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Learnful Learner's
4yrs & 5yrs program

What will my child learn at Learnful?

The Learnful Learners 4 & 5yrs curriculum has been thoughtfully designed by a highly accomplished senior teacher and focuses on skill development in preparation for school life and the Prep Australian Curriculum. This program is backed by scientific research and has been designed specifically for our little ones the year before they commence Prep. Each of our weekly sessions incorporates play-based activities to develop our 'Prep Readiness toolkit of critical skills' -  social & emotional, language & communication, cognitive, resilience & independence, fine & gross motor and foundational literacy & numeracy skills.  Engaging Unit of Work 'mini lessons' are also built into each session and the topics covered across a calendar year will introduce our learners to foundations of all Prep Australian Curriculum Key Learning Areas (Health and Physical Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, The Arts, Technologies, Languages, Mathematics & English). Our Prep-like classroom, routines & procedures also gives children their very first insight into life at Prep in a gentle and nurturing way, so it isn't such a shock when they first arrive to school. This bridges the gap between Kindy and Prep, allowing children to walk through their Prep classroom door with excitement and confidence!

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Your teacher at Learnful School Readiness will determine your child's current development, ability level and learning style in their initial sessions with us. This will enable her to plan and provide experiences that cater specifically to your child’s interests and learning goals by building on their current skill set and extending their learning abilities. Your child’s progress will be evident to you in the new skills they demonstrate. Additionally, for those children entering Prep the following year, explicit feedback will be provided every term around their development and 'school readiness', so parents can make an informed decision on when to start their child at school. Receiving this feedback after each term over a whole year with us is also a great way to observe and celebrate your child’s progress and achievements.

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Click here to learn about our Busy Bees 3 and 4-year-old program

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Our Tool kit of skills

Here at Learnful, we’ve tailored our curriculum to develop our unique toolkit of critical skills necessary for a smooth transition into school life.

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Literacy & Numeracy skills

Literacy

  • Developing phonological awareness, including individual letter sound correspondence, rhyming words, blending and segmenting, counting syllables and sound repetition.

  • Learning the alphabet and about words and letters

  • Matching lower and upper case letters

  • Beginning sounds and CVC words, sounding out words

  • Letter formation

  • Vocabulary exposure

  • Talking about books and stories

  • Predicting what might happen in a story

  • Retelling stories

  • Early reading strategies

  • Holding a pencil with a correct grip

  • Fine motor skills that support writing

  • Introduction to handwriting 

Numeracy

  • Number recognition and counting

  • Understanding simple mathematical concepts

  • Identifying basic shapes

  • Sorting, classifying and grouping objects

  • Recognising and attempting simple patterns

  • Basic problem solving

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Fine and Gross Motor Skills

​Fine Motor Skills

  • Drawing

  • Cutting

  • Gluing

  • Squeezing

  • Pegboards 

  • Play-Doh

  • Painting

  • Threading

  • Paper tearing, folding and scrunching

Gross Motor Skills

  • Running

  • Climbing

  • Rolling

  • Hopping

  • Pulling

  • Balancing

  • Walking on tip toes

  • Skipping

  • Standing on one foot

  • Kicking a ball

  • Catching a ball

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Social & Emotional Skills

  • Active listening 

  • Having safe hands and feet

  • Playing safely and fairly by sharing and taking turns

  • Identifying feelings & emotions through role play and puppets

  • Ways to tackle social situations

  • Conversation starters and skills

  • Making eye contact while talking

  • Seeking help when needed

  • Making friends and interacting with care, empathy and respect

  • Building positive relationships with teachers

  • Responding to diversity with respect

  • Partnered and team activities - having a goal and achieving things together

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Cognitive skills

  • Asking questions before, during and after reading a story

  • Listening skills for retelling stories and events

  • Attempting to solving simple problems independently

  • Solving problems and achieving a goal as a team

  • Decision making

  • Using simple reasoning

  • Understanding cause and effect

  • Recognising their own name

  • Writing their own name

  • Cutting along a line with scissors

  • Copying simple shapes

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Communication & language skills

  • ​Understanding and answering questions

  • Conversation activities, games and role plays

  • Understanding propositions (on, in, under, over, beside)

  • Following two or three-step directions

  • Being able to tell a basic story

  • Using full sentences

  • Communicating needs

  • Articulating words

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Independence & resilience skills

  • Getting dressed independently

  • Going to the toilet independently

  • Washing and drying hands

  • Tidies up and packs away

  • Job chart for independence in the classroom

  • Opens and closes their own backpack, lunch boxes and drink bottle

  • Puts their hat away in their own bag

  • Building resilience and having a 'never give up' attitude

  • Learning routines and time management

  • Calming strategies

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