About the curriculum
Our Educational Programs:
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, director and the actor in their own play” - Magda Gerber
Nursery Space: 6 weeks - 14 months
Learning starts from before birth, and our Educators have created a welcoming and nurturing nursery environment where each baby feels safe to explore and discover new things - through their senses, their communication, and cues (body language, facial expression, and sounds) and by experimenting. On any given day you can see the nursery children engaging in all types of play, water play, music time, storytime, and more. Every day provides a brand new, exciting adventure for our babies to support their development, learning, and well-being!
Toddler Space: 15 months - 23 months
Our teachers and educators encourage the children to learn through play to help enhance their sensory-motor development. This happens through carefully planned music, dance, games, and reading experiences.
On any given day the Toddler children can be seen developing their numeracy by building a tower, sorting objects, pointing and identifying shapes and patterns, and participating in counting songs and games.
Children in our toddler space are encouraged to participate in group play. Group play is important as it helps our toddlers develop important social skills such as turn-taking, developing self-confidence, and emotional self-regulation. Our team helps children through talking, planning, and role modelling.
Kindergarten Space: Junior Kindy 24 months - 35 months / Senior Kindy 36 months - 47 months / Preschool 48 months - 72 months
Kindergarten is a unique time for learning with peers and developing skills for later learning including confidence and curiosity, important skills for starting school. Our play-based program encourages active engagement in learning and supports a range of positive developmental outcomes including resilience, independence, critical thinking, and creativity.
The oral language supports literacy learning. A child’s oral language ability is the best predictor for later success in learning to read and write. Hearing the sounds within a language is the first critical step for all literacy learning. Our team supports our kindergarten children's development by engaging in rich discussions, introducing new vocabulary as part of everyday conversations, as well as singing, playing games, and reading with the children daily.
Throughout the kindergarten year, children use their language to share ideas, ask questions, express themselves, and connect with peers and adults in social settings.
Social-emotional skills, including the ability to self-regulate emotions, is supported through group learning environments. Our team supports each child’s social and emotional development by labelling and talking about emotions and supporting appropriate responses as together, they engage in new and challenging situations.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at Kool Kids Isle of Capri, including;
- Sustainability Program: We have a worm farm and veggie patch, we do gardening and collect our scraps to feed the worms. The worm wee is available for families to take home to use on their veggie patches.
- Incursions & Excursion Program: Each month, we organize special incursions, such as "Hennie Penny," where children can learn about the chicken life cycle. We also create opportunities for them to observe the fascinating process of butterflies emerging from their chrysalises, right here at the centre.
- Music and Movement Programs: Our music programs have been designed to help develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course, have fun while doing so!
- Japanese Language Program: Delivered by a native Japanese speaker, introducing the children to a new culture and language with the Genki program.