At Petals Preschool, our STEM program (Upper Kindergarten) is designed for children aged 5 and above. This readiness class provides a solid academic foundation while fostering essential life skills for a smooth transition into Grade 1. Through a thoughtfully structured curriculum, we support children’s intellectual, emotional, and social growth, helping them build confidence and responsibility.
In the readiness class, children are introduced to key concepts in mathematics, literacy, and critical thinking, all while encouraging problem-solving and effective communication. Activities such as reading, writing, vocabulary-building exercises, and group discussions ensure that children not only develop strong language skills but also grasp fundamental concepts like time, order, and categorization.
Our holistic approach recognizes each child's individual needs, offering hands-on learning, exploration, and collaborative activities. We also focus on nurturing emotional resilience, social awareness, and teamwork through dramatization, role-playing, and group games.
In addition to math and language, our STEM curriculum includes activities in art, science, and environmental exploration, helping children enhance creativity, fine motor skills, and a deeper understanding of the world around them. At Petals, we prepare children for lifelong success by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to embrace new challenges.
A Day at Petals Upper Kindergarten
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Morning Basket
Arrival
As the Petalians arrive, teachers greet them with a puppet and a warm smile at the entry gate. On their way to class, children exchange handshakes, hugs, and high-fives, making the morning more joyful and social.
Circle Time
During Circle Time, children engage with each other to strengthen both their social and intellectual connections. It’s an interactive time to build friendships and communication skills.
Life Skills
Petalians take part in moments of meditation, reciting the Gayatri mantra and Geeta Saar. During this time, they are also taught valuable life lessons such as showing respect to elders, conserving energy and water, and other important morals.
Concept Time
Through a theme-based approach, children make connections and build a deeper understanding of the world around them. Regular discussions, comparisons, and analysis of ideas foster critical thinking skills and encourage creativity in Petalians.
Rhyme Time
Sessions filled with rhymes and songs offer unstructured learning opportunities, enhancing children’s cognition, focus, spatial awareness, and memory in a fun and engaging way.
Engaging and Inquiry-Based Learning
Reading Time
Petalians spend time in the library, selecting books that match their interests. Facilitators ask thought-provoking questions that encourage deeper learning, while enhancing language and communication skills.
Montessori Time
Using Montessori materials in the classroom, Petalians engage in hands-on activities that help them become confident, capable, and eager learners. This time allows them to explore, ask questions, and interact with the tools to deepen their understanding.
Fine & Gross Motor Skill Development
Children refine their motor skills and demonstrate increased coordination and control. They consistently use one hand for tasks and independently complete activities such as cutting complex shapes, drawing recognizable objects, tying shoelaces, skipping with alternating feet, balancing on one foot for longer periods, riding a bicycle with training wheels, climbing with agility, catching and throwing a ball with accuracy, and jumping with both feet together. These activities help strengthen their fine and gross motor skills.
Meal Time
We offer a nutritious four-course meal designed with the guidance of an AIIMS nutritionist, which includes:
Freshly Cooked
Nutritious & Healthy
Seasonal & Regional Cuisines
Fruit Breaks
Language & Literacy Development
Through inquiry-based learning, we focus on both receptive and expressive language skills in Hindi and English. Petalians learn to listen, comprehend, and use language to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas. They explore various concepts such as communication modes, transport (ancient and modern), the universe, and classifications of animals and birds. These discussions help enhance their communication skills.
In literacy, they engage with three-letter and four-letter words, digraphs, action words, spatial terms, and pointing words through stories and flashcards. They begin reading and writing words and sentences, which enhances their language development, comprehension, and confidence in early reading skills. These activities contribute to both their cognitive and motor skill growth.
Logical Development
Learners explore numbers from 1 to 200 through hands-on activities, including addition and subtraction, forward and backward counting, number sequencing, and skip counting by 2s and 5s. They learn number names (1-50), picture-based math, comparison signs, word problems, fractions, time, and money. Additionally, they recognize 2D shapes and 3D shapes. These activities enhance their logical reasoning, memory retention, and mathematical connections.
Petalians develop their memory retention, logical thinking, and ability to reason and make conclusions.
Expressive Arts & Designs
Activity Time
Learners explore arts and design through activities that enhance imagination, fine motor skills, and self-expression. They engage in drawing, painting, crafts, and collage, experimenting with various tools and materials. Textile and clay work allow exploration of textures through threading, molding, and sculpting. Role-play and drama help express emotions and act out stories. Music and movement activities improve coordination. Building with blocks and recycled materials promotes problem-solving skills. These activities foster creativity, confidence, and communication, encouraging unique ways to express ideas.
Creative Reflection Time
Worksheet Time serves as a reflection of children's learning, reinforcing concepts and skills through engaging activities. It allows them to practice and apply their knowledge in literacy, numeracy, and creative expression while developing problem-solving, critical thinking, and fine motor skills. By completing these activities, children gain confidence, track their progress, and strengthen their understanding in a structured yet enjoyable way.
Recapitulation Time
Recapitulation Time allows children to reflect on their day, connect lessons, and solidify the knowledge they've gained throughout the day, helping reinforce their learning.
Dispersal
At the end of the day, Petalians receive support and encouragement with smiles and stars. Before heading home, they wash their faces, use the restroom, hang their bags, and say goodbye to friends and facilitators, excited to return the next day.
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