Children's Day Celebrations 2014

The pre-primary section began the Children's Day celebrations by joining the rest of the school, in an assembly conducted by the teachers. The assembly was a token of love towards the students, where their teachers presented a skit and dedicated a prayer to them.

The pre-primary students later busied themselves with various games until Ms. Sonal Andrews and her team from IPTTA joined. Ms. Andrews presented a puppet show, along with her crew, which was quite a new experience for the students. When the speaking puppets narrated their story, the students could hardly contain themselves in joy. The sing-along sessions after the puppet show won the hears of the students and teachers alike.

Following a special Children's Day lunch, the students got to indulge in various activities like tattoo printing and mehendi designing. By the time they left the school, all of them were sporting dragons and princesses alike on their arms.

The celebrations were to make the students feel truly special, as they are THE future.

Why Art and Craft?

The early years of a child are very important that continues into childhood, teenage and adulthood. Art and craft have long been proved to be crucial educational tools in childhood development programs. In nursery and preschool (ages 2-5) the process of art and craft work is of great interest to the young minds. Children learn through fun and are more likely to remember when hands on activity go along with learning. During these activities we reinforce the concepts of colour, shape, size, texture, orientation et cetera.

When children work with art and craft materials they learn to develop a vast set of skills ranging from creative, cognitive, fine motor, language, mathematics and science to social, behavioural, physical, personal and emotional development. The activities are carefully designed and chosen for in accordance with their age and attention span. Greater emphasis is always placed on making the process playful, fun filled, active and happy. We also encourage our parents to engage the kids in art and craft work while the children are at home.

Hence, here at Sancta Maria we believe that it is truly beneficial to put lots of positive energy and effort to achieve these developmental milestones. The moments captured in the pictures below clearly depict their excitement, pride, joy, self esteem and fun these kids experience during every tiny bit of art and craft work done by them.

Kamala Deepti