Playgroup and Nursery

Playgroup : 18months to 30months
Our youngest Owlets are always buzzing with activity. They get plenty of arts and craft, music and movement, stories, rhymes and fun project work. Our PG group get plenty of gross motor activities to hone their skills. Fruit, vegetable and recycled material printing linked to their class theme are the norm. They get to colour with crayons and brushes to hone their fine motor skills. Their gross motor skills are also tested at our indoor jungle gym as well as obstacle courses tailored to build their confidence. They learn their basic Letterland sounds and get to recognize the alphabets. Children are exposed to colours, shapes and objects in their daily life. Music and movement form a big part of their learning together with lots of story time. Do not be surprised that midway through their year, they already know how to eat by themselves.

Nursery 1 : 30months – 3 years
Storytime and rhymes learnt in PG come into play now, the children will be more appreciative of the content. The N1 class will learn to interact and speak with their peers more. Children will start their imaginary play and role play. Children start learning to share and take turns. Children will hone their grip with crayons and art brushes with all sorts of colouring and tracing activities. Games that reinforce number-recognition, colours, shapes and letters will be used. Songs and rhymes from Letterland will be used to help children recognize the letters. Likewise they would start learning the mandarin characters and their vocabulary will be slowly increased.

Nursery 2 : 3 years – 4 years
By now our children would have fair understanding of the basic alphabets and numbers. Their colouring skills would have been good (all within boundaries). Written exercises will be slowly introduced to this group. Children will be able to slowly learn the basic words in the songs and rhymes during Music and Movement classes. Sequencing and counting will be slow introduced to the owlets. Correct letter formations will be taught and they will be given ample opportunities to express it via brush, crayon or even pencil. The vocabulary will be built up slowly, children will start to pay attention to the words during story time. Later in the year the children will start to express themselves when given a project theme – with guidance from our teachers/facilitators.