Sunday, March 10, 2019

SONG OF THE YEAR 
UAE National Anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7KpDBYYB4Q

SONGS OF THE WEEK
Arabic Song
Batta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHSOJanLnuo

To listen to the song of the week for our Babies, Kindly click on the link below:
One Little Finger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBVqcTEC3zQ

To listen to the song for our Playgroup I, kindly click on the link below:
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_gQ1sINdw

To listen to the song of the week for our Playgroup II, kindly click on the link below:
Old McDonald Had a Farm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWhqORImND0

To listen to the song of the week for our Foundation Year, kindly click on the link below:
Hibernation Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstmnCYwAE8

UK WORLD BOOK DAY

Parents' Contribution

Reading Videos 
Today a Reader - Tomorrow a Leader

To view the Reading Videos contributed by our parents, kindly click on the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/littleoxfordrak/videos/399501027494781/



The Big Puppet Theatre
The Gruffalo

Story Reading 
The Gruffalo

Giving Away Books in Charity

OUR BABIES 
Learning to read and write doesn’t start in kindergarten or first grade.
Developing language and literacy skills begins at birth through everyday loving interactions, such as sharing books, telling stories, singing songs and talking to one another. Adults—parents, grandparents, and teachers—play a very important role in preparing young children for future school success and helping them become self-confident and motivated learners. 
Babies may just want to mouth the book! That’s okay. When you let your child explore books in the ways that interest her, the reading experience will be more meaningful.


 OUR PLAYGROUP I
Young children can only sit for a few minutes for a story, but as they grow, they will be able to sit longer. Let your child decide how much (or how little) time you spend reading. And you don’t need to read every page. You may find that your child has a favorite page or even a favorite picture. She may want to linger there for a while, and then switch books or activities.
The first—and best—tip for sharing books with young children is to have fun together! If children are engaged and enjoying themselves, they are learning. When children have positive interactions with books, they are developing good feelings about reading, which will motivate them to continue seeking out books and other literacy materials as they grow.

OUR PLAYGROUP II
Continue to support your child’s language development with engaging interactions, playful reading sessions, and ad-hoc language games. For example, try to trick your child by saying incorrect information, such as telling her that lions say “woof!” See if she can correct you, and then try to trick you. Use photos and images to engage your child and invite him into conversations about family members or remembrances of past adventures. Tell your child stories about herself, real or made up. Continue talking about colors and other adjectives (big, small, etc.). Make reading an intimate time and continue to engage your child in rhymes and word play, inviting her to sing along with you. Engage her thinking by asking her what she thinks will happen next, what the character is feeling, etc.


OUR FOUNDATION YEAR
Children this age begin to play with language. They make up stories based on fantasy, but tell these tales as if they are real. Encouraging story-telling will advance their cognition, linguistic abilities, and creativity. They are beginning to understand concrete riddles (”Knock, Knock.” “Who’s there?” “Boo.” “Boo who?” “Why are you crying?”), love silly language, nonsense rhymes, and bathroom talk. 
The preschool years are the time during which children’s emergent literacy abilities develop. In fact, these skills are the foundation onto which children’s later reading and academic abilities will build off of. Most important for literacy is the development of phonological awareness (often called phonemic awareness), the ability to recognize and manipulate the sound units that make up words, be these individual phonemes (sounds) or syllables. Thus, discerning sounds is a key early literacy skill. 


OUR AFTERNOON KIDS' CLUB