"Children Will Learn Best Through Play and Experiences"
Here is the curriculum that we offer
Here at Joyful Journeys, we value encouraging child led learning and learning through play and experiences. As well as this, we also encourage the seven areas of learning and development - Personal, Social and Emotional, Physical Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design. Within our curriculum we also value the benefits that the outdoors plays into children's learning and development and so therefore we take it into consideration to ensure that all are days are providing the children with opportunities to explore the natural world. As well as this, we value the home away from home feel and impact that it plays in supporting the children to feel nurtured and help them to settle in to the room and feeling comfortable.
Physical Development
Examples of how we promote physical development include:
- Climbing
- Running games
- Building games
- Self dressing with dress up
- Gluing
- Painting
- Writing
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Examples of how we promote personal, social and emotional development include:
- Role play opportunities to encourage cooperative play
- Activities to learn about our emotions
- Self care tasks like washing up
- Communicating our likes and dislikes
- Creating pictures of ourselves
- Team work games
- Making faces
Communication and Language
Communication and Language
Examples of how we promote communication and language include:
- Singing songs
- Telling stories
- Activities to encourage speech and communication
- Using makaton with communication
- Making phone cups
- Bubble play
- Resources to promote communication
Literacy
Understanding the World
Communication and Language
Examples of how we promote literacy include:
- Singing songs
- Telling stories
- Using a visual timetable by showing us writing letters and name recognition opportunities
- Sound makers for early phonics
- Activities linked to books
- Open ended questions when reading
- Letter writing
Mathematics
Understanding the World
Understanding the World
Examples of how we promote mathematics include:
- Pouring opportunities during water play
- Regular counting with the children
- Visual number resources
- Number identification
- Shape making
- Measuring activities
- Tower making
Understanding the World
Understanding the World
Understanding the World
Examples of how we promote understanding the world include:
- Role playing to show how children see the outside world
- Having activities to learn about different culture
- Exploring the outside world
- Opportunities for trips
- Volcano making
- Playdough time
- Gardening
Expressive Arts and Design
Expressive Arts and Design
Expressive Arts and Design
Examples of how we promote expressive arts and design include:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sticking activities
- Singing activities
- Creating our own dens
- Dancing opportunities
- Chalk and crayon drawing