Most of the following activities are introduced to the children in English

Reading

• Identifying upper and lower case letters
• Associating letters and sounds: consonants and vowels
• Analyzing phonetic
• Distinguishing between real and pretend, fiction and non-fiction

Writing

• Writing upper and lower case letters
• Developing listening and speaking skills
• Marching letters with objects
• Counting letters
• Developmental spelling skills
• Matching printed word to spoken word
• Recognizing rhyming words and generating rhymes
• Counting the number of words in a sentence
• Clapping the number of syllables in a word
• Noting directionality: left/right, top/bottom
• Introducing punctuation

English

• Developing strong listening skills - Language lab
• Building extensive vocabulary
• Formulating complete sentences
• Asking and answering questions
• Songs, comptines (rhymes) and poems
• Story telling
• Understanding
• Remembering
• Language encircling
• Literacy

Math

• Counting numbers 0 to 100
• Recognizing numbers 0 to 100
• Comparing and ordering numbers using the vocabulary: greater than, less than, more and less
• Simple addition and subtraction
• Simple fractions
• Measurement
• Identifying and drawing simple and more complex geometric shapes
• Calendar awareness
• Telling time
• Problem solving

Science

• Metamorphosis and growth
• Plants and animals
• Human body
• Weather
• Nature: land, sea, sky
• Environmental awareness: recycling, endangered species, pollution?

Geography and History

• Knowing self, family and community
• Homes and neighborhoods
• Community and maps at community level
• Historical people and places

Art

• Self-expression
• Creative work with various materials and techniques: watercolor, acrylics, collages, plaster
• Creative clay sculptures

Music & Drama

• Using various instruments
• Music appreciation
• Multicultural and international songs

Physical Activities

• Locomotive skills: hopping, running, dodging, crawling
• Manipulative skills: catching, kicking, striking
• Gymnastic skills: balancing, rolling
• Rhythmic and creative movement

Curriculum & Planning At Mantopal Day care and Nursery School we offer a curriculum which supports the nationally recognised Foundation Stage & Birth to Three Matters. Broken down these are;

BIRTH TO THREE MATTERS 0-3 YRS

• A Strong Child
• A Competent Learner
• A Healthy Child
• A Skilful Communicator

FOUNDATION STAGE 3-5 YRS

• Communication, Language & Literacy
• Mathematical Development
• Personal, Social & Emotional Development
• Knowledge & Understanding of the World
• Creative development
• Physical Development.

Through careful planning & monitoring as well as the key worker system in place your child will have every opportunity to grow & learn at their individual pace allowing them the chance to develop to their full potential.