Curriculum

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

A Unique Child

Positive Relationships

Enabling Environments

Learning and Development

EYFS FRAMEWORK

At Little Montessori British Nursery we offer families and children the best possible start in life. We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, which was introduced in the UK in 2008 in order to maintain and develop best childcare practices. It is based around four themes, each theme is linked to an important principle and each principle is then supported by four commitments, with six areas of learning:

A Unique Child

“Every child is a competent learner from birth, who can be resilient, capable, confident and self assured”

Every area of development – physical, cognitive, linguistic, spiritual, social and emotional – is equally important. The diversity of individuals and communities is valued and respected. The staff ensures that each child is kept safe, which means protecting their physical and psychological wellbeing. Children’s health is a vital part of their development, and is supported by the provision through healthy and nutritious meals, high quality hygiene procedures, and attention to healthy patterns of sleep and exercise.

Positive Relationships

“Children learn to be strong and independent from a base of loving and secure relationships with parents, teachers and peers”

Our Nursery works together with parents as a team to have a positive impact on children’s development and learning. Loving and secure relationships encourage children to be independent and strong. We recognize that you, as parents and guardians, are the first and lifelong educators of your children and, as such, work in partnership with you in order to meet the needs of your children, whilst in our care.

Partnerships begin from the time of the parent’s first visit and are built upon during introductory visits. This grows in strength and trust throughout your children’s time at Little Montessori. Staff encourage parents to join in with their child’s learning; reading and adding to their child’s development records; sharing achievements with staff (both verbally and visually) and by discussing their child’s development at informal periods (such as pick up time) and formal sessions (such as open evenings).

Enabling Environments

“The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning”

Activities and experiences are planned to give achievable challenges. These will take into account each individual, and will adapt with each child’s needs. A rich and varied environment gives a child the confidence to explore and learn in secure and safe, yet challenging indoor and outdoor spaces.

Learning and Development

“Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates, and all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected”

All areas of learning are interconnected. Children learn and develop in different ways and at differing paces, our early year’s team work in partnership with parents to ensure we give your children the best opportunities to develop to their full potential using the EYFS planning structure. It shows how best to enable children to feel safe and supported and to extend their learning and development.

EYFS PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS

We achieve this through encouraging interaction among peers, interacting with teachers and learning how to express themselves in a variety of ways, your child is able to develop themselves socially and emotionally as well developing their own sense of self and a higher degree of confidence and self-assurance. You are likely to notice your child becoming more decisive, increasingly comfortable with new people and able to better communicate with you and your family.

This aspect of the curriculum is present in all activities. Coming to Nursery means there is a social aspect to everything your child is doing, from finger painting with the other children, to singing educational songs. Building confidence and social skills at an early age gives your child a huge advantage later in life.

Communication, Language and Literacy

Your child will be given plenty of encouragement and praise with an emphasis on linguistic acquisition and pronunciation. For young children, expressing themselves vocally can be tough initially particularly if second languages are present. We use fun activities and aim to create a comfortable, open atmosphere so that even the shyest children can feel able to speak up. Our large library of children’s books makes early literacy fun and varied. Daily story telling allows your child to learn new words and become familiar with linguistic patterns, while feeling entertained. Our teachers use the fun themes from our books to introduce your child to letter shapes and the relationship between written and spoken language. The intriguing nature of our children’s library will create a love of reading at an early age, sowing the seeds for advanced literacy.

At Little Montessori British Nursery, we follow the Jolly Phonics Program, as it is suitable for both young learners and bilingual children. The program takes into consideration not only the (26) letters of the alphabet but embraces the (42) sounds used in the English Language assisting in the pronunciation and underlying understandings. The application used is fun through songs, stories and puppets and can be applied anywhere at any time for instance, finding items in the sand play that begin with the sound ‘sssss’ for example a snake! Therefore, even the younger children can participate in such academic activities!

