Childcare Curriculum
Curriculum
Ashling Nursery & Montessori is committed to offering the children comprehensive High Scope and Montessori curriculums combined with other good practice methods. Our Curriculum supports children's well-being, identity and belonging, communications and exploring and thinking, along the principles of Aistear, the Early Learning Childhood Curriculum Framework. Our curriculum aims to encourage active learning, problem solving, effective communication, creativity and socialisation.
Aistear
Aistear is Ireland's curriculum framework for children from birth to six years. It contains information for parents and practitioners that will help them plan for and provide challenging and enjoyable learning experiences that can enable all children to grow and develop as competent and confident learners in the context of loving relationships with others. Aistear describes the types of learning and development that are important for children in their early years, and offers ideas and suggestions on how these might be nurtured. We use the Aistear guidelines to help plan our curriculum
Outdoor Play
Outdoor play is essential to early childhood development. Children learn social skills by interacting with other children, with adults, and even with objects and natural materials found in the environment. The outdoor environment exposes children to opportunities to explore, question, and develop theories about how things work. Negotiation, language, and cooperation are all skills that develop through a well planned outdoor curriculum. Outdoor play, physical activity and fresh air are important to children's overall health and wellbeing.
Outdoor play is an important part of our daily curriculum. We aim to ensure that children play outdoors everyday. Our intention, through our outdoor programme is to enhance gross motor skills, co-operation, balance and body awareness. It also gives children opportunities to socialise freely and use imagination and initiative.