Pre-Nursery Term Three Term Report
Dear parents,
The theme that we chose for term three was Transportation. The children were taught about land,
sea and air transportation. They learned about the various vehicles in each category, the
characteristics of these vehicles, the possible sounds they make, what causes them to be able to
move, and about road safety. The vehicles that were emphasised on this term were the horse cart,
the bicycle, the car, the train, the sailboat, the ship, the helicopter, the hot air balloon, and the
aeroplane.
Language Arts
Stories with interesting pictures were shown to the children to reinforce learning. Some of those we
read were:
1. Things that Go by Marie Linney
2. The Wheels on the Bus by Raffi Songs to Read
Pictures of different vehicles were stuck on the wall and this was used as a learning corner wherein
the children learned to recognise and identify and match the vehicles on the wall with flashcards of
vehicles in their hands. Interesting activities were also thought up to create an enjoyable mode of
learning. In their worksheets, the children stuck stickers of food into the cart of a horse, they tore
black strips of paper to form the wheels of a bicycle, they stuck on the yellow headlights of a car,
they imagined how smoke would billow from a train and pasted cotton wool as smoke, they pasted
on blue strips as the water that sailboats sail on, they used green paper to represent the hills that a
helicopter would fly over and using their fingers, they printed on colourful hues of the hot air
balloon.
Phonics
Through the syllables stipulated by Jolly Phonics we taught the children the sounds of the alphabets,
“m”, “d”, “g”, “o” and “u”. The children were also taught four all-time favourite nursery rhymes,
“Humpty Dumpty”, “Jack and Jill”, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “Incy Wincy Spider”. Using these
rhymes, we checked their progress in enunciating words correctly and clearly as far as is possible for
their age. The children especially enjoyed their learning because they loved these stimulating songs
and rhymes and because we made use of animation and the mass media to garner added interest.
Some stories were also read to get the children interested in books and hopefully instil in them a
desire to read on their own as well. These stories include:
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Ants in a Hurry by Suchen Christine Lim
The Boy who Cried Wolf by Tony Ross
Cat in the Tree by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta
Where is my Bone by Barbara Mitchelhill
Math
Through matching exercises and activities that required rote counting, the numbers 1 to 5 were
reinforced and the numbers 6 and 7 were taught. The concepts of “day and night”, “dirty and clean”,
as well as “boy and girl” were also taught. The children were hand-held through recognising
numbers and tracing their figures on sandpaper and they were taught to count numbers of objects
in groups. Three books were read to establish some more Math concepts:
1. The Hiding Game  for concepts to do with size and position
2. Wilbur the Weather Watcher  for weather conditions
3. Who has More for concepts to do with less and more
All three books are by Rosemary Reuille Irons and Janet King.
Music and Movement
The children enjoyed music and movement activities and displayed an increased awareness of their
own body movements, a better sense of rhythm and improved coordination and listening skills. They
were given musical instruments such as tambourines, castanets, bells and triangles, to experiment
with, and nursery rhymes as well as exercise songs to sing and dance to.
Art and Craft
To tie in with the theme of transportation and to work on their motor skills, the children created
masterpieces such as traffic lights and stop signs, buses out of shapes they have learned, and they
pasted the grills on a lorry which they have coloured themselves. They also did finger printing on
mazes and were taught to trace the routes. With some help, they learned to fold paper aeroplanes
and boats as well.
Sensory (Science)
The children tasted sweet, sour and saltish foods this term. They also got to touch a car, sound its
horn, pretend to be drivers and sit at the steering wheel, as they learned about the different parts of
a car such as its bonnet and its wheels. They also got introduced to loud and soft sounds and learned
the contrast between pleasant and unpleasant sounds.
In all, the children have displayed vast improvement as compared with term two, in terms of their
motor skills, their ability to hold crayons and colour, their ability to follow instructions, and in terms
of their speech. I hope that during the one week break, you will enjoy your time with your children
and revise some of these concepts with them.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Miss Seow.