Preschool News
Welcome 2023!
Our year has started in the Preschool with many of the children enjoying being a part of a community group. The children have demonstrated a keen interest in connecting with their peers. The social interaction that the children are engaging in during a preschool day supports each child to gain prosocial skills, to strengthen their language skills and to allow the children to learn from each other. Currently the children are engaging in turn taking games, they are starting to play games with rules, and they are taking on roles in dramatic play. The children are also building and problem solving together. We often see one child walking on a set of small stilts, this child is soon followed by a group of children all trying to walk on a pair of stilts! Having another child nearby can offer support and encouragement to any child. The children are learning about culture from each other, for example by saying good morning in different ways and creating a dragon through a project on Luna New Year. We are seeing the benefits of social learning each day as the children accept one another, allow others to enter into their play and contribute to the game or activity. Seeing the enjoyment that the children gain from a preschool day is very rewarding and we can see that 2023 will be filled with play, learning and many group activities.
More information on the development of social skills in 3-5 year olds can be found on the government website: Starting Blocks. This website is designed to provide parents with resources to help grow healthy children.
Starting Blocks can be found at: https://www.startingblocks.gov.au/your-childs-development/3-to-5-years
 | Your Child's Development - 3 to 5 years Learn about the developmental milestones to observe for your 3 to 5 year old child. |
Elisa Higgs and Nicole Tate
Preschool Team