Age appropriate educational programs are implemented through games, group activities, drama and interactive learning. Children’s programs are planned on a weekly basis and displayed on the parent board in all classrooms. All the activities listed below are incorporated in the weekly program in each classroom for each age group.

Creative activities:

Encourages:

• Self esteem
  
• Thinking, planning and organizing
  
• Children to follow instructions
  
• Building of social skills
  
• Opportunities to explore, feel and create

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Science/Nature Centre/Cooking

Encourages:

• The ability to collect data through the use of the five senses
• Environmental awareness
• Develops an understanding of physical concepts related to size, shape, volume,
  floating and sinking, full and empty, measuring, cause and effect

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Dramatic Play

Encourages:

• Imagination
• Assists in the development of social skills
• Enhances and develops language
• Team work
• Prop kits will be used for weekly themes.
  For example: Post office, Grocery store, Hospital, Restaurant, Beauty salon and more

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Block Play

Encourages:

• Co-operation among children
• Teamwork
• Creativity

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Cognitive/Manipulative Activities

Encourages:

• Development of hand eye co-ordination, finger dexterity and hand control
• Development of the child’s self esteem, independence and concentration
• Opportunity to work independently with others

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Library area

• Quiet comfortable and relaxing area
• Variety of books to chose from
• Puppet shows
• Radio for listening stories

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Music & creative movement activities

Encourages :

• Self expression, creativity and fun
• Children to rhyme and create different sounds

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Gross motor/Gym Activities

• Co-ordination and balance
• Promotes physical fitness.
• Indoor and outdoor activities, including ballplaying

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Language Activities

• Use of puppets, felt board and listening stories which help develop children’s vocabulary
• Small group activities which involve discussions
• Matching games, memory games
• Drawing a picture and then discussing
• Show and Tell

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Math Activities

• Basic math skills are introduced
• Counting, number games, connecting the dots, flash cards, measuring, sizes, shapes.
• Simple addition and problem solving.

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Writing/Phonics

• Basic writing skills
• Learning to write the alphabet (upper & lower case)
• Child’s name
• Flash cards
• Simple worksheets
  

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