Child Care Curriculum
At Ado Playhouse, we strongly believe in the formation of loving, trusting bonds between children and their teachers. Small group sizes allow teachers to develop a deeper understanding of your child’s personality, likes, dislikes, and developmental needs, and creating a true community of care.
PLAYGROUP PROGRAM
Age Group : 18 Months to 30 Months
Ado Playhouse’s Playgroup Program is designated to develop and reinforce each toddler’s individual needs. Children participate in sensory-based learning experiences, while receiving positive, nurturing guidance from a qualified teacher. Teachers assess an infant’s developing skills, and then provide activities designed to increase those skills.
Areas Of Development :
Emotional Skills :
Ado Playhouse assists toddlers with exploring all of their emotions, from joy to frustration. Children begin to gain the skills needed, such as patience, cooperation, and sharing to deal with all of their burgeoning emotions in a calm, supportive manner.
Social Skills :
Ado Playhouse strives to instill pro-social skills, also known as “People Skills.” We start with the toddlers becoming aware of their classmates and move on to encouraging simple sharing activities. Your child will be encouraged to wave goodbye and take turns stacking blocks. These simple activities are the stepping stones for the later preschool years, when children are developmentally ready to share.
Communication Skills :
Ado Playhouse’s caring teachers have a deep understanding of how toddlers communicate. They teach toddlers to put their wants and needs into words. Toddlers are encouraged to sing simple songs, recite nursery rhymes, and expand their vocabularies.
Fine Motor Skills :
Toddlers’ fine motor skills, which include finger and hand movements, need to be stimulated in many different ways in order for them to progress. Ado Playhouse offers a wide variety of fine motor skill activities for your toddler, from finger painting, to using a pincer grasp to pick up finger foods, to making and manipulating clay.
Gross Motor Skills :
Ado Playhouse focuses on all gross motor skills, which include batting at objects, kicking, walking and running. Toddlers are encouraged to bat at beach balls suspended from the ceiling to increase their jumping skills, as well as improve their hand-eye coordination. You might even see toddlers playing “Follow the Leader.”
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills include thinking, learning, and the accumulation of knowledge. Ado Playhouse focuses on toddlers’ investigation of their environment. Your toddler will begin to sort toys by shape and colour and will be encouraged to identify facial features by reciting fun finger plays.
Age Group : 18 Months to 30 Months
Ado Playhouse’s Playgroup Program is designated to develop and reinforce each toddler’s individual needs. Children participate in sensory-based learning experiences, while receiving positive, nurturing guidance from a qualified teacher. Teachers assess an infant’s developing skills, and then provide activities designed to increase those skills.
Areas Of Development :
Emotional Skills :
Ado Playhouse assists toddlers with exploring all of their emotions, from joy to frustration. Children begin to gain the skills needed, such as patience, cooperation, and sharing to deal with all of their burgeoning emotions in a calm, supportive manner.
Social Skills :
Ado Playhouse strives to instill pro-social skills, also known as “People Skills.” We start with the toddlers becoming aware of their classmates and move on to encouraging simple sharing activities. Your child will be encouraged to wave goodbye and take turns stacking blocks. These simple activities are the stepping stones for the later preschool years, when children are developmentally ready to share.
Communication Skills :
Ado Playhouse’s caring teachers have a deep understanding of how toddlers communicate. They teach toddlers to put their wants and needs into words. Toddlers are encouraged to sing simple songs, recite nursery rhymes, and expand their vocabularies.
Fine Motor Skills :
Toddlers’ fine motor skills, which include finger and hand movements, need to be stimulated in many different ways in order for them to progress. Ado Playhouse offers a wide variety of fine motor skill activities for your toddler, from finger painting, to using a pincer grasp to pick up finger foods, to making and manipulating clay.
Gross Motor Skills :
Ado Playhouse focuses on all gross motor skills, which include batting at objects, kicking, walking and running. Toddlers are encouraged to bat at beach balls suspended from the ceiling to increase their jumping skills, as well as improve their hand-eye coordination. You might even see toddlers playing “Follow the Leader.”
