Dear visitors,
As a budding early childhood educator in Singapore, I believe in reflecting and sharing with all what I had gained in knowledge about children today and being a reflective teacher. Please feel free to share your expertise or any links ! I’ll try to update this blog as much as I can. Do drop by often !
I’ve also found characteristics of a good preschool curriculum from Gigglepotz website as follows:
Reading and Language
Develop oral language competency.
Speak in complete sentences.
Express ideas clearly.
Retell happenings in order.
Be able to give name, name of street, and phone number.
Increase speaking vocabulary.
Enhance listening skills.
Follow directions in sequence.
Recognize rhyming words.
Enjoy stories and poems.
Listen to peers in conversation.
Develop pre-reading and reading skills.
Recognize left and right and top to bottom progression.
Practice letter recognition.
Work with opposites.
Recognize their name.
Develop writing skills.
Hold pencil correctly.
Form letters correctly.
Write first name.
Math
Recognize and understand the meaning of the numerals from 0 to 10.
Identify everyday uses for numbers.
Practice counting.
Participate in problem solving through materials and experience.
Learn geometric shapes.
Gain knowledge of time including month, day of month, and day of week.
Science
Be provided with opportunities to gain answers to questions through experimentation, research and problem solving.
Be provided with a variety of experiences which stimulate his/her curiosity.
Be exposed to the following units: animal life, sea life, plant life, weather, five senses, road and fire safety, healthy living habits, and recycling.
Social Sciences
Participate in activities involving the following units: home and family life, community helpers, Indians and Pilgrims, patriotic and national holidays, transportation, communication, and current events.
Be taken on a variety of field trips relating to units. Potential field trips: Belvedere Plantation, Christmas tree farm, library, fire station, post office, local elementary school, park, etc.
Physical Education
Be involved in free and organized play.
Be involved in indoor and outdoor play.
Be given opportunities to participate in the following:
Games that involve large and small motor skills.
Rhythmic activities.
Creative dramatics.
Sand, water, and rice activities
Physical movement with stationary and moveable equipment.
Manipulative activities: peg boards, puzzles.
Construction activities: blocks, boxes, legos.
Art, Music, and Dramatic Play
Use the following art media:
Painting
Playdough modeling
Drawing
Gluing
Cutting
Music…
Experience music through:
Singing
Listening
Playing musical instruments
Learn to enjoy music for its own sake.
Be encouraged to play both informally in learning centers and outdoors and more formally in story time and group activities.
Have opportunities to use puppets, costumes, and other props to identify with people, times, and places in a make-believe world.
=) teacher chingmei
