There are six areas of learning which chart a child’s development from Birth – 5 years old. The learning objectives for the adult led activities are taken from the development stages within each of the six areas, so your child’s development is charted through each area.
The six areas of learning are:
1. Personal, social and emotional development
-Dispositions and attitudes
-Self confidence and self esteem
-Making relationships
-Behaviour and self control
-Self care
-Sense of community
2. Communication, language and literacy
-Language for communication
-Language for thinking
-Linking sounds and letters
-Reading
-Writing
-Handwriting
3. Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
-Numbers as labels and for counting
-Calculating
-Shapes, space and measures
4. Knowledge and understanding of the world
- Exploration and investigation
-Designing and making
-ICT
-Time
-Place
5. Physical development
-Movement and space
-Health and bodily awareness
-Using equipment and materials
6. Creative development
-Being creative/responding to experiences, expressing and communicating ideas
-Exploring media and materials
-Creating music and dance
-Developing imagination and imaginative play