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills include thinking, learning, and the accumulation of knowledge. Ado Playhouse focuses on toddlers’ investigation of their environment. Your toddler will begin to sort toys by shape and colour and will be encouraged to identify facial features by reciting fun finger plays.
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NURSERY 1 PROGRAM
Age Group : 3 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Pre-Nursery Program is designated to help your three-year-old develop the social, emotional, self-help, and physical development skills necessary for future success. Although many academic concepts are introduced, the focus remains on each child’s development of an understanding of how she fits into her environment. Communication skills are a vital portion of the curriculum as children expand their vocabularies and assign meaning to new experiences.
Ado Playhouse inspires your child to examine, create, and share as he broadens his language through interactions with their teachers and classmates in a safe, nurturing environment. Sensory and repetitive activities transform these new experiences into knowledge. We also incorporates music, art, and dramatic play to encourage or shape your child’s creativity and imagination. Activities promote the development of physical skills, from running and jumping, to dressing and pre-writing.
Areas Of Development :
Emotional Skills :
Three-year-olds are experiencing a wide variety of emotions, much more than when they were infants and toddlers. Ado Playhouse guides the children to express their emotions in healthy and safe ways. Caring teachers will show children different ways to convey their emotions, from sadness and frustration to happiness and joy.
Social Skills :
“People Skills” are emphasized at Ado Playhouse. We start with your child becoming aware of the other children in the classroom and move on to encouraging the children to engage in group play. Your child will be encouraged to refer to her Ado Playhouse’s friends by name as well as engage in dramatic play activities, such as pretending to shop at the grocery store or acting out stories. These simple activities set the stage for the preschool years, when children’s social skills are more developed.
Communication Skills :
Between the ages of two and three, children’s vocabulary can grow to nearly 300 words. Ado Playhouse’s teachers provide children with the tools they need to communicate within their classroom by guiding them to put their desires into words. Children are encouraged to identify common objects and speak in three-to-five-word sentences.
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills are the foundation of learning and knowledge. At age three, children’s cognitive skills are expanding quickly. Ado Playhouse challenges the children to become even more aware of their environment by asking questions and inviting them to solve problems. Teachers provide the children with many activities designed to encourage them to distinguish between textures, to identify shapes and colours, and to begin rote counting.
Physical Skills :
Ado Playhouse addresses both gross motor skills, which strengthen the large muscle groups of the body, as well as fine motor skills, which include the smaller finger and hand muscles. Children are prompted to climb, jump, hop, and run on the playground to strengthen their leg muscles. Three-year-olds don’t realise they are bolstering their fine motor skills in the Creative Arts Room, but they do know that they are having fun finger painting, making collages, colouring with sidewalk chalk, and creating with clay.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to introduce children a wide variety of character traits. Each month, a value, such as honesty or responsibility, is introduced to your child throughout the program activities. Your child might sing a song about responsibility, as well as be encouraged to clean up after lunch. These simple activities enable him to better understand the society we live in and how to interact successfully with others.
Self-Help Skills :
Ado Playhouse is full of activities designed to empower three-year-olds. Children’s independence will increase as they are introduced to fundamentals of hygiene and they accomplish basic self-help tasks, such as pouring juice into a cup during snack time and putting on their jackets and shoes. Teachers provide the children with many opportunities to master these tasks, because repetition is vital when it comes to learning a new skill.
Age Group : 3 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Pre-Nursery Program is designated to help your three-year-old develop the social, emotional, self-help, and physical development skills necessary for future success. Although many academic concepts are introduced, the focus remains on each child’s development of an understanding of how she fits into her environment. Communication skills are a vital portion of the curriculum as children expand their vocabularies and assign meaning to new experiences.
Ado Playhouse inspires your child to examine, create, and share as he broadens his language through interactions with their teachers and classmates in a safe, nurturing environment. Sensory and repetitive activities transform these new experiences into knowledge. We also incorporates music, art, and dramatic play to encourage or shape your child’s creativity and imagination. Activities promote the development of physical skills, from running and jumping, to dressing and pre-writing.
