Games and Play
Child-centered pedagogy that promotes learning through play is essential as it create learning opportunities across multiple areas of development in children.
Activity: Tarabai
- All stand in a circle.
- One person starts, instruction given- “When I say ‘Tarabai’-with an action, all of you have to say ‘AAHA’ in the same tone and modulation and imitate the action too.”
- Different people of the group take turns to say ‘Tarabai’ in different styles and the others imitate.
- The game proceeds with each person getting a chance to say ‘Tarabai’ in his or her own creative style.
Activity: Counting numbers
- The number to be counted up to is the number of people in the game. (For example 25)
- All sit in a circle
- RULES:
- Numbers 1 to 25 is to be said in sequence.
- Each person gets only one chance to say a number (Any number from 1 to 25)
- Any person may start.
- No discussions allowed.
- Only one person says a number at one time.
- If more than one person has said a particular number, the game starts again with “one”.
- The game concludes at “25”.
Source: The Valley School
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