Amulya Mid Term Assignment 01
Amulya Mid Term Assignment 01
1. With reference to the various approaches to ECE select any two which you think are most
appropriate for young lea rners. Support your answer with relevant explanation. (answer in approx.
350 – 400 words)
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This is a method of education for young children that stresses the development of a child's own initiative
and natural abilities, especially through practical play. This method allowed children to develop at their
own pace and provided educators with a new understanding of child development. The Montessori
Method, presents the method in detail. Educators who followed this model set up special environments to
meet the needs of students in three developmentally-meaningful age groups: 2–2.5 years, 2.5–6 years,
and 6–12 years. The students learn through activities that involve exploration, manipulations, order,
repetition, abstraction, and communication. Teachers encourage children in the rst two age groups to
use their senses to explore and manipulate materials in their immediate environment. Children in the last
age group deal with abstract concepts based on their newly developed powers of reasoning, imagination,
and creativity.
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By self-activity Froebel meant that the child should not indulge in any activity which is suggested by
parents or teachers but he should carry out his own impulses and decisions. Education, he believed, is a
process of individual growth.
This growth is directed by inner forces in the child. As the child has perception and reason he can be made
conscious of the presence of God within him. Divinity is already within the child. That divinity has to be
revealed or manifested through spontaneous self-activities of the child.
Creativeness is the natural inner urge of the child. Man is, he said, by nature an active and dynamic being.
He is not a passive and silent observer of events. He wants to do something and must create.
The Kindergarten training consists of three inter-related activities of self-expression. These are (a) song, (b)
movement and (c) construction. Language development takes place through these activities.
All the songs are about common objects of life. They are intended to exercise the infant’s senses, limbs
and muscles. Every song is related to a nursery game and is based on the physical, mental and moral need
of the child.
Material(s) used:
Name of the ac�vity
: 1. Shapes Flashcards
Introduc�on to basic shapes ( Circle,
2. Shapes PPT
Square, Triangle, rectangle, Oval, Heart,
Star and Diamond) 3. Shapes worksheet
5. Shapes cards
Presentation :
1. The teacher first introduced to the class ‘shapes’ using flashcards. The teachers will
show a flashcard for each shape and tell the name of the shape. The students then
repeat the name of the shape. The class will then repeat the name 3 t i mes while
clapping each time they tell the name of the shape.
2. The teacher will then use the PPT and ask the students if the objects in each slide
are the same as the shape? At the same time, the teacher and the class will repeat
the name of the shape. This step will ensure that the students understand that
objects around us are in various shapes.
3. The class will be divided in two groups and one group will work with the Class teacher
and another with the assistant teacher.
4. The first group of students will work with one teacher on the simple worksheet with the help
of their class teacher. The worksheet involves matching the shape to an object of the same
shape.
5. The other group of students will work with the assistant teacher. The teacher will use the
shapes poster and let each child run their fingers on the textured edge of the shape while
repea�ng the name of the shape.
6. Once each group of students have completed their task, the group will swap and do the other
ac�vi�es.
Recapitulation;
1. To summarize, the class will say loudly shapes all together.
2. To end the class, the students are divided into two groups and each group is given a shapes
card. The objec�ve is to find the person with the matching card in the other group. The first
pair who matches together is the winner. This game is repeated a couple of �mes with
students being given different cards each �me.