Building Strong Foundations
Younglings CARE® builds a strong foundation for children between 2-4 years with guided explorations that nurture their cognitive skills, motor skills, creative expression and social emotional development.
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Cognitive and Fine Motor Skills Play
Some curated explorations...
On a typical day at Younglings, a child goes through different self-directed explorations that trigger curiosity and learning by building on cognitive skills, fine and gross motor skills, artistic expression and social-emotional learning through dramatic play and music.
Sample Day Plan
Exploring the World of Plants with CARE: Nurturing Cognitive, Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Art, Music, and Dramatic Play
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Cognitive Learning: Understand the life cycle of plants, types of plants, and the importance of plants in our ecosystem.
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Fine and Gross Motor Skills: Develop fine motor skills through seed sorting and counting with tweezers. Gross motor skills are engaged during planting and tending to the community garden.
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Artistic Expression: Encourage creativity through plant-themed art, allowing children to express their perceptions and observations about plants.
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Music and Movement: Jive to the song Happy Tree with a botanical symphony, enhancing auditory and motor skills.
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Dramatic Play: The pretend garden center allows children to act as gardeners, exploring roles and responsibilities in a fun and imaginative way.
CARE in Action
Plant Discovery Circle: Children gather together to learn and observe different types of plants and their leaves.
Community Garden: Children create a community garden by planting different seeds and exploring the texture of mud.
Connection
Botanical Explorer Stations: Children observe different parts of a plant and their textures using a magnifying glass.
Seed Sorting and Counting: Children sort and count different seeds of various fruits using tweezers.
Plants Treasure Hunt: Children go around looking for plants that match the leaves handed to them.
Autonomy
Reflection Circle: The larger group discusses their observations and thoughts about their explorations. Discussion around the lifecycle of plants in comparison to the lifecycle of human/animal little ones.
Reflection
Plant Impressions: Children explore different textures, colours and sizes of leaves with painting colours and brushes.
Botanical Symphony: Children sing and dance to the Happy Tree.
Expression
Sample Schedules
