The educators at Kiddies Learning Hub are committed to nurturing the whole child because we believe that every child has a right to good quality care and education. Our themes are well planned out to enrich each child's learning experience and general knowledge. The aim of each child's journey of learning and discovery is to be exposed to and obtain a solid foundation of the English Language, Literacy and Mathematics, all of which prepares the child extremely well for ​the Pre-primary year of our school system.
 
The classroom atmosphere is generally one of calm and happiness, as children aged 2+ to 5 years old work together. The mixed age setting allows the older children to help and care for the younger ones and allows the younger children to learn from the older children, through observing and working with them. The older children learn leadership and compassion in this mixed-aged setting. Montessori materials are made to specifically help children learn to increase their concentration by working on a task from beginning to end. Respect for others & our materials, along with good manners are taught and expected in this environment. ​

At Kiddies Learning Hub we aim to expose children to a wide variety of activities, some daily, like Practical Life, Sensorial, Literacy, Numeracy, Exploration, Story-time, Integrated Activities, Outdoor Play, Art & Craft, Music, Yoga and Brain Gym. Other activities are weekly, monthly or weather depending, like Science,​ History, Geography, Cooking and Nature Walks.

​Practical Life
 
Everyday life activities like pouring, pegging, spooning and transferring would seem simple to adults. But when children perform these activities, they unconsciously improve their dexterity, fine and large motor skills, and their eye-hand coordination. Most importantly, they grow to be independent and confident. 

Children are happiest when they have autonomy in their daily lives and when they are allowed to choose their activities. At Kiddies Learning Hub, these opportunities are made available to them daily, all within a safe, clean and well-prepared environment.

​Sensorial
 
We believe children learn best by exploring materials not only with their hands but by using their five senses. The Montessori materials are specially designed didactic materials that allow a child to touch and feel, hear, smell, taste and see differences in size, length and colour.

Children can then relate and associate to the things that are in their environment around them. By sorting, classifying, matching and grading, a great sense of order is instilled in children. This provides a strong foundation for academic work, such as Mathematics in their future school years. 








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Language

Through the Montessori method children learn to read at an early age. Phonemic awareness lessons help to optimise a child's reading and literacy skills. Children as young as two years old, learn the phonetic sounds of the alphabet through songs and the Montessori sandpaper letters. This is all done at a pace that suits each child.

They then continue with a sequentially structured program of three and four letter phonetic words, vocabulary and phonograms.

'Show & Tell' provides opportunities to develop literacy, listening, and oral skills. ​

​Mathematics

Mathematical concepts are introduced to the child using concrete mathematics materials.

Initial explorations with sensorial materials encourage children to understand basic maths concepts such as learning number recognition, counting and sequencing of numbers. Sensorial work prepares the child for a more formal introduction to mathematics, and the introduction of abstract mathematical concepts.

A consistent approach of learning from concrete to abstract concepts, doing simple to difficult tasks, is present in all areas of our curriculum especially Mathematics. Children learn best in this way. Only then are they able to make sense of, relate to and understand the problem sums that they then tackle on worksheets.