Learning Through Play

With Preschool

Building Literacy and Numeracy Skills

By providing a variety of ways for children to engage with mathematics and literacy they build agency as a learner and are able to transfer knowledge from one experience to another which in turn builds their competence and deeper understanding.

OUTCOME 4: CHILDREN ARE CONFIDENT AND INVOLVED LEARNERS

Our preschoolers have been further exploring numbers and letters with the office equipment; phones, keyboards and note pads. They have used numbers and letters with purpose to identify numerals and to write them. Familiar letters and technology was used to explore this further.

Our numbers table has number cards, rocks and lids to build skills in ordering, sequencing and patterning. This has also included the children identifying and forming the numerals on paper.

Using Expressive Language Skills To Communicate

Fruit and Vegetable Feel

What can I feel and how do I describe it? 

The Munch and Move Program has been extended to support children's expressive language skills. Each child took a turn to feel inside the box and without looking, describe to their peers what they could feel; long, bumpy, fluffy, round, smooth, and then guess what fruit or vegetable they were holding before pulling it out to show the group. Sometimes it is hard to find the words, yet when you take away the ability to see, it can be even harder. Our clever preschoolers found some very descriptive words.  

Building Gross Motor Strength and Co-ordination 

This week the preschool children have been engaging with Sherry Zak Morris' chair yoga session of "Over The Rainbow". The children have talked about the benefits of yoga to help them to concentrate, be strong and calm.

The children have also been having bottom walking races to build their core strength and co-ordination.

Free play on the obstacle course is always popular to build co-ordination and strength with preschoolers.

Having strength and co-ordination in the core, upper and lower body, supports children's fine motor development in drawing, cutting, dressing, tying laces etc. This is extremely important for children to build during the early years when the foundations for future learning are being made.