Learning
Your child will learn
- To grow in confidence and to feel secure in the new environment
- To work with other children and adults (working alongside others, sharing, taking turns) accepting differences
- To communicate and express ideas and feelings
- To accept new challenges
- To control pencil, brush and scissors
(to develop hand/eye co-ordination)
- To develop pre-reading skills and the love and understanding of books
- To use mathematical language
(long, short, heavy, light, taller than, shorter than)
- To explore possibilities
(will it sink? Will it float? What will happen if?)
- To examine the natural world (growing and living things)
- To start to understand time and place
(days of the week, yesterday, today and tomorrow)
- To make their own decisions, to work towards independence
- To practise their physical skills and have fun