Our music program (Jolly Music) also has language at its core. Didactic lyrics fused with actions and mime make singing and dancing an active educational experience. Even our youngest children are able to connect action and word, increasing their vocabulary and confidence in using new phrases. Your child will use these fun forms of learning to develop their literacy skills in the classroom. We encourage your child from early mark making to form written words for themselves.

Arabic Classes

Arabic circle time, children will learn the basics of the Arabic language. This will include counting, shapes and colors.

French Classes

Our French program is taught by a native French speaker. The children will learn the basics of the language through fun filled lessons incorporating music, dance and song.

“ I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand. ”

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Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy

Our large range of problem-solving toys enables young learners to establish patterns and make connections. Through shapes, colors, numbers and space, your child will develop reasoning skills at an early age. In addition to reasoning-play, structured activities will develop your child’s sense of achievement.

Our teachers set fun tasks involving counting and matching to develop your child’s ability and intellect. In doing so, your child’s skills in numeracy will strengthen, allowing them to fully understand the practical application of numbers rather than the simple words and symbols. These early stages of problem solving, reasoning and numeracy will be vital in developing your child’s ability to think independently.

Creative Development

The creative development of our children impacts every other aspect of their learning and development. Their use of imagination and expression allows them to make connections between other learning areas and develop a sense of identity and self. At Little Montessori British Nursery, we endeavor to embrace and encourage creativity in your child through a large range of media.

Through imagination and role-play activities, our children are able to make sense of the world around them, in their own individual ways. Children are encouraged to discuss their ideas and feelings and use artistic materials and dance to express themselves. We ensure our children feel that their views and insights are valued equally, allowing them to feel confident in their own ideas.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

“Every child is a competent learner from birth, who can be resilient, capable, confident and self assured”

Every area of development – physical, cognitive, linguistic, spiritual, social and emotional – is equally important. The diversity of individuals and communities is valued and respected. The staff ensures that each child is kept safe, which means protecting their physical and psychological wellbeing. Children’s health is a vital part of their development, and is supported by the provision through healthy and nutritious meals, high quality hygiene procedures, and attention to healthy patterns of sleep and exercise.

Physical Development

Your child will take part in music and movement based activities every day at nursery. We aim to develop the control your child has over their body, looking at both gross and fine motor skills, coordination and skill. Development of your child’s gross motor skills will involve activities such as fully supervised outdoor play (we have a large amount of outdoor play equipment including tricycles and rocking horses), ball games, dance and young aerobics. Fine motor skills are developed with activities such as drawing, painting, using beads; scissors and making shapes with play dough.

We follow a program called ‘Sticky Kids’ which is specific to early coordination, physical challenge, fine and gross motor skills and listening abilities. Through these varied and enjoyable activities, your child will develop balance and coordination, as well as learning about the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle.

Regular exercise is critical for children’s little bodies to grow, mobile and agile!

Playball is a unique multi-sport coaching programme for kids. Through fun games, Playball will teach kids the building blocks for these ball sports: tennis, hockey, cricket, basketball, baseball and football. We have a fully trained Playball coach the “Beginner “(3-6 months),” FUN2B1” and “EARLY 2’s”, “2 can Do” groups, and the “Watch me@3 “age groups.

YOGA Programme

Little Montessori Nursery takes an innovative approach to education that incorporates yoga into the curriculum. We’re extremely excited to offer classes that energizing, introspective and designed to nurture and develop physical and emotional resilience, which inspire confidence in children.

The benefits of yoga will positively impact all spheres of your child’s education, enhance physical flexibility and strength, refine balance and coordination and it develops focus and concentration. Just the act of practicing yoga poses encourages young children to clear their mind and focus on the effort. It also boosts self-esteem and confidence while strengthening the mind-body connection.

Get in touch

Whether you’re a parent whose child is already enjoying their days with Little Montessori folk or a parent interested in exploring the options for registering your child with us, we’d love to hear from you!

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