Welcome to Yallambie Park Kindergarten!
At Yallambie Park Preschool emphasis is placed on encouraging children to have a positive approach to learning. Activities and experiences are provided to enable children to develop to their full potential and to encourage a feeling of self worth. We provide an atmosphere that values each child as an individual in a warm and caring environment.
The program focus is to extend and develop children’s skills. These skills promote and foster your child’s confidence and independence. A variety of stimulating and educational indoor and outdoor activities and experiences will be offered to your child.
Preschool is guided 'informal education'. This means that the children are free to move from activity to activity and work at their own pace, under guidance from the teacher. Mat time is when children learn to work co-operatively in a larger group. When the children are playing they are in fact learning skills and attitudes that will be valuable to them at school, and in later life.
The program we provide centres around children’s prior experiences, knowledge, abilities and interests. The educational objectives for individuals and the group are based on the following developmental areas:
Social Skills
The children are learning to interact with others by:
- Sharing and taking turns
- Respecting the rights of others, and standing up for their own rights
- Solving conflicts verbally
Creativity and Imagination
These are encouraged by the use of:
- Art materials (painting, drawing, collage)
- Drama (puppets, dress-ups, group drama)
- Music (listening to, singing and making music)
- Movement and dance (individual and group)
- Sensory play (clay, sand, water, rice, finger paint etc.)
Thinking Skills
These are developed through:
- Problem solving during play; for example – working out how to stop a tower from falling over, or how to do a puzzle.
- Language develops when a child is participating in discussions, stories and poetry, and also when expressing themselves to peers and teachers.
Physical Skills
These are developed through a range of activities including:
- Climbing
- Jumping
- Cutting
- Threading
- Woodwork
Beginning Literacy and Numeracy Program
At Yallambie Park Preschool we believe in capturing the 'learning moment' particularly with the 4 year old children. If your child shows readiness we will help them develop the skills they require to begin reading and writing. A lot of the maths (numeracy) program will be incidental i.e. the children will be gaining and practising essential skills without realising they are learning. We also work on counting skills, one to one correspondence, recognising numerals, shape, classification, estimation and measurement.Teachers
Our teachers have vast experience in the field of Early Childhood.
Carol Doran – 4 Year Old Groups
Carol has a Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood), Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Tasmanian Teaching Certificate.
Chelsea Paulka – 3 Year Old Groups
Chelsea has a Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Teaching, Bachelor of Business. Chelsea is currently on maternity leave and will return in 2010. Elyse McHardy is currently taking the 3 year old groups.
Jo Galvin – 4 Year Old Assistant
Jo has worked as an integration aid as well as a preschool assistant.
Gabrielle Collis – 3 Year Old Assistant
Gabrielle has many years experience as a preschool assistant.
