Linden Montessori Pre-Primary School

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Freehand drawing ecourages creativity, skills and confidence. Children draw to express what they are thinking and feeling. They use their memory to recall what they know and further develop their concentration skills.

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Encouraged to write with controlled movement and improve the foramtion of letters.

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Rain clouds in a jar science experiment:
Fun way to explain how rain clouds work. As the "clouds" fill up. the food colouring will fall down into the water creating a rain-like effect.

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The journey to write correctly starts long before a child even knows how to form letters and shapes. It starts with the strengthening of fine motor muscles and to get their little wrists and fingers ready for writing, we do various activities.

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Blocks allow children to explore new ideas, share in the planning and builing and co-operate with each other as they create.

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Teach children to respect and celebrate religious holidays and festivals.

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Being able to match items and explain why those items go together is important for cognitive skills and ability. This allows them to be better prepared for both reading and maths in the future.

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Painting with balloons is a great process activity for children to explore creativity and imagination. Also makes an awesome sensory activity as children use their hands to manipulate the paint and balloons to create patterns and prints onto paper.

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Pizza - When children get involved in the kitchen, they learn more than just making a meal. They learn maths, science, language, gross and fine motor skills and build seld confidence.

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Bubbles + Paint = Awesome paintings!
Patterns can be transferred to paper. Popped bubbles create an interesting print on paper.

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Rice with coloured ice sensory play is a fun activity that provides the opportunity to explore scientific concepts.