Our Free Flow Play Program

Play-based Philosophy
Ours is a play-based program, built around the belief that children learn naturally through their play. We offer a diverse and exciting curriculum with many stimulating activities in an environment that has a variety of learning centres and opportunities for free play. The learning environment changes as the year progresses to meet the needs and interests of the children. These include:

• housekeeping area/doll corner
• block corner
• book corner
• art area
• music materials
• table toys (puzzles, peg boards, beads, etc.)
• Nature areas
• science centres
• sand and water play
• small and large climbing apparatus

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Our Day in the Three-to-Five-Year-Old Programs and in the Toddles program

Curriculum

At Bright Beginnings Day Nurseries our curriculums are aim to meet the diverse and complex needs of each child as an individual whilst in a happy, warm, stimulating and safe environment.  Our skilled and resourceful staffs use theme or project work using art, science, stories, songs, games and hands on experiences, such as outings. All activities are age appropriate.  Themes can vary from basic things like ‘shapes and colours’ to ‘the five senses’ or ‘people who help us’. Our goal is for children to practice skills, build up ideas and concepts, think creatively and imaginatively, and communicate with others as they investigate and solve problems.

Learning through play will develop your child in the areas specify below:

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Encouraged independence – increase sense of self and others
• Teach respect for others
• Learn personal hygiene
• Promote child’s confidence
• Drama and role-play
• Recognise emotions
• Foster nurturing social interactions
• Enhancing talking and listening skills

• Language, Literacy and Communication
• Use songs, stories, and rhymes
• Promotes confidence and fluency in language
• Free expression to encourage early literacy skills
• Encourage discussions
• Regular language groups and activities

• Mathematical Development
• Well-equipped to teach numeracy and mathematical concepts
• Developed problem solving skills
• Use of ‘messy’ play (ie sand, water, dough), songs, counting rhymes, books and puzzles

• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Outings to local places of interest (parks and libraries)
• Outings linked to theme work
• Knowledge of countries and cultures
• Provide awareness of surroundings and community
• Explore living things and its processes

• Physical Development

• Dance sessions to promote coordination and awareness of space
• Equipments i.e climbing apparatus, child sized tools, construction toys, etc. available to enhance the development of fine and large motor skills
• Encourage hand-eye coordination
• Garden activites that support and encourage children's physical, social and emotional development

• Creative Development
• Promote the exploration of colour, shape and space
• Free expression area and opportunities to increase creative skills and exploration of space
• Messy and creative activities to increase awareness in the sense of touch, smell and sight
• Cooking and taste experiments provide new sensory experiences
• Availability of musical instruments to extend children's creativity with sound and movement.

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