Areas Of Development :
Emotional Skills :
Three-year-olds are experiencing a wide variety of emotions, much more than when they were infants and toddlers. Ado Playhouse guides the children to express their emotions in healthy and safe ways. Caring teachers will show children different ways to convey their emotions, from sadness and frustration to happiness and joy.
Social Skills :
“People Skills” are emphasized at Ado Playhouse. We start with your child becoming aware of the other children in the classroom and move on to encouraging the children to engage in group play. Your child will be encouraged to refer to her Ado Playhouse’s friends by name as well as engage in dramatic play activities, such as pretending to shop at the grocery store or acting out stories. These simple activities set the stage for the preschool years, when children’s social skills are more developed.
Communication Skills :
Between the ages of two and three, children’s vocabulary can grow to nearly 300 words. Ado Playhouse’s teachers provide children with the tools they need to communicate within their classroom by guiding them to put their desires into words. Children are encouraged to identify common objects and speak in three-to-five-word sentences.
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills are the foundation of learning and knowledge. At age three, children’s cognitive skills are expanding quickly. Ado Playhouse challenges the children to become even more aware of their environment by asking questions and inviting them to solve problems. Teachers provide the children with many activities designed to encourage them to distinguish between textures, to identify shapes and colours, and to begin rote counting.
Physical Skills :
Ado Playhouse addresses both gross motor skills, which strengthen the large muscle groups of the body, as well as fine motor skills, which include the smaller finger and hand muscles. Children are prompted to climb, jump, hop, and run on the playground to strengthen their leg muscles. Three-year-olds don’t realise they are bolstering their fine motor skills in the Creative Arts Room, but they do know that they are having fun finger painting, making collages, colouring with sidewalk chalk, and creating with clay.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to introduce children a wide variety of character traits. Each month, a value, such as honesty or responsibility, is introduced to your child throughout the program activities. Your child might sing a song about responsibility, as well as be encouraged to clean up after lunch. These simple activities enable him to better understand the society we live in and how to interact successfully with others.
Self-Help Skills :
Ado Playhouse is full of activities designed to empower three-year-olds. Children’s independence will increase as they are introduced to fundamentals of hygiene and they accomplish basic self-help tasks, such as pouring juice into a cup during snack time and putting on their jackets and shoes. Teachers provide the children with many opportunities to master these tasks, because repetition is vital when it comes to learning a new skill.
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NURSERY 2 PROGRAM
Age Group : 4 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Nursery Program is designated to inspire your child to create, move, and interact. The curriculum is planned into termly thematic units. Teachers help your child make discoveries for themselves. During the theme on Animals, children will listen to stories, such as “Three Little Pigs”, singing songs related to animals, such as “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”. They’ll have fun creating and eating funny faces made from fruit, drawing while listening to different genres of music, and acting out different emotions. Skills and concepts learned in the classroom are reinforced and extended throughout the years.
Areas Of Development :
Social and Emotional Skills :
As children becomes preschoolers, their social and emotional skills need the guidance of a nurturing teacher. Ado Playhouse is full of activities designed to increase children’s independence, allow them to become more confident in their abilities, and prompt them to play a responsible role in their classroom.
Communication and Language Development :
Communication entails more than just speaking words; it’s expressing thoughts, wants, and needs. Communication also involves listening and understanding what others are saying. Ado Playhouse offers children many opportunities to express their thoughts and opinions with their friends and teachers. Children will be immersed in a print-rich environment, boosting their pre-literacy skills.
Cognitive Skills :
Ado Playhouse addresses four-year-olds’ increasing cognitive skills which include problem solving and logical thinking. Children will be encouraged to use their creativity and curiosity when they encounter new tasks, such as building a city out of blocks. To develop logical thinking skills, Ado Playhouse’s teachers read carefully selected children’s books throughout the day, encouraging the children to answer the questions and express opinions about the stories.
Physical Skills :
Ado Playhouse focuses on all gross motor skills, which strengthen the large muscle groups of the body, including arms and legs. Gross motor skills include jumping, kicking, throwing and catching a ball, and demonstrating balance. Children are encouraged to participate in many favourite childhood games. Fine motor skills, which include the smaller muscle groups, such as fingers and hands, are also a focus of Ado Playhouse. Four-year-olds will enjoy strengthening their fine motor skills through finger painting, sculpting with clay, and doing finger plays.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to introduce children a wide variety of character traits. Each month, a value, such as humour or trust, is presented to your child throughout the day. Teachers will sing “Down By the Bay” or read “Silly Sally” by Audrey Wood to promote humour in the classroom. Humour helps children to deal with their emotions and interact successfully with their friends.
