DAV PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ODISHA ZONE – II
SPLIT UP SYLLABUS FOR THE SESSION - 2018-19
CLASS – NURSERY
Managed By:
DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi
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SYLLABUS 2018-2019
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ODISHA ZONE - A
CLASS - Nursery
AN OVERVIEW
• The syllabus aims to provide students a stress free environment and a
joyful learning experience. This has been designed for +2 age group which
intends to help children grow, learn and develop physically, socially,
emotionally and intellectually.
• The school aims to develop inner abilities within a student through
activities and observations.
• No formal examination will be conducted.
• The evaluation of students performances will be through regular
observations and activities of a student in school i.e., CCE (Continuous &
Comprehensive Evaluation).
• As evaluation will be done through CCE so pre-intimation in any
assessment is not required.
• Minimum 75 % attendance is necessary for promotion.
• There will be 3 terms in an academic year i.e., TERM I (April -August), TERM
II (September-December), TERM III (January - March).
• There will be P.T.M. on 2nd Saturday of each month. However, notice will
be circulated regarding it for necessary discussion.
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PLAY
Sl. Activity Procedure
No.
1. FIGURINE PLAY Children are given a 'set ' of figurine dolls and teacher
(with dolls, cars, etc.) encourages/builds up the play activity so that each child
plays with them.
2. CONSTRUCTION TOYS PLAY (I) Given three coloured cubes (4'') each , teacher
a) BLOCKS demonstrates the construction of a tower on the display
table and draws the same on the board. Then, she
encourages children to build the same. those who
complete it fast are given additional cubes upto five.
(ii) Children are given two cubes and a rectangle and asked
to build a bridge (as shown).
Children who complete the same are also encouraged to
try the additional patterns.
(b) BEADING Children are given large beads and a thick thread with a
plastic needle and shown how to thread it.
They are encouraged to -
- thread 3 large beads.(size of an egg)
- thread 5 medium size beads.
- thread 3 small beads.
(c) KNOT Children are given thick nylon ropes/wool and shown to
make one simple knot.
(d) CLAY Children are given clay and asked to make simple models.
3 SENSORY PLAY
a) TACTILE BOARDS Children are given rough and smooth boards and asked to
feel them with their hands.They are finally given five
different types of rough to smooth boards and asked to
grade them.
b) TASTE Sweet/Sour/Bitter.
c) SMELL Ask the children to smell aroma and pungent things and
discriminate between the same.
d) TUNING FORKS High/Low sounds are made and children are asked to
notice how they are different.
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4 OUTDOOR PLAY
a) RUN AND HOP TEMPLATES Children are asked to :
- run 10 metres from a starting line.
- run holding hands in 2's from a starting point.
- hop from one line to another , 3-5 feet apart.
- hop in 2's from one line to another, 3-5 feet apart.
- run from one line to another holding a book/a ball, 10
feet apart.
- skip a rope held by the teacher.
b) CATCH AND THROW (i) Children are given a ball and asked to throw it in front
of him/behind/to the left/to the right.
(ii) Toss and catch the ball while sitting.
(iii) Toss and catch the ball while standing.
(iv) Move the ball from one hand to the other.
(v) Put the ball down and pick it up.
(vi) Roll the ball around while sitting.
(vii) Balance the ball and catch with two hands.
c) BALANCING i) Balancing on a straight chalk line.
(ii) Touch your knees while on the line.
(iii) Touch your toes while on the line.
(iv) Arms above your head.
(v) Walk over a line.
(vi) Walk over a line holding a bean bag/ball.
(vii) Walk over a line clapping hands.
(viii) Walk over a line/under a rope.
(ix) Walk over a line/over a rope or a stick.
(x) Climbing Jungle Gym
5 FREE PLAY Sand and water play. (Children can play and have the
activities of serving, pouring, measuring, mixing, sinking,
'floating and making models.)
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LANGUAGE
Sl. Activity Procedure
No.
LISTENING SKILL A story is narrated by the teacher with actions and
1. feelings, using pictures and puppets.
a) STORY TELLING Children should be asked questions on:
— names of characters.
— action of the story.
— end of the story.
— whether the children liked the story or there is any
other feeling.
(Note: Pictures with word labels in lower case should be
displayed.)
b) STORIES ON CD Pre-recorded stories of 8-10 minutes duration are played
for the children.
c) SONGS Simple songs are sung by the teacher.
d) ATTENTION TO SOUNDS (i) Children are made to sit in silence in the class and name
the sounds that they hear.
(ii) Children are taken for a walk in the compound and they
listen to the sounds they hear and name them, e.g.
car/train/leaves/dog, etc.
e) ANIMAL SOUNDS (I) Sounds of the animals—Dog/Cat/Horse/Sheep/
Lion/Tiger/Elephant/Monkey/Crow/Sparrow/
Pigeon/Koel are played on the recorder.
