Classes have begun......

The below is my reply to a comment, however thought that most of you would miss it on the comments page, so here is a part of it regarding the first week of school...........

About engaging kids in a creative manner, I think they are doing a good job.
Last week which was by the way the first week, they taught the alphabet 'A'. From what my daughter could tell me, they wrote several letters on the board and asked if anyone could identify the letter A and circle it, few of the kids did that. Then they showed them a couple of things that start with the letter A. Finally they handed out newspapers and asked the kids to identify and circle all the A's they could find on it.

They did hand printing in art class. Also learnt the first 4 tamil alphabets and an alphabet song in the tamil class. Apart from this the regular rhymes, songs, a few exercise moves and the morning prayer. They have a TV in the classroom and play the rhymes, songs, alphabets and also occasionally Tom & Jerry, much to my kid's delight!

On the whole a good shoe for the first few days!

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