FREE PRESCHOOL YEAR / ECCE SCHEME
Pre-Montessori
PRE SCHOOL CARE ROOM & MONTESSORI- 3 — 5 YEARS
‘LEARNING TO LEARN’
Motor Skills Development — outdoor games, dancing, movement
- Language Development — recognising and forming letters, story time, speech
- Imaginative Development — arts & crafts, dramatic play, story telling
- Montessori — letters, words, numbers, early science & maths concepts
- Social Development — interaction, cooperation, helping others
- Physical Development — indoor and outdoor play, games, dancing
Preschoolers are like sponges – they soak up knowledge. Nurture’s Best Crèche runs a Montessori Pre School session from 9.30 to 12.30 daily. Social, verbal, cognitive and physical skills are built through activities that engage children – counting out straws for milk, identifying the first letter of each child’s name, or cooperating to assemble a puzzle.
A CHILD’S SAMPLE DAY.
| 7:45 | Your child is free to explore the learning centres while the teacher greets each pupil and parent. |
| 9:30 | Montessori children gather – various Montessori activities throughout the morning. |
| 9:45 | Welcome Circle Time – big hello’s and mornings activities discussed. |
| 10.30 | Snack Time – today it is tuna and cream cheese on a brown roll…Yum Yum. |
| 11:00 | Your child moves to the Computer Centre, where she uses the art program to draw her images of this weeks theme. |
| 12:00 | Outside, the children form a human train and chug around the playground. |
| 12.30 | Montessori only children say their Goodbye’s. |
| 1:30 | After a short rest, your child spends a little Quiet Time looking at an atlas — she finds her county and town. |
| 2:00 | Lunch time! Beef Stew and your daughter takes heaping spoonfuls of corn — her favourite veggie. |
| 2:45 | Everyone together for Afternoon Large Group Time — today, they play charades with song titles. |
| 3:15 | This afternoon, your daughter chooses the Art Centre, where she draws maps of imaginary towns. |
| 4:00 | Harbour Walk is such fun, observing nature as we go. |
| 4:35 | Back inside, the kids can spend time in a learning centre. |
| 5:05 | You arrive to pick her up — “Hi, Daddy! I had fun today!” |
