JUNIOR PRESCHOOL (3 - 4 Years)
Preschool is a wondrous year for children as their emotional and language skills develop. They learn to explore their feelings and become more interested in making friends and playing with other children.
Their imagination is bursting, and this is where we often see role-playing become more imaginative. As educators, we look for those teachable moments and happily encourage the ‘why’ questions! We tailor our Kinder program to support this enquiry allowing curious minds to open and absorb information that comes their way. We love the personalities that fill our rooms each day.
OUR PROGRAM
Our environments are created to encourage interest and learn through daily play episodes and interactions. We promote learning through a holistic, play-based approach. We focus on particular topics children want to learn and explore these through a variety of mediums.
We fill our days with creating plenty of fun and varied experiences including messy play, construction, pretend play, stories, counting, songs, small and large group activities and one-to-one experiences with educators.
Mealtime is a social time and we encourage the children to try the food, feed themselves with a fork, pour their drinks and even scrape their bowls!
Supporting a child's emotional, social, physical and cognitive development, helps them to learn and grow as individuals. Improving and nurturing independence and self-regulation skills helps them prepare for transitioning into 4-5 year old kinder.
A TYPICAL DAY
Breakfast
Free Play / Child Selected Experiences
Group Time
Morning Tea
Indoor or Outdoor Play / Activities
Group Time
Lunch
Rest and Quiet Time Activities
Indoor Play or Child Selected Activities
Afternoon Tea
Free Play or Child Selected Experiences
Teacher initiated activities are introduced during morning and afternoon activities.