July 2009
 
 
Table of Contents
Note by Directress
Initial Days of school for newly enrolled children
August Event Schedule
Highlighters in August
Theme of the Month
Editorial
Activities for You & Your Child at Home
Birthday’s in June & July
Reading Pyramid
Extra Curricular Activities at Prayag
 
 
Welcome Note

Amitha Prashanth - Directress Dear Parents,

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings". - HODDING CARTER

The two lasting gifts we can give our children are –a good foundation and freedom to achieve their dreams. We can strengthen our child’s roots by making him/her aware of our rich culture and heritage and giving him/her the confidence of being there for them and at the same time give them freedom to dream and dream big. Nothing is impossible for a child to achieve once he/she realizes that his/her parents are behind them 100%.

Welcome to the academic year of 2009-2010. I deeply apologise for the delay of this year’s PTA and newsletters. The reason is the completion of the construction at Prayag, thank you all for your patience and support

We have scheduled the first PTA from 25th of July to 1st Aug 2009. My first presentation to the new parents will be on the 01st August, 09.30am – 10. 30am for Activity Centre & Nursery Parents & 10.30am – 11.30am for Pre Mont & Montessori Parents, at Prayag. We will also have an open house for our old parents after their respective presentations. You are welcome to visit your school to see the renovations done.

This year too will hopefully be an eventful year. To help us to achieve this we have prepared the holiday & the events list. The only major difference with this year’s list is the Annual day. Yes, this year we decided that instead of an Annual day we will have a Funfair at our Discovery Village. It is scheduled on the 14th Feb. 2010 .This will give an opportunity for both parents and us adults to know each other better. This is also according to feedback we received from some of the parents last year. Some of them felt that we should alternate our Annual day and Funfair every year as they felt that parents don’t get to interact with the management and other parents on our Annual day’s.

The second thing which I would like to get to your notice is this year’s Dasara vacation. The Government has declared holidays from Sept 18th 09 to Sept 28th 09. We will work in the month of Oct and Sept will be our month for Dasara vacations.

It has been a wonderful month of interacting with all our old and new children at Prayag. Every year we go through the phase of settling our new enrolments and this year it has been relatively easy to settle all of them. We were working on schedule right from week two onwards.

If you need more information or want to give your feed back please e-mail me at prayag_montessori@yahoo.co.in.

Thanks & Regards
Amitha Prashanth

 
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Initial Days of school for newly enrolled children
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August Event Schedule
 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday/ Sunday
31 Aug 09         1 Aug 09 /
2 Aug 09
3 Aug 09 4 Aug 09 5 Aug 09 6 Aug 09 7 Aug 09 8 Aug 09 /
9 Aug 09
10 Aug 09 11 Aug 09 12 Aug 09 13 Aug 09
Holiday Krishna Janamashtami		 14 Aug 09 15 Aug 09 /
Independence Day Celebration
17 Aug 09 18 Aug 09 19 Aug 09 20 Aug 09 21 Aug 09 22 Aug 09 /
23 Aug 09
24 Aug 09 25 Aug 09 26 Aug 09 27 Aug 09 28 Aug 09
Sports Day		 29 Aug 09/
30 Aug 09
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Highlighters in August
4 Aug 2009 - Tuesday - Raksha Bandan celebration
12 Aug 2009 - Wednesday - Krishna Janamashtami Celebration
[Dress Code for Krishna Janamashtami Celebration: Boys as Krishna’s & Girls as Radha’s]
13 Aug 2009 - Thursday - Holiday - Krishna Janamashtami
15 Aug 2009 - Saturday - Independence Day Celebration
28 Aug 2009 - Friday - Sports Day [ Check circular for your child’s group & timings]
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Theme of the Month(July)
Montessori I - Colours
Montessori II - Good Habits
[Parents are also requested to introduce their respective themes in the surrounding environment to the child.]
Montessori III- Safety
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Editorial
Good Habits
(By Mrs.Sindhu Sudhakar)
Habits can be good or bad. It is always desirable to cultivate good habits. As children grow, they start picking up habits from the surroundings especially, from people around. We all want to see our children growing up with good habits. That’s why it is very important to start early. The younger the child, the more absorbent their minds will be and thus is easier to inculcate good habits in them. They are at a stage when they don’t really know much about life and that could be very disturbing at times. To promote these good habits parent can be a positive role model. Children also build likes/dislikes/habits which stay with them for a long time if not changed. One of the most important facts that parents need to understand is this: Children who practice healthy habits early in life are much more likely to continue those habits through their teen years and into adulthood.

