Our program for the children’s education uses the most recent Early Years Learning Framework introduced by the Federal Government, we also incorporate resources and teaching skills from our different experiences with the teaching profession we have gained over the years. We ask and encourage our children’s parents to be involved in their child’s learning and incorporate their suggestions in our daily activities. We use the children’s emerging skills and knowledge as a platform to extend their learning and impart a sense of pride in their own ability.
We take time to teach the children to care for their own belongings and for those of others, to be considerate of each other’s feelings, to listen and respond to others, to share and wait politely for a chance to have a turn, to respond politely to adults and friends in the centre and to greet one another in a friendly and cooperative manner. We use simple and complex activities to encourage children’s thinking skills such as counting and sorting, matching, pre-reading and pre-writing activities, cooking, natural science, gardening, as well as the usual art, craft, drama, story telling, music and dance, and gross motor activities.
We encourage the children to help their teachers to set up activities and clear away when finished, to help care for the younger smaller children so that they become socially able, responsible and caring.
We ask the children to help establish rules of play, and discuss ways to make each day a happy and helpful experience for every child because children are more inclined to follow rules that they have helped put in place.
At Jolly Frog, our program plays an important part in helping preschoolers achieve developmental milestones as they transition to primary school.
There are 5 keys areas of learning for preschoolers:
At Jolly Frog, we understand school readiness is more than being able to read, write and do basic maths. Rather, it’s as much about developing a child’s:
Our school readiness program enables children to develop their skills in these 5 key learning areas. By developing these skills, each individual child's short and long term success at school is assisted.
The School Readiness Program at Jolly Frog has been designed in consultation with local schools, child psychologists and within the local community and in conjunction with our parents.