a) Garden
Activities – sand play, water play, sensopathic activities, mud, clay modelling, wood work, climbing apparatus. Here a child builds a healthy body while climbing, running, jumping and balancing.
The activities provide opportunity for – i) pleasure and delight; ii) the developement of skills; iii) social contacts; iv) the release of emotions; v) constructive, imaginative and creative play. This area is under supervisioin of two teachers.
b) Creative Area
Activities – painting, drawing, cutting and painting, anti-waste constructions, special activities and dough modelling. Here a child satisfies his needs to experiment and create.
The activities provide opportunity for : i) use of colour and development of form; ii) control of fine muscles and co-ordination; iii) learning through senses; iv) the development of skills.
c) Fantasy Area
Activities – domestic play : i.e. dolls, tea-sets etc., dressing-up, shop, puppets, blocks and supportive toys, e.g. cars and boats. This is where a child is free to express his conception of the every day world or how he wishes or imagines it to be.
The activities provide opportunity for i) enjoyment; ii) self expression through the enactment of different rolls; iii) the release from frustration and fears iv) creative and constructive ideas; v) the stimulation of creative and imaginative play; vi) encouragement of the inhibited child.
d) Cognitive Area
Activities – puzzles, books, games, constructive toys. This is where a child satisfies his needs to achieve and learns to use his mind in all ways necessary for intellectual development.
The activities provide opportunity for; i) the acqusition of skills; ii) developing powers of thinking and reasoning; iii) eye-hand co-ordination; iv) to share and take turns; v) concentration and perseverance; vi) language development.
a) Garden
Activities – sand play, water play, sensopathic activities, mud, clay modelling, wood work, climbing apparatus. Here a child builds a healthy body while climbing, running, jumping and balancing.
The activities provide opportunity for – i) pleasure and delight; ii) the developement of skills; iii) social contacts; iv) the release of emotions; v) constructive, imaginative and creative play. This area is under supervisioin of two teachers.
b) Creative Area
Activities – painting, drawing, cutting and painting, anti-waste constructions, special activities and dough modelling. Here a child satisfies his needs to experiment and create.
The activities provide opportunity for : i) use of colour and development of form; ii) control of fine muscles and co-ordination; iii) learning through senses; iv) the development of skills.
c) Fantasy Area
Activities – domestic play : i.e. dolls, tea-sets etc., dressing-up, shop, puppets, blocks and supportive toys, e.g. cars and boats. This is where a child is free to express his conception of the every day world or how he wishes or imagines it to be.
The activities provide opportunity for i) enjoyment; ii) self expression through the enactment of different rolls; iii) the release from frustration and fears iv) creative and constructive ideas; v) the stimulation of creative and imaginative play; vi) encouragement of the inhibited child.
d) Cognitive Area
Activities – puzzles, books, games, constructive toys. This is where a child satisfies his needs to achieve and learns to use his mind in all ways necessary for intellectual development.
The activities provide opportunity for; i) the acqusition of skills; ii) developing powers of thinking and reasoning; iii) eye-hand co-ordination; iv) to share and take turns; v) concentration and perseverance; vi) language development.