Playgroup, Early Childhood Care Education Cognitive Development Scheme of work for Creche (0 – 2 Years). Language Development.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CRÈCHE/PLAYGROUP AGE: 0-2 YEARS
1
TOPIC
DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
i. Stimulate children with tabletop materials
ii. Encourage child to interact with people objects and the environment.
iii. Arouse child’s interest to explore and manipulate objects and people in the environment.
v. Give task that encourage thinking , sorting and problems solving
vi. Respond promptly to child’s cues and gestures
vii. Encourage children to express thoughts and feelings
viii. Demonstrate concrete experiences in numbers, forms, shapes, colours and letters e.g colouring, scribbling, sketching of strokes and curves
ix. Engage in play activities with the child e.g role play, dramatic play.
CHILD
- Mobile toys
- Soft toys
- Picture books
- Pictures
- Ball
- Plates
- Cups
- Chairs
- Tables
- Non-toxic counters
- Water
- Sand
- Clay
- Paper
- Boxes
- Musical instruments
- Clothes
- Shoes
- Hats
- Calendars
- Sticks
- Stones
- Television
- Flowers
- Story books
- Building blocks
- Beaded strings
- Rhymes/song books
- Crayon
- Pencils
- Papers
- Rubber books
- Telephone toys
- Radio
- Charts/posters
- Musical instruments
- Story books
Playgroup, Early Childhood Care Education Cognitive Development Scheme of work for Creche (0 – 2 Years). Language Development.
2
TOPIC
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
PARENT & CAREGIVER
I. Speak and play with child (Verbal and non –verbal)
ii. Stimulate child with toys and other objects to develop communication skills
iii. Tell stories and recite rhymes
iv. read story books to the child
v. Answer child’s questions
vi. Group children for games and play e.g. playing ball, clapping, dancing etc.
vii. Stimulate child to respond to simple instructions in the language of immediate environment
viii. Encourage child to talk to others
ix. Talk about events in the home, school (centre) and the community e.g. birthday , festival
CHILD
- Listen attentively when spoken to
- Communicate with others using word and gesture
- Recite rhymes and song,
- Ask and answer questions
- Listen and tell stories
- Carry out simple instruction in the language of the immediate environment e.g. sit, go, come, yes no etc.
- Communicate in short meaningful sentences
