Kinder Program
Early Literacy Foundations & A Love of Learning
Children at Flinders kinder become confident learners through active involvement in our programs.
Early on the children develop independence, social and self help skills. As the kinder years progress, focus shifts to skills in problem-solving, observation and questioning, creative thinking and early literacy and numeracy.
We don’t teach children to read or write. Everything the children do at kinder is a precursor to learning to read and write when they go to school.
We want the children to develop and fine-tune their small and large muscle skills, to be physically active and to get enjoyment from challenging physical tasks.
Our programs encourage children to develop emotional regulation. We hope that a sense of self-worth and confidence in ideas and thoughts naturally develop. Scenarios are created where self-control, a sense of fair play and a positive attitude are nurtured.
Confidence and enjoyment create foundations for a love of learning later in life.
3 Year Old Activities & Focus
- Experiencing and learning about independence
- Developing self help skills
- Block building
- Pretending in our dramatic play areas
- Painting
- Drawing
- Puzzles
- Sensory experiences – play dough, water, sand etc
- Imaginative play with small animals/dolls
- Climbing
- Swinging on our swings
- Sliding
- Talking to the chickens
- Finding eggs
- Watering the garden
- Cooking
- Being challenged by obstacle courses
- Reading stories
- Singing songs
- Making friends
4 Year Old Activities & Focus
- Yoga and mindfulness
- Painting, drawing and other mark making activities.
- Creating with clay, cardboard, sticky tape and glue.
- Block building or other construction toys – both individually and collaboratively
- Imaginative play with animals, dolls, trucks etc.
- Helping to care for the environment.
- Listening to others
- Puzzles
- Cuddling chickens
- Collecting eggs
- Digging in the garden
- Planting vegetables
- Reading stories
- Group discussions
- Exploring number, shape and capacity
- Sensory experiences such as play dough, sand, and water etc.
- Dramatic play experience such as cafes, vet, shops, hospitals, farm, school, baby clinics
- Singing songs and playing instruments
- Creating obstacle course
- Talking to one other whilst we have our lunches/morning tea
- Caring for our Spiny Stick Insects
- Challenging themselves to climb, swing, jump and slide
- Making friends and helping one another
- Problem solving – eg how can we each have a turn?
“Play is the way children develop their sense of self, sense of the world, and sense of where they fit in.
– Maggie Dent