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Finnish Core Curriculum
The Finnish Explorers programme utilizes a holistic, child-centred and exploratory curriculum that focuses on developing children’s communication and language skills, creative expressions, physical abilities and well-being, and personal and social development.
At this stage, the focus in the educational program gravitates towards instilling foundational notions, character and proficiency that are vital for learning in their later stages of their lives. A much greater emphasis is placed upon the children’s literacy and mathematical skills. Socialization finesse is also taught.
Eccentric Transfer of Knowledge
Math theories are taught through block building and puzzle and patterning activities. Science and social studies lessons reinforce creative problem solving skills as well as a broader discovery of the world around us.
Advanced motor skills are reinforced through structured gymnastics, sports, and dance classes. A team of highly qualified experts will introduce a variety of key, age-appropriate lessons designed to develop a lifelong love of learning.How Finland Became The Best?
The children will take part on more challenging activities that focuses on the complex areas of a child’s development such as imaginative play and social development.
Children develop literacy by consistently being exposed to oral and written language and building on prior knowledge and language experiences. FIS curriculum provides your child with invaluable language and writing experiences that are designed to increase vocabulary, improve listening and speaking skills, as well as develop pre-writing and writing skills.
-Engage in longer conversations with adults and other children using a greater variety of words
-Begin to identify the first sound in a word
-Identify and name five to ten letters and begin to know sounds for some
-Recognize his or her own name and begin to write it using both letters and letter-like shapes
-Take on simple activities independently like setting the table with cups and plates and continue until the task is done
-Pay attention to a person or activity for five to ten minutes
-Examine new objects or situations with deeper curiosity
-Control impulses with fewer adult reminders
-Build relationships with familiar adults, talking about thoughts and needs with them
-Seek out other children during play time and begin to build relationships with them
-Play with other children showing the ability to resolve disagreements with little help from adults
-Express a variety of emotions by incorporating emotions into pretend play
-Begin to gallop while improving jumping and hopping skills
-Trace letters and simple shapes while also showing signs of a right- or left-hand preference
-Gain independence with self-care skills such as undressing to use the toilet and remembering to wash hands
-Identify healthy and unhealthy foods
-Connect number words and numerals to the quantities they represent
-Engage in pretend play alone or with others by taking on roles and using props
-Participate in scientific experiments led by adults
-Understand history by discussing changes to the community
-Create detailed artwork that includes people, animals, and things
-Play movement games that involve following directions as well as creating unique moves
-Play a character role in simple dramatic scenarios from books
-Repeat more complex melodies and rhythm patterns
Introduction of Subjects
Children begin to predict the consequences of an action re-tell and relate to situations appropriately. They show a keen interest in story time and are very receptive to information and facts. Their visual perception increases as they become aware of words and some will begin to show an interest in reading.
Phonics, Math and Science concepts are introduced at this level. They will acquire increased awareness of numbers, explore sounds and letters of the alphabet and develop interest in books and reading.