KG Curriculum

Kindergarten > Curriculum > Areas and aspects of learning for the Kindergarten stage

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As your child enters our kindergarten, there
must be many questions which arise about his
/her pre-school year. What exactly will he/she
be doing every day, and how can you as parents,
help your child?

Outlined here is the syllabus we follow at Green Valley School,
although due to the fact that children become particularly
receptive to different kinds of learning at different times, it
is not presented in particular order. At some point during the
year, the children will have experienced activities in areas,
designed to contribute to the development of the complete and
independent person. Some of the following areas are to do with
the ways in which children learn to understand themselves and
each other, to live together with other people in a group and
share resources and the attention of teachers. Others are
closely related to the Egyptian curriculum, which they will meet
in the primary Department. In practice, activities are often
closely linked and learning can take place in several areas at
the same time .We consider all this learning to be important, so
it is presented in ways which are known to work best with
children:

through first hand experience
through experimentation where conclusion can be
reached free from fear of getting things “wrong”
through allowing children to progress at their own
personal rate building on a previous experience
through planning time and resources for children to
initiate and develop their own learning
through providing motivation from well - presented
play activities.

As a whole, well planned play is central to children's
learning in the kindergarten stage. That way learning is
both challenging and fun. The indoor and outdoor
'classrooms' are organised to give children plenty of
space to move around, to work on the floor and on table
tops, individually and in smaller and larger groups.
Resources are well-organised and labeled so that children
know where to find what they need and can be
independent. This means teachers can spend more time
joining in with children's learning, extending their
language and thinking and helping them to make progress.

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