Nursery environment is a happy stimulating environment equipped to help the child develop towards independence with ease. The class provides for many activities to develop the finer motor skills. The Nursery has a Construction corner for young builders, equipment to help develop finger dexterity and firm grip. There is also a Home corner for the children to enjoy the ‘Exercises of Practical Life’ activities of home they are so familiar with. A Reading corner where children have their first exposure to handle their very own books! All learning is done through hands-on experiences, song and play and story.
“Carpet Time is time for oral learning, aimed at developing thinking skills. All topics for the day are discussed here. The children enjoy participating in ‘what’s special about today.”
The classroom provides a holistic environment where new words and heightened vocabulary bursts forth in spurts. Jolly phonics is a fun and child centered approach to teaching literacy. Books 1,2 & 3 are introduced to this age group. Scribbles develop to pattern writing. Creative writing is introduced here, where the child scribbles and expresses to the teacher what he has drawn. The child’s perception is expressed with drawings. Opportunities to develop their vocabulary using flashcards, sentence speaking, listening carefully to stories and instruction is encouraged here.
Numeracy involves rote counting, recognition, number concept, ordering, matching and sorting, and math games. Everything is counted; from chairs to bunnies to ourselves! Everything around has a shape and color. And of course, practice makes us perfect. Writing and overwriting with color crayons is so much fun that figures start looking like candies.
With Knowledge and Understanding of the World, the children become aware of their surroundings and the world they live in through observation, first-hand experiences, experiments, books and hands-on activities. Just out-of-home themes include topics of familiarity.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development is also an important feature in the nursery plan. Themes are chosen for developing social attitudes, cooperation, caring and sharing learnt through the medium of song, story and role-play.
Creative Development helps burst the creativity in the child. All are budding artists in the making. Touch and feel, dabble, splash, make, construct, sprinkle, stick, roll, create, are the experiential activities in art and craft. Imaginative play and role-play is a favorite pastime here in the home corner.
Physical development is structured play and exercise outdoors, programmed for running, jumping, and fun games suitable for this age. Splashing in the swimming pool is a welcome activity. Busy bees, and gardening activity outdoors is most enjoyable.
If your child is of this age group, he/she definitely belongs here!