Pre-school education at the kindergarten level (age group 5-6 years) must aim to
develop children in all aspects (physical, social, emotional, and cognitive) so
that they will be better prepared to adjust and cope with life situations and the
demands of formal schooling; and to maximize the children’s potential through a
variety of carefully selected and meaningful experiences considering their
interests and capabilities. The curriculum focuses on the following areas:
* Physical development: it includes gross and fine motor co-ordination through
play and manipulative activities like games, simple works, etc.
* Personal-social development: it involves skills and social behaviours and it includes the development of health habits, independence, abilities to follow rules and routines. Learning about the family and other people is part of the concerns in this area.
* Affective development: it includes experiences that help children develop
love for God, self, others and the community, and develop awareness of their
feelings and sense of the right and wrong.
* Cognitive development: it includes the development of communication skills
and sensory-perceptual and numeracy concepts and skills. Communication skills
refer to competencies in expressing ideas and feelings both in English and
Filipino (oral expression and basic readiness skills of listening, pre-reading and
writing). Sensory-perceptual and numeracy skills refer to the ability to observe,
discriminate, compare and classify, and to understand, count, read and write
numbers.
* Creative-aesthetic development: it includes exploration of sounds, music and
rhythms, and the development of children’s creative expression through drawing,
painting, manipulative activities, etc.
In order to attain and ensure the holistic development of children, a well-planned
curriculum and a well-balanced programme of activities are necessary, although
they may vary according to each pre-school’s approach. Indoor and outdoor play are
essential whatever approach the pre-school follows. The language spoken by the
child should be valued. It is necessary that such language be used initially and
until the children have attained the facility and confidence in expressing
themselves in English and Filipino. The following table shows a sample programme
of pre-school activities:
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