Pre KG - Grade 2
iPlay
Children need to play to develop social, emotional, cognitive (thinking) and physical skills. Play helps children to learn how to communicate with other children, resolve conflicts and solve problems. Smart Moves program consist of the following set of activities:
Children will be spending a considerable amount of time smart moves program to enable physical, social and emotional development, as play is given high importance in the iPlay program.
In many schools, children are taught first to memorize the alphabet and the sounds, and then piece together phonics into words and finally sentences. But, the iPlay program focuses on Comprehension first approach. Reading is encouraged through whole language approaches. The child is led from the whole to the parts and they inwardly connected with the content. This approach enables the children to read with ease by the time they come to Grade 1.
Generally, schools teach and drill children with copywriting. For example, most of the writing done by the child will be either copied from a book or copied from the teacher's board. The idea of asking them to write their sentences from Grade 1 onwards is to teach the children that written text is for connecting their thoughts in their mind to express in printed form.
In iPlay, we teach scientific thinking skills besides introducing science concepts.
The concepts under science are organized and taught under the above skills. For each of the skills, activities and learning material are provided for the various concepts.
In iPlay, the mathematics curriculum is to impart four major skills. We give equal importance to all four skills, unlike standard practices of teaching only the calculation and computing skills. The curriculum is designed with activities and learning materials, and books.
Curriculum content is designed with real-world problems, and content will be integrated into the project-based learning approach in the later years which we follow. In most cases, the solutions will be useful for the school community, local community. For example, a sixth grader will be able to analyze the school bus routes and will collect, analyze the data and compute and present the results to prove his efficient solution. Curriculum content also enables them to take up mathematical courses for higher studies at ease.
Every child learns their mother tongue at a very young age, by just listening, observing, practicing (to speak) and self-correcting. Rich vocabulary and advanced language skills develop in an environment where adults practice the sophisticated oral and written language. Language develops in this order: Listening, Speaking, Reading and writing. In the iPlay Program, we introduce four languages (Malayalam, Hindi, and English) These three languages are taught through story time and circle time: songs, rhymes, poems and discussions are all incorporated. It may look like play, but language skills will be developed daily, and they become proficient by the end of the iPlay Program.
iPlay Children play 9 different ball games and this develops all their gross motor skills and build them up for their future sporting success. (1. Football, 2. Basketball, 3. Volleyball, 4. Golf, 5. Tennis, 6. Cricket, 7. Rugby, 8. Hockey, 9. Baseball).
In the iPlay Program, all children are exposed to Keyboard in music classes from KG classes onwards. The goal is to create interest, inspire them to take up music and enjoy.
In the iPlay Program, they learn freestyle dance in the early years and slowly move to semi-classical format or contemporary dance. Again the goal is to create interest, inspire them to take up dance with joy and happiness.
Greenvalley introduces students to a wide range of sports through iDiscover. In the early years, children explore all activities, and as they grow, they can choose to specialise or continue multiple sports—focusing on fitness, enjoyment, and lifelong well-being without competitive pressure.