For children between 0 and 2 years
 
Activities for this age group will be to a certain extent revolve around the child’s own sleeping patterns as established by parents.
 

Activities include on a daily basis:

• Lots of language work with staff talking and listening to the children responding to their sounds and attempts at language.
• Singing activities.
• Rhymes and action rhymes.
• Simple story and picture books.
• Music ring games and dancing activities.
• Early painting skills.
• Sand and water.
• Exploring building blocks, manipulative toys, threaded objects and simple form boards.
• Using push along and pull along toys.
• Sit and ride skills.
• Feely bags and boxes.
• Working on listening skills.
• Taste experiments.
• Ball games – rolling, kicking throwing.
• Self feeding skills.
• Dressing up games.

Some children will start to potty train in these rooms when  parents initiate this.
 
This information sheet is given as a guideline to new parents and many more activities both indoor and outdoor will be carried out with the children.

For children between 2 and 3 years
 
Activities for this age group will start to be slightly structured.  However, there will still be lots of time for free play and exploration.
 

Activities include on a daily basis:
 

• Imaginative and role play activities.
• Dressing up activities and practising dressing skills.
• Table top activities – form boards, puzzles, threading, sorting, pegboards.
• Exploring different painting mediums – finger painting, printing, bubble painting, string painting etc.
• Slime, sand and water play activities.
• Cutting and sticking.
• Early number work through rhymes, songs, stories, puzzles, counting games and reinforcement of staff.
• Colour – matching, sorting, naming through many different experiences.
• Shape – matching, sorting, naming through many different experiences.
• Music experimentation – simple rhythm, instruments, culture.
• Singing games and rhymes.
• Ring games.
• Story groups and exploring simple information books.
• Construction activities – sticklebricks, duplo, popoids etc.
• Dough, clay, plasticine.
• Cooking activities.
• Sound recognition games.
• Computer – keyboard interaction.
• Developing pencil skills and colouring.

This information sheet is given as a guideline to new parents and many more activities both indoor and outdoor will be carried out with the children.