Social Skills

Children are encouraged to:

• listen to simple instructions and follow through with them

• be curious and receptive to learning new things

• play, share and take turns with others

• participate in group activities such as story time at the library

• tidy up by putting away toys, crayons, etc.

Independence Skills

Children are encouraged to be independent when:

• putting on their own clothes, coat, socks and shoes

• toileting- from beginning to end

• washing hands

• blowing their nose

• eating, including opening containers and juice boxes

• opening and closing backpacks

Fine Motor Skills

Children are encouraged to strengthen fine motor skills by:

• block building, lacing

• colouring, painting and gluing

• practising how to use scissors with their ‘thumb on top’

• practising correct pencil grip

• printing name - first letter should be upper case and the rest lower case

Early Literacy and Numeracy Skills

Children are encouraged to develop literacy and numeracy skills by:

• singing songs like the 'Alphabet Song' and playing alphabet games

• becoming familiar with short poems and nursery rhymes

• playing games involving counting and rhyming

• looking for numbers and letters in everyday places

• identifying letters of the alphabet

• counting items during play

READ! READ! READ! READ!