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National Early Childhood Education – Suggested Activities

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August 14, 2026
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National Early Childhood Education – Suggested Activities

National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka

📝 Quick Summary

🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය

ජාතික අධ්‍යාපන ආයතනය (NIE) කුඩා දරුවන් සඳහා අර්ථවත් ඉගෙනුම් අත්දැකීම් සංවිධානය කිරීමට සහාය වීම සඳහා ජාතික මූලික ළමා අධ්‍යාපන විෂය නිර්දේශ රාමුවේ “යෝජිත ක්‍රියාකාරකම්” ප්‍රකාශනය නිකුත් කර ඇත. මෙය සෞඛ්‍ය හා කායික යහපැවැත්ම, සමාජ හා චිත්තවේගී සංවර්ධනය, භාෂාව හා මූලික සාක්ෂරතාව, ගණිතමය සංකල්ප, පාරිසරික ගවේෂණය හා නිර්මාණශීලී කලා ආවරණය කරයි. සිංහල, දෙමළ හා ඉංග්‍රීසි යන භාෂා තුනෙන්ම ලබාගත හැක.

🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்

தேசிய கல்வி நிறுவனம் (NIE) சிறு குழந்தைகளுக்கான அர்த்தமுள்ள கற்றல் அனுபவங்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்த உதவும் வகையில் தேசிய ஆரம்பகால குழந்தை கல்வி பாடத்திட்ட கட்டமைப்பின் “உத்தேச செயற்பாடுகள்” வெளியீட்டை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. இது சுகாதாரம் மற்றும் உடல் நலம், சமூக மற்றும் உணர்ச்சி வளர்ச்சி, மொழி மற்றும் ஆரம்பகால எழுத்தறிவு, எண்ணியல், சுற்றுச்சூழல் ஆய்வு மற்றும் படைப்பாற்றல் கலைகளை உள்ளடக்கியது. சிங்களம், தமிழ் மற்றும் ஆங்கிலம் ஆகிய மூன்று மொழிகளிலும் கிடைக்கிறது.

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ℹ️ Main Information

The National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka has published the National Early Childhood Education Curriculum Framework: Suggested Activities to support the organisation of meaningful learning experiences for young children. The resource provides practical suggested activities covering children’s health and physical well-being, social and emotional development, language and early literacy, numeracy, environmental exploration and creative arts. It also includes guidance on Theme-Based Learning, STEAM, Emergent Curriculum and the Role of the Teacher. It is available in all three languages: Sinhala, Tamil and English.

📖 Contents & Suggested Activities

1. Health and Physical Well-being

Healthy Living Practices

  • Shiny Hands – Washing Away Germs
  • Let’s Create Our Rainbow-Coloured Healthy Plate
  • My Daily Routine – “I Can Do It!”

Personal Safety and Protection

  • Let’s Identify Safe and Unsafe Places
  • Let’s Think Wisely – Let’s Act Safely
  • My Body Belongs to Me – Safe and Unsafe Touch

Gross Motor Skills Development

  • Balance and Coordination
  • Let’s Run, Jump and Dance – Strength and Coordination
  • Let’s Travel Through Obstacles

Fine Motor Skills Development

  • Let’s Thread Beads, Button Up and Tie Knots
  • The Beauty of Weaving
  • Sensory Touch Board / Texture Board

2. Social and Emotional Well-being

Relationships with Adults and Peers

  • Pass the Smile and Mirror Game
  • Say My Name and Pass the Ball – Let’s Play with a Parachute

Pro-Social Behaviours, Moral, Religious and Cultural Values

  • The Kindness Tree

Positive Self-Concept, Self-Regulation & Self-Expression

  • Let’s Explore Our Emotions
  • Little Me and My Mind

3. Language and Early Literacy

Receptive Language

  • Sound Identification – What Do You Hear?
  • Listen and Repeat
  • Let’s Communicate Without Speaking

Expressive Language

  • Let’s Start Conversations
  • Talking Fruits

Language Comprehension

  • Let’s Listen to a Story – The Enormous Turnip
  • Let’s Listen to a Song
  • Let’s Look at Pictures and Tell Stories

Early Interest in Print – Sense of Letters

  • Let’s Choose Books
  • Let’s Read Big Picture Story Books
  • What is Inside the Book?

Pre-Reading Skills

  • What is Different? – Identify and Tell
  • Let’s Sort Similar-Looking Letters
  • Let’s Make Picture–Word Puzzles

Pre-Writing Skills

  • Let’s Make Shapes, Let’s Draw Shapes
  • Drawing Shapes in the Air, Sand and Paste
  • Let’s Draw Freely

4. Numeracy

Logical Thinking and Early Mathematics Skills

  • Let’s Build a Tall Tower with Blocks
  • Water Play – What Will Happen?
  • Comparing Sizes Through a Story – Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Measurement – Length, Weight, Capacity, Time and Money

  • Let’s Compare and Measure Weight
  • Measuring Sand and Water
  • A Day in My World – Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night

Counting and Number

  • Five Little Ducks
  • Find the Numbers – Let’s Count!
  • Developing Basic Mathematical Concepts Through a Story – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

5. Environmental Exploration

Inquiring Mind

  • Exploring Today’s Weather
  • Let’s Collect and Observe Leaves
  • Will It Float or Sink?

Exploring the Natural Environment

  • Exploring the Animals That Visit Our Garden
  • How Does a Butterfly Grow?
  • Playing with Flowers
  • Playing with Sand, Stones and Shells

Man-Made Things in the World

  • Let’s Build Together
  • Playing with Vehicles

Community Awareness and Eco-Friendly Practices

  • Protecting Nature with Little Hands
  • People Who Help Us

6. Creative Arts

  • Music and Rhythmic Movement
  • Visual Arts
  • Drama and Role Play

7. Integrated Approaches to Daily Learning

Theme-Based Approach

  • Theme – Birds
  • Theme – Fruits
  • Theme – Water

STEAM Approach (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)

  • Components of STEAM
  • Integrating STEAM Through Theme-Based Learning
  • Birds – Let’s Build a Little Home for Birds
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Caterpillar to Butterfly Journey

Emergent Curriculum

  • A Rainy Day
  • A Feather Found on the Ground
  • A Tree Has Fallen Down
  • Look, a Beautiful Butterfly!
  • Ants Carrying Food!

Role of the Teacher

🏛️ Source

Issuing Body: National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka
Subject: National Early Childhood Education Curriculum Framework — Suggested Activities
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NIE Early Childhood Education Suggested Activities – Sinhala Tamil English

National Institute of Education Publishes Early Childhood Education Suggested Activities Guide

The National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka has published the National Early Childhood Education Curriculum Framework: Suggested Activities, offering practical, hands-on activity ideas for preschool teachers across health and physical well-being, social and emotional development, language and early literacy, numeracy, environmental exploration, and creative arts. The resource also introduces integrated learning approaches including Theme-Based Learning, STEAM, and Emergent Curriculum, with sample themes such as Birds, Fruits, and Water. The publication is available in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Full downloads are available on teachmore.lk, Sri Lanka’s trusted source for education resources and curriculum updates.

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