Mathematics and Science Skills :
Ado Playhouse also focus on Math and Science tasks, which are vital school readiness skills. Children will be introduced to patterning, classifying, and identifying shapes. The teachers will provide many hands-on opportunities for children to explore colours, animals, plants, and other important science topics.
Age Group : 4 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Nursery Program is designated to inspire your child to create, move, and interact. The curriculum is planned into termly thematic units. Teachers help your child make discoveries for themselves. During the theme on Animals, children will listen to stories, such as “Three Little Pigs”, singing songs related to animals, such as “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”. They’ll have fun creating and eating funny faces made from fruit, drawing while listening to different genres of music, and acting out different emotions. Skills and concepts learned in the classroom are reinforced and extended throughout the years.
Areas Of Development :
Social and Emotional Skills :
As children becomes preschoolers, their social and emotional skills need the guidance of a nurturing teacher. Ado Playhouse is full of activities designed to increase children’s independence, allow them to become more confident in their abilities, and prompt them to play a responsible role in their classroom.
Communication and Language Development :
Communication entails more than just speaking words; it’s expressing thoughts, wants, and needs. Communication also involves listening and understanding what others are saying. Ado Playhouse offers children many opportunities to express their thoughts and opinions with their friends and teachers. Children will be immersed in a print-rich environment, boosting their pre-literacy skills.
Cognitive Skills :
Ado Playhouse addresses four-year-olds’ increasing cognitive skills which include problem solving and logical thinking. Children will be encouraged to use their creativity and curiosity when they encounter new tasks, such as building a city out of blocks. To develop logical thinking skills, Ado Playhouse’s teachers read carefully selected children’s books throughout the day, encouraging the children to answer the questions and express opinions about the stories.
Physical Skills :
Ado Playhouse focuses on all gross motor skills, which strengthen the large muscle groups of the body, including arms and legs. Gross motor skills include jumping, kicking, throwing and catching a ball, and demonstrating balance. Children are encouraged to participate in many favourite childhood games. Fine motor skills, which include the smaller muscle groups, such as fingers and hands, are also a focus of Ado Playhouse. Four-year-olds will enjoy strengthening their fine motor skills through finger painting, sculpting with clay, and doing finger plays.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to introduce children a wide variety of character traits. Each month, a value, such as humour or trust, is presented to your child throughout the day. Teachers will sing “Down By the Bay” or read “Silly Sally” by Audrey Wood to promote humour in the classroom. Humour helps children to deal with their emotions and interact successfully with their friends.
Mathematics and Science Skills :
Ado Playhouse also focus on Math and Science tasks, which are vital school readiness skills. Children will be introduced to patterning, classifying, and identifying shapes. The teachers will provide many hands-on opportunities for children to explore colours, animals, plants, and other important science topics.
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KINDERGARTEN 1 PROGRAM
Age Group : 5 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Kindergarten 1 Program is designated to develop the groundwork for a sound sense of belonging and personal achievement. The curriculum is planned into termly thematic units. Each theme is built upon a series of hands-on activities, which are integrated throughout all subject areas and learning corners. During the theme on Nature, children will listen to classic stories, such as “The Tiny Seed and The Grouchy Ladybird” by Eric Carle. The Dramatic Play learning corner will be transformed onto a flower shop, where the children will learn math, science, vocabulary, and social skills. Children will learn more about the environment. Skills and concepts learned in the classroom are reinforced and extended throughout the years.
Areas Of Development :
Social and Emotional Skills :
Ado Playhouse is full of activities designed to increase children’s independence, further developing their confident and abilities. Teachers encourage the children to play a responsible role in their classroom. Children will learn to solve problems by using words.
