Nursery offers parents a break and can help ease many back into work. Whilst they’re under their professional supervision, your child will be working on activities which help them in their growth and development. It can help get them ready for school and ensure that they are where they should be for their age with regards to their understanding of the world and communication. If you’re considering a nursery for your child and would like to learn more about what they’ll learn, this post is for you. It contains information that we’ve gathered from speaking to a nursery in London and we hope that you find it helpful.
EYFS
EYFS is short for the Early Years Foundation Stage. It's the key stage / age grouping that children from new-borns to the age of 5 fall under. In this stage there’s a lot of work done around their understanding of the wider world. It looks at the different environments, people, and technology.
The Environment
By the environment we mean the different types of environments and their characteristics so that they’re able to tell them apart and identify where they are. Your child will learn about the outdoors and nature as well as indoor environments.
People
They will also learn about how we all look characteristically different from one another as they will come across other children and adults like their teachers.
Technology
Technology concerns things that are man-made and electronic. It’s all around us and they will be introduced to it first through toys.
Sensory Play
They will also explore their five senses through sensory play and begin understanding each of them through stimulation. This is also crucial to their brain development as it helps to build nerve connections in the brain's pathways. To explore their senses, they may work through sensory boxes of items that they can interact with and investigate.
