Nursery

In the Nursery program, the children are experiencing rapid growth across domains (motor, cognitive, social-emotional, language and communication). The children have better control of gross and fine motor skills, the ability to speak to make their needs known, their curiosity and need to explore, and have conflicting emotions that are difficult for them to understand. Structured and unstructured play throughout the day gives the children an opportunity to develop, learn and practice new skills. Play offers a unique opportunity for developing self-regulation. Play allows children to: make choices; make decisions; solve problems; interact with others; pursue their interest; build language and literacy skills; discover mathematical concepts; and experience themselves as capable, competent, successful learners. (Dodge 2006, p. 161.). Learning occurs when experiences are meaningful and individualized to each child's specific needs.