Sieving sand- Padma Aunty's group

Today we began our session with the practice of the Independence day song. After all our friends had gone to their respective classes, we sat in a cozy circle and observed a sieve. When asked what we can do with it, one of the children, who does not talk much otherwise, immediately said, " chapati maavu". They all then explored what all we can pass through the sieve through a small discussion.There were all sorts of suggestions like pencils, erasers, raagi, rice, etc as possible candidates for passing through the sieve. On being told that I have none of that, or that some of the items cannot pass through it, i asked what else can we use the sieve for. One of the children ,then, with a twinkle in his eyes said, "SAND"!!.And so off we went to the sand area to sieve the sand. We planned it well and carried newspapers along to collect the sieved sand to observe it. In the sand pit, we formed a train and took turns with the sieve. We observed and touched the sand which fell down from the sieve and which remained in it. It was rough or big in the sieve and soft and small when it fell below. We then went ahead and even wrote SAND in the sand with our fingers. We really enjoyed the experience today and came up to plunge into the next activity of the day.
Mammas can now look forward to some help the next time they want to sieve something in the kitchen for some tasty recipe.
Trupti Aunty