Arrive |
Children find their names and hang up their coat Find their name on the self-registration board. Change from outdoor shoes into slippers. Key persons settle the children.
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Free Play |
Pre-planned free-flow play activities |
Snack Bar |
Children are encouraged to find their snack mat, ask for what they would like to eat, pour their drinks, talk about tastes, and textures and try different foods.
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Circle Time |
Register time. Name and recognition, turn-taking, singing, number games and basic concept work
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Activities to support Learning |
Music and dance help with listening skills. Co-operation, fine motor skills and creativity. Cooking encourages discovery, maths, turn taking and trial and error.
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Outdoor Play |
Free play outdoor activities - large sandpit, role play house, large climbing equipment, balancing apparatus. Bridge, discovery area, planting and decked area, space for wheeled vehicles
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Story Time | We use lots of props telling stories. |
Lunch |
All the children sit together with the staff to eat lunch, a time used for conversation, turn taking and self-help skills, talking about healthy eating and likes and dislikes.
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Split into two Groups |
Activities relating to developmental and individual needs
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Group One |
Phonology work - developing awareness of sounds, letter matching games - linking vocabulary, auditory and memory games. Board games to encourage problem-solving, reasoning and numeracy
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Group Two |
Games to encourage sharing, cooperation, concentration and turn-taking.
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Outdoor Play |
In our child-centred garden or out on the large field
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Physical Play |
Large P.E. apparatus, motor skills, risk-taking and moving around safely. Skittles, parachute games, balls, hoops and bean bags; ring songs
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Story Time | We use lots of props when telling stories. |