Early childhood education is a term that refers to the period of time from a child’s birth to when they enter kindergarten, it is an important time in children’s lives because it is when they first learn how to interact with others, including peers, teachers and parents, and also begin to develop interests that will stay with them throughout their lives.
At mary convent the base of teaching and learning is objectives of the early childhood education programme. Ece is also called pre schooling education that construct ability for formal education in child it includes various activity and approach that provide a healthy and stimulating atmosphere for child’s intellectual, language, social, emotional and physical development it helps to develop skills and concepts for forthcoming challenges in formal education as arithmetical and logical reasoning and mathematical concepts, reading and writing.
The Capacious aim of the ECE programme is:
- To develop social attitudes and manners that encourage healthy group participation. This way their emotional maturity is also attained through which they can freely express themselves.
- To stimulate intellectual curiosity so as to help him understand the world around him.
- To develop in a child, good physique, adequate muscular coordination and basic motor skills.
- To develop in a child, good health habits and basic skills necessary for adjustment.
At Mary Convent school we follow multiple approach for imparting Early Childhood Education Programmes:
PLAYWAY METHOD
The implementation of all activities take place in the following ways:
- Simple to Complex
- Familiar to Unfamiliar
- Concrete to Abstract
PHYSICAL & MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
Key areas in Physical & Motor Development:
- Proper Growth (Monitoring Height & Weight of Children)
- Development of Gross Motor Skills
- Development of Fine Motor Skills
LEARNING BY DOING METHODOLOGY
(Involvement, Participation and Contribution)
We provide the children real life experiences through special activities that include thinking, conversation, movement and creativity.
INTELLECTUAL & COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Key areas in Intellectual & Cognitive Development:
- Sensory Development
- Problem Solving and Reasoning
- Development of Basic Concepts
DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION & AESTHETIC APPRECIATION
Key areas in Development of Creative Expression:
- Creative Expression through Art
- Creative Movement
- Creative Thinking
SOCIO – EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Key areas in Development of Creative Expression:
- Development of Positive Self Concept and Qualities of Initiative Independence and Leadership
- Development of Good Personal Habits
- Development of Oral Expression
- Development of the Self-Confidence
- Development of ability to respect the feelings of others and relate with adults
- Development of attitude of care towards the environment
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Key areas in Language Development:
- Development of Listening Skills
- Development of Vocabulary related of Body, Home and Environment
- Development of Oral Expression
- Development of Reading Readiness
- Development of Writing Skills.