Welcome to all the children and families to Red Group. This short afternoon program will provide many opportunities for your child to enjoy free play, social interactions with their peer group, creative arts, climbing, digging and much, much more. For some of you, this is your child’s first experience without you, which is a big step in a three-year-olds life and an emotional time for you too.
Some children at Red Group have watched their big sister/brother come to Blue and Yellow Group, and they are more than ready to have their own special time at Kindy. Many children are happy playing alone or parallel to other children, whilst others are seeking out new friends to play with. One thing for sure is that Red Group afternoons are filled with activity and opportunities for your inquisitive three year olds.
Term One is rushing by, only two more weeks until school holidays begin, and Red Group children are exploring their Kindy environment with confidence. The children are enjoying all areas of the Kindy, from the home corner to the swings. With the warm weather we’ve been having, water play is a favourite with many of the children. During water play, children are improving their problem-solving skills, physical, social/emotional and language development. Maths and science concepts are also explored during water-play; what an amazing activity filled with rich learning opportunities.
Easel painting is offered every week, with a variety of colour combinations each day. This week we did colour mixing using primary pain colours and creating lots of new colours. The children are keen to use all the equipment on the stationary shelves, such as scissors, sticky tape, hold punches and a multitude of drawing materials.
Play dough is a favourite activity for some children, offering wonderful opportunities for creative expression.
We have been busy with other activities too, such as: rolling balls down the hill, climbing, swinging really high, walking on stilts, balancing on the red boards and playing the Snail Pace game just to name a few. How the children fit so much into ninety minutes is a real mystery.
We get together as a group near the end of the session to sing, chat and read a story. We are really enjoying group time and we encourage the children to choose the story and songs when we are together on the mat.
Thank you to the families that have already sent in family and pet photos for our Red Group Family poster. We will start the poster next week and add more family photos as they come in. We are creating this poster to get to know each other better and to recognize that we are a special part of the Chapel Hill Community Kindy.