Communication and Language Development :
Ado Playhouse contains activities that will promote early literacy skills, including alphabet letter recognition, phonics and comprehension. Your child will be immersed in a print-rich environment, surrounded by award-winning children’s literature, which helps prepare him for Kindergarten 2.
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills are the foundation of learning and knowledge. Ado Playhouse contains many activities designed to prepare your child for primary school. Children are encouraged to recite finger plays and nursery rhymes, retell stories in their own words, make comparisons, and explore and make discoveries.
Physical Skills :
Ado Playhouse addresses all gross motor skills, which strengthen the large muscle groups of the body, including arms and legs. Gross motor skills include jumping, kicking, throwing and catching a ball, and climbing playground equipment. Children are encouraged to dance and participate in non-competitive races. Fine motor skills, which include the finger and hand movements, are vital to your child’s future writing skills. Five-year-olds will strengthen their fine motor skills through playing in a sand-filled discovery table, by stacking small blocks, and by writing their names with finger paint.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to introduce children a wide variety of character traits. Each month, a value, such as pride or cooperation, is introduced to your child throughout the program activities. Teachers will encourage to use positive self talk as she is challenged with a new task. Children’s artwork is prominently displayed so they can show off their hard work to their families. These activities promote prides and encourage children to embrace new challenges.
Mathematics and Science Skills :
Ado Playhouse also focus on Math and Science readiness. Your child will practice important Math skills, such as classifying, identifying shapes and numbers, and counting. Teachers will provide many hands-on opportunities for children to explore weather, plants, animals, sounds, textures, and other essential science topics.
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KINDERGARTEN 2 PROGRAM
Age Group : 6 Year Olds
Ado Playhouse’s Kindergarten 2 Program is designated to build confidence in the classroom and in the world. The curriculum is planned into termly thematic units. Each theme is built upon a series of hands-on activities, which are explored throughout all subject areas and activity learning corners. School days are filled with fun, challenging activities designed to inspire children to create, move, and interact, while the teacher guides them to make discoveries for themselves. Skills and concepts learned in the classroom are reinforced and extended throughout the years.
Areas Of Development :
Social and Emotional Skills :
Ado Playhouse is full of activities created to increase children’s independence, allowing them to become more confident in their abilities. Cooperation becomes a key focus during this year, as six-year-olds are developmentally ready to work together. Teachers will help ensure that your child is socially ready for Primary School.
Communication and Language Development :
Focusing on high quality children’s literature, Ado Playhouse provides children with many opportunities to increase their language and communication skills. Their vocabulary and appreciation for the written word will grow as they read books. All early literacy skills, including letter recognition, phonics and comprehension will be addressed in developmentally appropriate ways.
Cognitive Skills :
Cognitive skills are the foundation of learning and knowledge. Ado Playhouse focuses on your six-year-old’s increasing understanding of information and concepts. Children are encouraged to use their problem-solving skills when they encounter new tasks, such as creating artwork using clean, recycled materials. Your child will also be guided to try a task in different ways in order to find a solution.
Physical Skills :
All gross motor skills are addressed in Ado Playhouse. Gross motor skills include throwing and catching a ball, hopping, demonstrating balance, jumping rope, and other exercise activities. Fine motor skills, which strengthen the small muscle groups, are also focus of Ado Playhouse. Your child will enjoy improving fine motor skills through easel painting, making masks, and drawing with pastels. Six-year-olds will also have the opportunity to produce a class book , giving them the chance to work on their writing and drawing skills, which are increasingly important as they prepare for Primary School.
Character Education :
Ado Playhouse believe it’s important to reinforce values introduced at home. Each month, a value, such as respect or generosity, is presented to your child through fun, daily activities, enabling him to better understand the society in which we live. For example, to promote generosity, children are encouraged to participate in class-based projects, such as pet food, toy, or clothing drives.
Mathematics and Science Skills :
Ado Playhouse also focus on Math and Science concepts, which are vital Primary School skills. Children will explore the concepts of time, money, and weight, as well as continue to practice classifying, counting, and placing items in a series. Teachers will provide many hands-on opportunities for children to explore nature, water, animals, and other important science topics. Children will increase their science vocabulary as a teacher guides them through simple science experiments.