ALLOWING CHILDREN TO GROW SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND INTELLECTUALLY
Nursery
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Our Programs
Where young children begin to make meaningful connections within the classroom and beyond.
Young children come into the world with a breathtaking drive to learn. They are powerful thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers and make meaning through their relationships with the people around them and through their interactions with the environment.
Children are naturally inquisitive about the world around them.
Learning is a continuous progressive evolvement of children through exploration in DFS Classrooms!
FOUNDATIONAL EARLY YEARS – NURSERY (3/4s)
In the Nursery Program, designed for 3 to 4-year-olds, your child will foster social skills, follow rules, and collaborate with peers, forming early friendships. Structured literacy and numeracy concepts are introduced, emphasizing the correlation between letters and sounds, encouraging inventive spellings. Hands-on activities and materials are used for mathematics, while inquiry-based learning and research projects engage young minds. The program focuses on practical living, sensory-motor abilities, language, science, math, music, physical agility, and safety skills. Creative expression through art, craft, dance, and cultural events is encouraged. Thematic projects, including Little Scientist, Roleplay, Waterplay, Nature walks, shops, and blocks, enhance learning. Emphasis on moral values through a comprehensive education program shapes character development, laying a strong foundation for your child’s future.
Nursery
Key Development Areas
Practical Life Skills
Early Mathematical Skills
Early Science Skills
Value Education
Musical Skills
Physical Education
Nursery Curriculum Highlights
Language & Communication
Enhancing expressive language, vocabulary, and early conversational skills.
Motor Skills
Developing fine and gross motor abilities through hands-on activities and movement play.
Emotional & Social Growth
Fostering independence, emotional regulation, confidence, and social interaction.
Early Literacy & Numeracy
Introducing letters, sounds, numbers, shapes, and patterns through engaging methods.
School Readiness
Building attention span, self-help skills, and a strong foundation for lifelong learning.
Behaviours and Capacities
of 3 and 4 Year Olds
Cognitive
- Have strong imaginations
- Learn to focus their attention amid distractions
- Enjoy observing their surroundings and naming objects and things around them
Physical
- Need time for physical expression like running, jumping, climbing, and/or dancing to release energy
- Learn well by moving large muscles and through constructive play, like the stacking of large blocks
- Need support with writing, handcrafts, and other small movements as they strengthen their fine motor skills
Social-Emotional
- Appreciate opportunities to learn with others and develop their social skills through role-playing games
- Might enjoy learning about the rules of games and new environments
- Seek words to express their feelings and needs in healthy ways
School Year Goals
To learn the Alphabet’s phonetic sounds
Writing letters Upper and lower case
To learn and write of the symbols and values of numbers 1–50
Writing First Name
To answer worksheets
To cut with scissors
To fold, score and tear paper
To learn cooperative play
To be weaned from diapers and bottles
To eat on his own
Know more about school operations
A Typical Day at First Step
Arrival & Fruit Break
Prayer, Yoga, Rhymes, Music, Conversation & Communication
Circle Time, Show & Tell, Story Session and Vocabulary Introduction
Classroom Academic Activities @ Learning Centers
Meal Break
Free Play
Dispersal – BYE BYE
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