Ready 4 Learning – Ready 4 Life
When students join as new entrants, we look at their transition into school through a Ready 4 Learning lens. We believe that until a child has developed the key early learning competencies they are unable to successfully engage with school-based learning. Through developmental play, the children explore the environment around them and through prevocational discussion they develop these competencies.
Seeing – being able to recognise similarities and differences, patterns and visual memory
Speaking – vocabulary, conversation and verbalising thoughts, thinking and ideas
Hearing – hearing and making sense of the world around them
Moving – co-ordination, balance, core strength, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, staying on task
Print Concepts – becoming aware of printed text and books
Key Competencies – managing self, relating to others, thinking, using language, symbols and text, participating and contributing
Recommended Parent Reading
Ready 4 Learning – Ready 4 Life
Building foundation skills to support children throughout their lives
by Vince Ford, Andrea Ford and Carolynne Masson
Published by Clarity Education (ISBN 978-0-473-54146-0
“Teachers and parents are crying out for resources just like this one – a resource that explains the multiple benefits of play and how it empowers children to learn.”
