She can write her own name and knows her 5 and 10 times table. She has difficulties telling her left from her right, and she sometimes needs help from her mum to sound out the letters in order for her to write a word. ... In Maths, I was reasonably surprised at her level of knowledge in mathematics as she seemed to know quite a lot about numbers; she knows how to count beyond a thousand and knows her 5, 10s and a fair amount of her 2 times table. ... According to Kaihanna's nursery teacher, she is a very cheeky, bubbly girl who has no trouble making friends Creative Play The task that I...

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Setting: After-School Program Explain how play contributes to learning and development. ... "Now because the child's thinking is patterned and orderly, the universe assumes the patterns of the child's mind" (Hughes, 1999, p.106). 2. ... Implementing play activities that allows children to feel productive gives them the sense that they are learning new skills and tasks. ... In terms of their ability to make a diagnosis, write a prescription, and create a cast for a broken leg, using concrete things they have seen an adult do. ... While Kendra writes the prescription for the tea...

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" As the child moves from one plane to another, the adult must recognize the physical and mental manifestations at each stage and prepare an environment suited to those needs Montessori writes, "My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams and proceeding on that certificationbut of individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher, by means of their own activity, through their own effort of will, which constitutes the inner evolution of the individual....

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