We all know that no human is perfect and hence it will be unreasonable for us to even expect our children to be perfect, but when they do exhibit non-desirable habits or behavior it would be best to gently guide them to help them get over it. It would make the child feel good to reward him /her when he exhibits good habits or desirable habits .This would give them a positive feeling, Ask them to be organized which will help them to be more independent.

Courtesy, politeness or having good manners are all about respecting others and yourself. Guidelines for parents:
Be a positive role model.
Encourage physical activities that children really enjoy. Every child is unique. Let children experiment with different activities until each finds something that he or she really loves doing. They’ll stick with it longer if they love it.
Have Family time more often for the whole family to get active.
Limit TV, video game and computer time.
Be supportive. Focus on the positive instead of the negative. Everyone likes to be praised for a job well done. Celebrate successes and help children and teens develop a good self-image.
Set specific goals and limits.
Use reward system and it should be simple like extra bedtime story, delay in bedtime for 30min, Motivation is must to learn.
Make dinnertime a family time. Get the kids involved in cooking and planning meals. Everyone develops good eating habits together and the quality time with the family will be an added bonus.
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Activities for You & Your Child at Home

Colour Activity
Ask the child to drop diluted orange colour on a plate & wet the tissue and hold it close to the diluted colour on the plate & see how the primary colours of orange disintegrate.

Language Activity
Keep a telephone book and encourage your child to enter the name of the person called, time and date and message if necessary.

Botany Activity
Ask your child to collect different types of petals and press it in between newspaper and ask them to stick it in the scrap book.
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Birthday's in June & July
Prayag Birdies Wishes all their Friends a very Happy Birthday
 

Krishna.A.Iyer
01 Jun 2005

Anushka Sumedh Mithsagar
03 Jun 2006

Niyati Arvind
04 Jun 2005

Arjun Vishwanath Nukal
05 Jun 2007

Priyan. M
05 Jun 2006

Amrita Konaje
07 Jun 2005

Leisha.G.Reddy
12 Jun 2007

Shreya Kiran
14 Jun 2004

Ishaan Jajodia
15 Jun 2004

Stuti Almal
17 Jun 2006

Chiraayu Sneha Nanda
28 Jun 2007

Dhruvika Bararia
24 Jul 2006

Tanvi.G.Nesari
09 Jul 2005

Rishikesh.K.R
01 Jul 2005

Mohit Bararia
11 Jul 2005

Shreyas. S
14 Jul 2005

Amogh Santosh Anoo
17 Jul 2004

Aditi Kiran
18 Jul 2004

Aditi.P.P
21 Jul 2004

Smrithi.D.Honalli
30 Jul 2005

  
   
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Reading Pyramid
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Extra Curricular Activities at Prayag
Jnana Lahari
[Extract the Real Essence]
Spiritual Sadana for building mind power
 
Shlokas & Bhajan Classes for all age groups
(Children above 3 years of age)
Every Man is Divine. But we do not know the divinity inherent in us. But the Indian tradition has many ways to understand what secret lies in every one of us. Our effort to know the divinity. Mind has to be empowered for this. Among many Sadana, Chanting of Shlokas, Singing Songs, Praising God, Listening Moral Stories, Reading and Reflecting upon Spiritual texts are very important. Practicing and adopting this in our daily routine increases our mind power. Knowledge, wisdom, concentration of mind are the benefits.
 
Classes starting at Prayag Montessori
Thursdays, 04.30 pm to 05.30 pm
 
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Prayag Activity Centre

Afternoon Care Facility for Children
(Age Group 2 years to 10 years)
On Prayag Working Days, 01.00 PM to 06:00 PM
 
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Yoga Ratna Academy
Regular Yoga classes in BKS Iyengar Style using Props
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays: 06.00am to 07.00am / 07.15am to 08.15am
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 04.00pm to 05.00pm / 05.00pm to 06.00pm
For Age Group: 8 ~ 80 yrs
Contact: Mrs. Rekha Swaroop: 9845644941

School of Art
Age Group : 4 - 5 yrs, 5 - 6 yrs, 6 - 9 yrs, 9 - 12 yrs
Day & Time: Fridays, 05.00 pm - 06.00 pm

School of Abacus
Age Group: 4 yrs - 12 yrs
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 04.00 pm - 06.00 pm

School of Vedic Mathematics
Age Group: 12 yrs & above
Day & Time: Thursdays, 05.00 pm - 06.30 pm

Western & Bharatnatyam classes
Age Group: 5 yrs & above
Please contact office for details

Western Dance classes
For age group 4 - 10 years
Western and Bollywood style Two days a week – Saturdays & Sundays
Timings – Saturdays – 05.30 pm ~ 06.30 pm
Sundays – 11.30 am ~ 12.30 pm
Contact Mr.Sameer: 9886478836
Contact our office if interested in enrolling for the above classes
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