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The main objective of KEIKI is to provide a positive environment where children learn, love, and grow. To nurture the progress of each individual child, we divide the developmental growth into three parts.
1. Socio-emotional Development
2. Cognitive Development
3. Physical Development
Socio-emotional Development
To let children develop a sense of self-esteem. They need to feel important and worthwhile.
To help children demonstrate a positive attitude towards life. Children need to show interest and participate in classroom activities. It is an important task for us to create a sense of freedom and independence that will encourage this to take place.
To teach the children respect for themselves and others. Children need to understand individual differences and cultures. They need to work co-operatively with others to be able to complete a task and resolve conflicts constructively.
Cognitive Development
To help them acquire learning and problem solving skills, children learn to ask and respond to questions, observe and make discoveries, and apply information to new contexts, to help them expand logical thinking skills, we use manipulative toys and instruments. Children will learn to classify objects, compare and contrast, arrange objects in series, and recognize patterns.
To teach them to expand their imaginations and engage in make-believe play. Children also need to interact with other children and be able to begin and sustain play with others in a creative and appropriate way.
To help them expand verbal communication skills. Children should be able to follow simple directions and to adequately communicate their needs, ideas, and natural curiosity.
To help them develop pre-reading skills. Children need to acquire a love of books, listening skills and to be capable of repeating simple stories. They should learn to recognize their own name in print and to have object, letter and number recognition skills in pictures and begin to imitate the written word.
Physical Development
To assist in the development of gross motor skills. Children need to use large muscles for walking, jumping, running, or balancing with confidence.
To help them to enhance their fine motor skills, improve hand-eye coordination, for writing and drawing, and using their small muscles for self-help skills.
To emphasize usage of all senses in learning by demonstrating skills in discriminating sounds, visuals, tastes, smells, and the differences in texture and pattern.
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