Enjoy and Achieve

·        I will strive to provide your child with an environment that will be caring, fun and stimulating. I will implement ideas from the Early Years Foundation Stage for all children up until their 5th birthday. Please ask if you would like to see a copy of the framework.

There are 7 areas of Learning and Development, they are split into 2 parts –

1.     The Prime areas – which are for all children and will always be the main focus of planning and activities for babies and children under 3

2.    The Specific areas – which are mostly used for older children (over 3’s) but are also relevant for younger children.

These are the three Prime areas:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Is confident and self assured

·       Manages their feelings and behaviour

·       Makes friends

·       Shares and takes turns

Physical Development

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Moves and uses gross motor skills

·       Develops fine motor skills

·       Learns about healthy living

·       Manages self care independently

Communication and Language

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Listens and pays attention

·       Understands what is being said

·       Communicates with others

·       Develops vocabulary and speech

These are the four Specific areas:

Literacy

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Enjoys reading books

·       Likes making marks

·       Learns to write

·       Starts to explore phonics and letter sounds

Mathematics

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Learns about numbers and counting

·       Recognises the passing of time

·       Explores measures, capacity, space, shapes, opposites etc during play

Understanding the World

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Finds out about nature and the world around them

·       Talks about people and their local community and learns about similarities and differences

·       Learns to confidently use ICT equipment

Expressive Arts and Design

This area of Learning and Development relates to how your child…

·       Enjoys being creative

·       Sings, dances and makes music

·       Plays imaginatively

·       Uses colour to express themsleves


Activities and Types of Play provided

I offer a wide range of toys and activities for all age ranges:

·       Creative play – baking, arts and crafts, puppets, junk modeling, dressing up

·       Role play – shops, doctors/nurses/vets, restaurants

·       Imaginative play – dressing up, movement and music, small world

·       Outdoor play – visits to the park, garden swing and slide pirate ship, sand and water tray, large scale painting and drawing

·       Construction – Mega blocs, lego, wooden bricks, play dough, junk modeling

·       Movement – music and dancing