The outdoor play area welcomes children’s exploration and promotes a deep understanding of each child’s role in caring for the natural environment. In this space children learn to contribute to and become connected with, their world.
In this space children’s senses are evoked through sand play, water play and gardening. They develop gross motor skills and spatial awareness when climbing the obstacle course, riding their bikes and playing ball games.
Dramatic play spaces allow children to foster creativity, develop their social skills, emotional regulation and cognitive growth.
At Woodstock carefully consideration of the resources and the environment when setting up ensures children are exposed to a variety of learning opportunities within the play space. We understand the environment is the third teacher which when prepared correctly is a powerful teacher, capable of fostering curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.
Creative arts in early childhood education encompass a range of experiences like visual arts, music, movement, drama, and storytelling, all designed to foster self-expression, imagination, and skill development in young children.
At Woodstock these experiences are crucial for holistic development, impacting cognitive, language, social, emotional, and physical growth. Exposing children to a wide variety and forms of creative art inspires their love of learning, curiosity and wonder.
Language and literacy development is crucial for a child’s overall growth, it includes both the ability to understand and use language, and the foundational skills needed for reading and writing.
At Woodstock we firmly believe that language and literacy development is fostered through rich language experiences, interactive play, and exposure to print-rich environments. This exposure to enriched language environments starts from the babies’ room, all the way through to the preschool room.
