Appletime Childcare
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The Art Area
Fosters creativity- Enables children to explore
- Experiment with using and mixing different colors
- Develops hand and eye coordination
- Uses and develops imagination
- Shows feeling/mood through art
The Block Area
- Allows children to use imagination and creativity
- Discovery of math concepts: numbers, size, shape, space, weight
- Work together as a team
- Share an area with others
The Library Area
- Uses eyes and ears
- Learns new and exciting things
- Enjoy other worlds
- Learn that printed and written words have meaning
- Learn to follow a narrative story
- Learn to share
- Foster a love for reading
The Dramatic Play Area
- Allows children to construct social and emotional knowledge
- Allows for family and community role-play
- Aids in peer interaction and understanding of other’s perspectives
- Promotes sharing with others and learning to work side by side.
The Large Motor Area
Fosters cooperative and organized play- Provides an outlet for energy
- Learn to be a team player
- Builds healthy minds and bodies
The Small Motor Area
- Develops dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Promotes patience
- Develops skills essential for writing and daily living
The Math and Science Area
- Lead to self-awareness and discovery
- Prompts children to ask “How?”
- Begin to explore and practice beginning math skills
- Teaches sorting, counting, and classifying
- Allows children to solve problems