Specific Areas
Specific Areas | Providers are obligated to also support children in these four Specific Areas.
Through these four Specific Areas, the three Prime Areas are established and utilised.
The four Specific Areas are:
LITERACY | MATHS | UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD | THE ARTS
Children need to discover phonemic awareness which is the ability to hear sounds, identify different words, and start reading and writing.
The literacy area develops and encourages children to link sounds and letters, thus reading and writing.
EYFS gives children access to a wide range of reading materials such as books, written materials, and poems to ignite their interest in literacy.
The mathematics area guides children to develop skills with numbers and calculations and also, with describing shapes, spaces, and measures.
This presents opportunities to improve skills in using numbers, counting, and understanding.
Calculating single addition and subtraction puzzles.
Defining spaces, shapes, and measures.
Even though maths can be challenging for some children in their early years, so here are a few ideas to make maths easier and more fun:
Pairing socks.
Play board games with dice and counters.
Play bigger and smaller games. Describe the 3 Billy Goats Gruff or using Goldilocks.
Get your child to help add numbers and order them to the page.
Let them measure ingredients to cook or help make dinner.
Sing number songs.
Let them sort toys by shape or colour.
Play sorting coins or money games like Shops or Monopoly.
Build roadblocks or train tracks in various shapes.
This area guides a child to make sense of their physical world and community.
Understanding the World area involves children making sense of things by observing people.
They learn to discover technologies and explore everything.
Activities to help with this area:
Blow soap bubbles.
Prepare food together for the family to share.
Read informational books on chicks and birds etc., or whatever your child is interested in.
Hunt for bugs and butterflies in the garden.
Plant your child’s favourite flower or veg seeds. Water them daily and watch them grow together.
Try fun science experiments.
Observe the everyday weather and make a weather chart accordingly.
Make a family tree with family members in it.
Freeze small squishy toys in ice and work on how to get them out of the ice.
Feed the birds in the garden or veranda. Give each one of them a name and keep a score of which birds visit you often.
Buy gifts together for loved ones on a special occasion. Help your kid to wrap them and make a label or bow to attach.
The Expressive Arts and Design area enable a child to explore and operate with an extensive range of media and elements.
As well as provides possibilities.
Also, it encourages them to share their thoughts, ideas and feelings.
Expressive art and designs can help children grow and help to find their inner creativity and potential.
And they do it through some activities like art, music, dance, role-play, movement, design and technology, and making shakers with rice, and pasta in pots.
