Kinder Program– 3 year old & 4 year old
Our Kinder rooms cater to our pre-school learners!
Little Learners offers government approved 3 year old & 4 year-old Kindergarten Programs, which is delivered by our experienced Bachelor Qualified Teachers. Our Kindergarten teachers are assisted by qualified early childhood educators.
Our Kindergarten programs run from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Children must attend Kindergarten at least 15 hours per week, which can be achieved at Little Learners over 2 full days.
Our 4 year-old Kindergarten program also includes a comprehensive School Readiness Program. Each child is observed and planned for, and their needs addressed, in order to prepare each child for school.
Our Kinder children are supported to be individual and establish their social confidence. Educators help them to become socially and emotionally ready for school. Can they put their shoes on? Can they put their own jacket on? Are they able to talk to other children confidently? Can they ask for help when needed? Literacy and numeracy are only part of getting ready for school. We encourage sharing and taking turns, problem solving and temper control. These are just a few of the everyday things we plan for children, to set them up for positive school & life experiences.
Our Kinder programs focus on different areas for learning and development including, but not limited to:
Creative skills and expressive arts
Physical skills development
Culture
Language and literacy
Fine motor and Gross motor skills
Mathematics
School Readiness Program
Our 4 year-old Kindergarten Program children will be involved in a comprehensive ‘School Readiness Program’. This program focuses on getting each child ready for school & life. A few of the School Readiness Programs special features include:
- A “Welcome Group Time/ Roll call” each day that welcomes the children to the room and informs them of activities that are planned for the day
- Involvement in Pre-math Concepts such as measuring, volume, combining ingredients, trial & error approach, clock-work & time concepts, counting, pattern prediction & sequence and basic addition & subtraction
- Pre-Literacy Learning including visual print, rhyme, phonics, blending sounds, comprehension and hand writing skills including writing own name & printing letters of the alphabet
- “Show and Tell” – Children will have the opportunity to bring something in to share with their Kinder group regularly; helping them to develop their confidence & communication skills
- Self help/care skills – We strive for each child to be able to dress/undress unaided, apply sunscreen independently, use tongs to serve their own food, pack away after an activity, begin to tie laces & complete knots
- In Term 4, a lunch-box program occurs. This enables the children to practice a lunch routine similar to school, whilst being supported by our Educators
- Children will go on an excursion to a local school in Term 4, to enable them to begin familiarising themselves with a school classroom and the school playground environment.
Children will be involved in organised incursions throughout the year, including:
○ Healthy Teeth Program
○ Dog Safety
○ Road Safety
○ Music & Movement
○ Cooking & Science
○ Library Book Borrow System
○ Horticulture & Sustainability, including an organised excursion to a Broccoli Farm