(ii) Pictures of the animals with the word labels are
shown. Children are encouraged to identify the
animals from the sound.
(iii) Field trip to the Zoo may be arranged at the
beginning of this activity.
f) LOUD & SOFT SOUNDS Recorded sounds of animals and natural sounds, like
clapping/whistling/human speech/thunder/sound of
car, train, aeroplane, etc., are to be played. Children
identify loud and soft sounds.
g) NEAR & FAR SOUNDS Children are encouraged to listen to sounds coming
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from FAR to NEAR and going from NEAR to FAR of
car/train/aeroplane, etc., and other different beats.
h) DIRECTION OF SOUND Children are made to sit in a circle and one child stands
blindfolded in the centre. A bell/a hooter is passed around
and the blindfolded child points towards the source of the
sound.
i) BEAT PATTERNS Teacher claps a beat pattern/or blows a whistle in a
pattern. Children are encouraged to repeat the rhythm.
(i) __________(i)__________(ii)__________ (i)__________
(ii) _________(ii)__________(ii)__________ (ii)__________
(i) __________(ii)_________(ii)__________ (ii)__________
(ii) _________(i)__________(ii)_________ (i)___________
(i) _____(ii)______(iii)______ (i) _____(ii)______(iii)______
(iii) _____(ii)______(i)______ (iii) _____(ii)______(i)______
j) FUN WITH SOUNDS (i) Children are encouraged to choose a rhyme or a song
that explores speech sounds and then act accordingly.
Some of the songs can be —Wheels of the bus, Old
McDonald, etc. Children can also be encouraged to imitate
the sounds of a horn, wiper of a bus, oink of a pig. neigh of
a horse, etc.
(ii) Children are asked to sit in a circle. Teacher begins by
producing a body percussion sound, such as clapping of
hands, stamping of feet and patting the tummy. The same
is passed to the child sitting next to the, teacher and
carries on. Teacher may change the action at any place of
time.
k) FOLLOW DIRECTIONS Children are given simple commands. One boy follows the
command and other children imitate the commands in
action.
Commands to be learnt are -
COME/SIT/WALK/SPEAK OR SAY/STAND/GO/RUN/BE
SILENT
2. SPEAKING SKILL (i) Children learn to say with understanding;
My name is _________________________________
My Teacher's name is __________________________
My Friend's name is __________________________
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Hello/Bye/I am going
(ii) Children should be able to speak sentences of
NOUN + VERB
NOUN + VERB + ADVERB
(iii) Children should be able to speak about weather. For
example,
It is raining.
It is hot.
It is dark.
(iv) Children should learn the names of the parts of body.
(v) Children should be able to name classroom objects.
Rhymes
(Rhymes 'n' Chime)
Term 1 (April to Aug.) Thank You God, The Shining Sun, My Papa and Lovely
Flowers.
Term II (Sep. to Dec.) Days of the week, Aeroplane, Bits of paper, Jack and Jill,
Peter -Peter Pumpkin Eater, Traffic Light
Two Little Hands, Teddy Bear-Teddy Bear, Colour Song,
Term III (Jan. to March)
One Two Buckle my shoe, Tring Tring Tring, Healthy
Vegetables
3. READING SKILL
a) HANDLING BOOKS Children are given books to handle and encouraged to turn
the pages. It may not be important at this stage that the
book should be held the right way up. Taking care of book,
replacing, etc., is the main objective.
b) LISTENING Stories are read aloud from the books or story-cards by the
teacher.
c) DISCRIMINATION Sorting, matching and pairing objects according to kind,
colour, size, texture and shape.
d) READING Children are encouraged to read books with picture-
stories.
