• No homework, no exams. Only remarks are given.

This covers the psychological, physical and emotional growth of each child. We equip students with the following skills and design our activities to promote them:

• Classification skills • Sorting and classifying • Drawing conclusion • Experimenting • Identifying patterns

• Conversational skills • Motor skills • Social behaviour • Vocabulary enhancement • Thinking skills

• Ordering and sequencing • Sorting and classifying • Understanding concepts • Observing and relating skills