Aim: To teach recognition and names of some fruits to non English speaking children
Activity 1- Story: Tweet bird
Materials needed: Models/flash cards There was a tweedy bird which was very hungry.So he went to the peacock and asked for some food.The peacock gave him some mangoes.The bird ate all the mangoes.Then he went to the parrot.It gave him some apples.[ Like this it goes to different birds and the birds give different fruits-as the child keeps learning. This should be done while showing the models /pictures of birds/fruits]
Materials needed: Models/flash cards There was a tweedy bird which was very hungry.So he went to the peacock and asked for some food.The peacock gave him some mangoes.The bird ate all the mangoes.Then he went to the parrot.It gave him some apples.[ Like this it goes to different birds and the birds give different fruits-as the child keeps learning. This should be done while showing the models /pictures of birds/fruits]
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits and birds
Activity
2:Rhymes
Materials needed: Models
Pluck the mango fruit from the tree and put it into the basket. [to the tune of here we go round the
mulberry tree] Add bananas ,oranges , pine apples/strawberries,[ pluck them off the bush,] .
Method: while saying the name of the fruits I always insist on adding the word fruit so that children will categorize them as fruits and will not confuse with vegetables. while singing this rhyme we can show flashcards/models.Include colors of different fruits, number of fruits for counting, prepositions and acting it out]
Method: while saying the name of the fruits I always insist on adding the word fruit so that children will categorize them as fruits and will not confuse with vegetables. while singing this rhyme we can show flashcards/models.Include colors of different fruits, number of fruits for counting, prepositions and acting it out]
Straw berries are red and sweet [improvise to include colors of different fruits [to the tune of London bridge]
Activity 3:Story-
A very hungry caterpillar
Materials needed:
Book , Models, big Flash boards
of #s
SHOWING written 1-2 along with fruits[children learn to
recognize # along with fruits
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, Caterpillar
life cycle
Activity 4:Prewriting-
Materials needed: worksheets
,crayons.
lines color to fruit ,# to fruits, alphabets to
fruits
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits Prewriting
Activity 5: Alphabets
Materials
needed: , big Flash boards of fruits
with names & alphabets written , pictures
without words & words without
pictures ( so that children learn to recognize word s and also match
them to fruits )
Activity 6:: Big/small
Materials
needed: big and small pictures of each fruits
Matching pictures of big fruit with small fruit
Activity 7: Colors
Materials
needed: Models, big Flash boards pictures of colors and also fruits
Matching
colors to fruits
Activity 8: Thinking
skills
Materials
needed: Models /pictures
1.Sorting green and red apples. Learning Benefit:
Recognition of apple fruit
colors, sorting skill
2. Matching fruit to fruit and two halves of a
fruit Learning Benefit: Recognition of fruits.
3. Sorting different fruits into groups. Learning Benefit: Recognition of fruits, sorting skill
4. Treasure hunting fruit. Learning Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, detective skill, fun
5. What fruit is missing?Method :Place the models of same # of fruits in two baskets. Start by removing one by one.Child to identify the missing fruits.
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, detective skill
6.Gradation-
From Biggest to smallest or from smallest to Biggest
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, gradation skill
7.Pattern : With two fruits. Learning Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, sorting skill
Activity 9 : Book Reading - Count with Dora,
Materials needed: Book , Models, big Flash boards of #s, animals
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits, numbers and animals.
Activity 10: Book Reading-Recorded pictures of different fruits in G.K books.
Materials needed: Book
Learning
Benefit:
Recognition of fruits,