(Skill in English)
1.April to Aug - A to I
2.Sep to Dec - J to Q
3.Jan to March - R to Z
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4. WRITING SKILLS
Term I (April to Aug) - Standing line
- Sleeping Line
- Curve
- Book Pg - 5 to 15 [L,T,I,F,E,H,]
Term II (Sept to Dec) - Book Pg - 16 to 30 [V,Y,X,A,K,N,Z,M,W,C]
Term III (Jan to March) - Book Pg - 31 to 48 [B,R,U,O,Q,J,S, and A To Z]
Books Prescribed : JeCe&%eeve (ceewefKekeÀ)
Term-I Term-II Term-III
April-August September- December January- March
ceewefKekeÀ : De - De: ceewefKekeÀ : keÀ - ce ceewefKekeÀ : ³e - %e
uesKeve DeYîeeme : uesKeve DeYîeeme : uesKeve DeYîeeme :
* jbie YeefjS ~ * peesæ[er efceueeFS~ * J³ebpeveeW keÀes Hen®eeve keÀj,
* yetPees lees peeves~ * ef®e$e Hen®eeefveS~ HegmlekeÀ kesÀ Deble ces efo³es ieS
* ef®e$eesb keÀes mener JeCees& kesÀ meeLe * ef®e$eesb keÀes osKekeÀj mener JeCe& Hej efmìkeÀj keÀes menerpeien Hej
efceueeFS~ ieesuee ueieeFS~ ef®eHekeÀeSB~
* efyebogdDees keÀes mJejesb kesÀ ¬eÀceeW ceW * peesæ[er yeveeFS ~
efceueekeÀj Gmeces jbie YejW ~ * ef®e$eesb keÀes mener J³ebpeve mes
efceueeFS~
HINDI RHYMES
Books Prescribed : lejeves (keÀefJeleeSB)
Term-1 Term-II Term-III
April-August September- December January- March
* meJesje * [eefkeÀ³ee * cesje íelee
* pegievet * Helebie * meefype³eesb keÀer yeeleW
* nesueer * ef®eefæ[³ee kesÀ ye®®es * ceoejer
* iegyyeejs * cesw[ce * ®etns keÀer Meeoer
* meHesÀo * iejceer keÀs HeÀue * ®eeRìer ves keÀeìe
* SkeÀ -SkeÀ
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MATHEMATICS
Sl. Activity Procedure
No.
1 SONGS Number songs/rhymes/stories.
2 IDENTIFICATION (i) Identifying objects in a box or mystery-bag.
(ii) Matching objects according to picture, colour and
shape.
(iii) Sorting objects according to picture, colour and shape.
(iv) Pairing objects according to picture, colour and shape.
(v) Missing objects from a tray to be identified by a child.
3 NUMBERS (i) Verbal counting using objects, upto 10. Writing value
upto 5 using objects, e.g.
4 COMPARISONS Size — big/small, long/short.
5 SHAPES (i) Introducing circle, triangle, square and rectangle.
(ii) How many sides and corners these shapes have?
(iii) How the above mentioned shapes are different from
each other?
6 WRITING SKILLS
TERM I (April to August) Pg. 5 - 14
TERM II (Sept. to Dec.) Pg. 15 - 28
TERM III (Jan. to March) Pg. 29-44
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ART & CRAFT
Sl. Activity Procedure
No.
1 PAINTING Hand Printing.
Sponge Printing.
Potato Printing.
Vegetable Printing.
Finger Printing.
Painting using a big thick brush.
Mixing Primary Colours.
Random drawing with crayons.
2 MOULDING AND MODELING With Plasticine/Clay
(The activities which can be done are
feeling/rolling/twisting/stretching/ pinching/making balls.)
3 CRAFT (i) Tearing newspaper and rolling.
(ii) Tearing coloured paper and pasting.
(iii) Pasting materials of different texture, e.g. chalk, sand,
etc.
(iv) Collage of seeds of rice/wheat/gram.
(v) Collage of leaves.
(vi) Folding paper to shapes.
4 COLOURING (i) Filling large animal outlines with pencil colours or
crayons.
(ii) Colouring geometric shapes with colours.
5 ROPE/CORD Using nylon cord to fit into cut out shapes on a board.
6 SKILLS IN CREATIVE ART
TERM I (April to August) Page 5 to 12
TERM II (Sept. to Dec.) Page 13 to 20
TERM III (Jan. to March)
Page 21 to 28
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NATURE STUDY
Sl. Activity Procedure
No.
1. WATER AND RAIN (i) Children are introduced to the concept of rain and are
encouraged to talk about the rainy season. They are asked
questions about the uses of water.
(ii) Dramatisation of absence of water.
(iii) Dramatisation of too-much of rain.
(iv) Children are asked to collect rain water in beakers and
compare the quantity with each other using the words
'more/less' water.
(v) Muddy water is collected in a tall jar at the beginning of
the class. Children are asked-what will happen to the water if
it is kept standing-collect observations at the end of the day.
(vi) Objects which float/sink in water are demonstrated,
after eliciting children's expectations.
(vii) Living things in the water (plants/fishes/other
animals).
(viii) A plant is grown in the class compared to a plant
grown in the lawn.
(ix) Uses of water for personal hygiene.
(x) Sounds of water.
(xi) Ice and water.
(xii) Growing things in water (onions, etc.).
(xiii) Clouds - Rain - Water (how are they related).
2. NATURE WALK (i) Children are taken for a walk in the surrounding area or
zoo to see big/small trees, parts of trees/plants,
flowers/fruits/birds.
(ii) Difference between Man-Made and Nature-Made
things.
3. SUN (i) As a source of light—game using coloured glasses
(ii) As a source of heat–keeping objects in the sun and the
shade–using magnifying glass to burn paper.
4. WONDERLAND (EVS)
Term I (April to August) Pg. No. 5-16
Term II (Sep. to Dec) Pg. No. 17-29
Term III (Jan to March) Pg. No. 30-44
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