In the current scenario wherein children make their food choices by watching advertisements on televisions, it is essential to make them aware of healthy food and unhealthy food. Recently teachers conducted a session on Vegetables and its importance in the daily diet for senior section.

The children were shown the variety of vegetables which are available in the market through a class demonstration. The health benefits were explained to them. In the end, they were told to segregate veggies according to their shapes and sizes. With this activity, we hope that our little ones will feel motivated to increase the consumption of greens in their daily diet.

Our toddlers of Nursery cleaned their classrooms with small brooms and mops. They also collected the bits of newspapers and paper cuttings which were scattered in their classes.

The teachers had kept various dustbins to teach them about waste segregation. Furthermore, the little ones also cleaned their tables. This activity shall instill them good habits of keeping the surroundings clean in the school and at their home too.

A father’s selfless love is crucial in nurturing a child. To celebrate the accomplishments and efforts of the daddies, they were invited to be a part of father’s day celebrations at the school recently. The daddies spent quality time with their little ones in the school during which they interacted with their teachers and also participated in the various activities like fitness, music, sand play and card activity. Our gifted tiny tots of ‘Sparkles’ gave them handmade gifts too. The daddies appreciated the school’s role in creating such events as it teaches the children to value human relationships and family.
21st June is a special day when people of all ages come together and perform Yoga in different places in the world. Our little ones from Bodakdev too joined in the celebration and performed simple asanas, child pose, butterfly and frog pose with the help of their experienced educators. A small session of meditation and mantra chanting was also conducted to calm their minds in the school.

This was an initiative to teach the habits of exercise and encourage them to adopt Yoga for a healthy body, mind and soul.The toddlers of nursery thoroughly enjoyed the session, which was evident through their gleaming

Glimpses of the International Yoga Day event held in Junior KG and Senior KG. This was an initiative to teach the habits of exercise and encourage them to adopt Yoga for a healthy body, mind and soul. Our little yogis thoroughly enjoyed the celebrations in the school, which was evident through their gleaming faces. We wish all our tiny tots a healthy and fit year ahead.

World Music Day was celebrated in Nursery, Junior and Senior section. A special table was set up wherein a variety of musical instruments like Cymbals, Rebana, Tambourine, Rebana, Jaltarang, Keyboard and Drums were displayed.

They were encouraged to play the different instruments and to listen the various sounds they produce. This activity tried to cultivate an interest in music, the celebrations ended with singing nursery rhymes, favourite songs and dancing on their foot-tapping music

It was celebration time in Bodakdev School as the tiny tots joined the school for the new academic session on 1st April,2019,

With anxiety writ large on their faces, the tiny tots entered the schooling phase of their lives.The school wore a cheerful look as students headed towards their classes in their new and tidy uniforms. Teachers had decorated the school walls with activity based games and creative bulletin boards, etc to cheer up the tiny tots and create a pleasant and cordial atmosphere for them while they walked towards their classrooms with the parents. A wide range of fun-filled creative activities was planned for their first day. They also took a walk around the school to get to know the campus. The children received a warm welcome from the school and the management.

Bodakdev School celebrated Banana Day recently. Daddies of Playgroup were invited to celebrate the day with their tinytots. Our daddies and tiny tots came dressed in yellow. The day started off with a morning assembly wherein daddies and kiddos took part.

The first activity was chopping bananas wherein our little ones chopped bananas with the help of their daddies,then they also made yummy banana wafer topppings with the help of their daddies. After that, they made yellow headbands(wrist bands) with their daddies. finally the day ended with banana race. It was a memorable day for the little ones as they spent quality time with their daddies in the school. Our daddies thoroughly enjoyed all the activities. Check out the pictures to see our parents and little ones in action

Last day of the school before the summer break was memorable for our little ones as they celebrated International Dance Day on the campus. This day is celebrated every year on the 29th of April, the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre who is the creator of modern ballet.

Tiny tots of all the sections came dressed in their party outfits and grooved on the foot tapping music along with their teachers and friends. Celebrations like these in a preschool promote the importance of teamwork as they start to help each other with learning and practising the steps.

Our little ones tried to match their actions with their teachers and friends. The entire school campus was bubbling with energy, enthusiasm and excitement.

Students and staff of Bodakdev School for Children’s Special class Sparkles celebrated World Autism Awareness Day for the first time. To help promote this event, staff members created autism awareness material which was displayed in the school. Ms.Shreenal conducted a session with the pre-primary teachers to raise awareness of Autism. The staff and the heads of the school too participated in ‘Light It Up Blue’ campaign by wearing blue, decorating the school in blue, and doing all things ‘blue’ on World Autism Awareness Day. The occasion was graced by the Executive Director of the school Mr MananChoksi. On this day, the school spread Adele Devine’s message, which is, “Children with Autism are Colourful they are Often Beautiful, and Like the Rainbow, they Stand Out”

Toddlers of Junior KG and Senior KG recently visited Sundervan, a mini zoo located in the western part of the city. The mini terrarium is home to a large variety of birds including Emu, Turkey and Ducks.

This visit was planned, to give them a better understanding of the varied habitat and the differences between birds, animals and reptiles. It was a unique experience for our pre-schoolers as nowadays children usually see everything on television and books. In the end, toddlers spent quality time with their friends in the playing area at Sundervan.