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Overview
Education is about nurturing the whole child. Education means developing the child morally, intellectually, physically, socially and aesthetically.
The foundation of a person is his values. From these spring his outlook on life and his goals in life. A person’s values and morals are cultivated from a young age, influenced by his environment – his home and school. Together with the home, SSIK will work carefully and painstakingly to shape the morals of our children. Our children also have to learn to relate to other people - their elders and their peers, people who are like us and people who are different.
Education also develops each child’s unique talents and abilities to the full. Education teaches him to keep fit and healthy for life. An education teaches him to appreciate the finer things in life and the beauty of the world around him.
An educated person, your child will be responsible to himself, his family and his friends. He will also be responsible to his community and country.
At SSIK, we provide your child with an Education through a sensorial-thematic approach as well as the ‘Learn Through Play’ concept.
What is the Sensorial Approach?
Sensorial education helps develop a child's intellect. Intelligence is built upon by experiences and thought processes. SSIK’s specially tailored curriculum, adapted from the Montessori Method, for ages 2 to 6 are designed to help the child's mind develop the necessary skills for later intellectual learning.
Sensorial education provides the human mind with information to discriminate and appreciate its culture, art, music, poetry, reading and all aspects of the environment.
SSIK’s curriculum ensures a particular purpose and focus and encourages the use of the child's hands, senses through instructed or spontaneous activity. When a young child sees something new and exciting, he or she will want to touch the object to feel the reality of the object. This education is thus not an exercise to sharpen the senses, but to allow a child to use his or her senses to understand what he or she sees. The use of the five senses – auditory, sight, touch, taste and smell - will help children work, learn and play to the best of their ability.What is the ‘Learn Through Play’ Concept?
Play is a special activity that is fun and enjoyable. It requires active, voluntary and spontaneous participation from a child and aids in the development of language, motor, creativity, problem solving and social skills. There are generally four types of play. They are as follows:
Without the stimulation of play, virtually every aspect of a child’s development will be affected. Children get to explore their surroundings and learn how things function through play. They can rehearse the roles that adults undertake and learn interactive and social skills. Through play, children can discover their limits and special talents. In the process, they would also learn how to deal with emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear and anger. In addition, children can acquire coordination, motor skills, and learn about team work hence aiding both the psycho-motor development as well as social skills of children.
Notwithstanding, children learn best at play. Through play, they develop concepts, understand how things and ideas are connected and develop basic skills in reading, writing and communication. It also serves as a venue for them to express and develop their creativity. By learning through play, exploring the world at his own pace, a child’s self confidence and self worth begins to grow as he masters the tasks chosen.
Where is Play incorporated and what are the concepts acquired?
| Curriculum Areas | Concepts acquired |
| Mathematics | Sorting objects using attributes e.g. color, shape, size, patterns etc |
| Music and Movement | Appreciate music (rhythm, beat, tempo) and movement (use of body parts in relation to space) |
| Science | Acquiring knowledge through direct experience, self exploration and discovery |
| Language | Appreciate the beauty of language through stories, poems, songs and rhymes. |
| Art and Craft | Working with paints, crayons, pencils and materials to create objects of aesthetics and creativity |
| Social Studies | Through interaction with adults and peers, social skills are acquired when children role play and emulate the people around them (dress up and dramatization) |
Physical activities (indoor and outdoor) |
Children gain physical confidence as they develop their gross and fine motor skills |