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LITTLE LEARNERS LOVE LITERACY by Maureen Pollard
This is a great preparation for kindergarten. Children learn all the necessary skills so they can start “big school” happy and confident. Taught by experienced and qualified early childhood teachers,they will learn correct pencil grip and letter formations.
- Alphabet names and sounds
- Sight words
- Handwriting
- Craft
- Fun and Learning
- Basic Maths Concepts
- MATHS • Count forwards to 20, from a given number • Count backwards from a given number, from 0 to 10 • Recognise, write & represent numbers • Name, draw and describe shapes • show addition to 10 • Take part of a group away to model subtraction from 10 • Record addition and subtraction informally • Recognise, describe, create and continue repeating patterns • Compare capacity, volume, mass, length and area • Name days of the week and seasons • Manipulate, sort and describe 3D objects • Use everyday language to describe position
- LITERACY • Recognise and write own name • Hold writing implements using the correct grip • Sit using the correct body position when writing • Identify letter names and sounds • Recognise the beginning sound of some words • Recognise and write upper and lower case letters • Identify & write beginning, middle and end sounds of CVC words • Draw pictures with many details • Copy sight words • Recognise that words have meaning and can be read • Spend time looking at a book • Know basic book conventions • Use the cover of the book to make predictions • Recall parts of stories – beginning, middle and end • Answer and ask simple questions • Recognise some spoken words with the same sound • Identify and read some sight words • Identify full stops and capital letters in printed texts
- FINE MOTOR Use scissors with safety and control
- COST is $35 per hour