Our language and literacy programmes (English Language and MTL) help our pre-schoolers develop competence in speaking, listening and in becoming readers and writers by immersing them in a literary -rich environment.

At KidsKingdom, we develop the children’s language and literacy skills through :

KinderZoo Phonics is a structured and systematic phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to our pre-schoolers. It features engaging, humorous and ‘fun with phonics’ activities and stories. KinderWriter encourages our pre-schoolers to use language to record their ideas and thoughts. KinderMeeting stimulates verbal interactions between children. The KidsKingdom educators are trained to ask probing questions and value children’s talk by taking time to listen and respond.

At KidsKingdom, learning experiences for numeracy are progressively-planned to nurture the pre-schoolers’ interest and help them attain a firm foundation in mathematical concepts and skills. Our numeracy programme, KinderMath offers numeracy-rich experiences that follow a hierarchical order which includes:

KinderMath has a strong emphasis on the mastery of numeracy through hands-on activities. Through manipulation of pictures and symbols, pre-schoolers notice relationships between groups of things to be sorted, counted, shared and represented. Mathematical concepts are introduced via exciting songs and rhymes including interesting stories as a prelude to the activities. The KidsKingdom’s educators are trained to provide opportunities for the pre-schoolers to experience 5 key mathematical processes:

At KidsKingdom, learning experiences in this domain are planned to enhance children’s well-being and develop a positive sense of themselves in relation to their peers, family and community. They are provided with opportunities to work collaboratively in projects . Peer group interactions help to increase the children’s social competence, confidence and emotional maturity. Our pre-schoolers are taught how to regulate and manage their feelings, thoughts and behaviours so as to have a positive impact on their physical and mental health and positive disposition to learn.

Learning experiences in this domain are planned to help our pre-schoolers develop their physical skills, dexterity and fitness which will in turn influence the children’s health and mastery of self-help routines in their daily lives. Such learning experiences include the following:

We plan a great variety of interactive group games for our pre-schoolers to participate with their friends. This will enable our children to learn to share, take turns and cooperate with others. In helping our children to develop motor skills, the KidsKingdom’s educators :

• Provide opportunities for regular and frequent physical activities.
• Offer a range of stimuli for movement.
• Ensure that the environment is safe.

Some of these activities are:

Learning experiences in this domain are planned to encourage our pre-schoolers to be expressive, creative and imaginative. Such experiences allow them to explore and appreciate elements of visual arts as well as music and movement. These fun experiences provide an avenue for our children to express their creative ideas and feelings about themselves and the world they see.

KidsKingdom’s educators pay special attention to these key factors :

• Ample time for our children to explore and experiment with ideas, resources and materials
• Opportunities for our children to develop confidence to express their ideas
• Exploration to develop the children’s awareness of the art forms of different cultures
• Appreciation of their own works and the works of others

In Aesthetics and Creative Expression, our focus is on the process and positive learning experiences rather than the end result or product, especially, in the context of the following programme components:

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