Norah`s
Educare
Centre
Children's Day Care and
Rehabilitation
Center
​Contact Us: 011 074 1347​
Daily Activities
The daily programme is carefully tailored to balance periods of structured learning with creative activities, ring time and free play. Snack time, music, stories and generous amounts of outdoor play also make up the morning routine. Components of the daily programme are discussed in more detail below.The programme evolves over the course of the two grades and plays a crucial role in guiding your child from self-directed play to more focused, formal activities, paving the way for the transition to primary school. Your child’s social skills will also develop as they learn to share, take turns, compromise, communicate and cooperate within a group. You’ll see him develop into an independent, confident, social being, happy to talk to adults, fond of other children’s company and eager to express their ideas and feelings.
​Morning Ring
​This is a daily activity involving the whole class, designed to promote group cooperation and build confidence, memory, language and listening skills. We discuss the weekly theme, weather, news, show and tell and we also prepare for the day’s activities. The weekly theme is designed to expand the child’s general knowledge and raise awareness of social, environmental, scientific and world issues.
​Story Time
​Through books, puppets, flannel boards, story tapes and illustrations, the child's relationship with the wonderful world of storytelling are encouraged and nurtured. Not only will their language, listening and concentration skills improve, but their imagination are stimulated. Children are also given the opportunity to answer questions, anticipate what will happen next, express their ideas and listen to and value the opinions of others. Story time usually takes place at the end of the day providing a quiet time for children to unwind before going home.
​Creative Activities
Every day there are 4 - 5 creative art and craft activities from which children may choose (this involves decision making, planning, organizing, perseverance and task completion). Parents observe a difference in their child's ability to draw, colour in and paint as their powers of observation, knowledge of colour and shape and their fine motor co-ordination improves. They learn to hold and use scissors correctly, which helps to develop hand eye coordination and dexterity.​
​Music and Movement
This usually involves singing songs, action rhymes, movement to music, dramatization of stories and the playing of musical instruments. Alternatively developmental games, which develop the larger muscles and improve coordination and balance, are taught using bean bags, balls, hoops, ropes, climbing and balancing apparatus
In and Outdoor play
Children spend a lot of time playing on the outdoor equipment where they develop coordination, muscular strength, balance, agility and control. Most importantly, however, the children make friends and learn valuable social skills. Children also expand their imaginations in the dressing-up areas, playing make-believe games. Through fantasy play children share ideas, acquire new vocabulary, express their feelings and explore the boundaries between fantasy and reality.
Sensopathic Play
Children are given opportunity to discover the properties of sand and water, solids and liquids. These outside play areas allow them to actively explore their senses and to experiment with maths concepts such as size, shape, volume and quantity.
