4-5 Years Old
Gross Motor Skills
Outdoor activities
Climbing and running
Carrying and using materials (planks, buckets, large objects)
Walking in a straight line
Learning the safety rules
Ballet stature (Dance)
Balancing and linking movement
Strengthening exercises
Fine Motor Skills
Pouring to a marked line
Cutting complex shapes
Cutting on designated areas and edges
Pasting and glueing
Threading
Weaving, plaiting, sewing
Hammer and nails
Use of fastenings (press studs, buckle, laces, velcro)
Personal Care
Washing hands
Using handkerchief properly
Managing personal items
Rolling & unrolling socks
Folding and hanging clothes
Hair brushing and combing
Brushing teeth
Dressing and undressing
Left and right orientation
Care of body and hygiene
Environmental Care
Taking care of books
Setting up tables
Food preparation safety
Spreading, peeling, slicing
Tidying up after activities
Table manners
Greetings and farewell etiquette
Asking questions politely
Silence games
Following safety rules
Body and Family Awareness
Body parts (external): eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, legs
Body parts (internal): brain, oesophagus, stomach, kidneys, heart, intestine
Function of organs
Senses and their functions
Personal birthday recognition
Family and family tree
Time and Cultural Awareness
Names of the date, day, week, months of the year
Using parts of stories and sources to understand key features of events
Daily timeline
Christmas celebrations
Easter traditions
Chinese New Year
Yom Kippur observance
Eid al-Fitr customs
Diwali festivities
Circle time activities
Performing Arts and Music
Drama – breathing exercises
Standing still statues
Fast and slow walking
Posture and facial exercises
Voice exercises
Dressing up activities
Acting stories
Rhyming songs
Repetition songs
Singing in rounds
Keeping time
Rhythm
Percussion instruments
Triangle drums
Movement during circle time
Visual Arts
Painting and drawing
Dough work (moulding, pressing, kneading, cutting)
Pasting objects
Construction with blocks
Interlocking bricks
Wooden blocks and planks
3D shapes
Balancing
Structures
Natural Science
Parts of plants (trees, flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables)
Growing plants
Living and non-living animals
Animal identification and grouping (small and large)
Collection of model animals
Animal parts, habitats, food, behaviour
Life cycles of animals
Sink and float experiments
Magnetism
Shadow studies
Transportation
Sensory Play
Visual recognition: dimensions, shapes, textured and smooth objects
Sensory vocabulary: big, small, short, tall, long, thick, thin, narrow and broad
Texture exploration
Touch board, tablets, fabrics
Temperature recognition with thermic bottles, tablets, thermometers
Temperature vocabulary: hot, cold, warm, warmer, warmest, cool, cooler, coolest
Colour arrangement (dark to light)
Colour vocabulary: light, lighter, lightest, dark, darker, darkest
Sound matching
Auditory vocabulary: loud, louder, loudest, soft, softer, softest
Weather observation and vocabulary: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy
Number Concepts
Written symbols recognition (1-10)
Number formation and writing direction
Freehand number writing
Recording
Cuisenaire rods association with number cards (random and in sequence)
Card & Counter association of symbols with quantities
Odd and even numbers
Banking and shop games
Bird’s eye view
Decimal System
Counting beads (unit, ten, hundred, thousand)
Numeral Cards (1, 10, 100, 1000)
Association of quantities with written symbols
Skipping counting
Addition and subtraction with beads
Cuisenaire rods operations (with or without change)
Weighing and measuring vocabulary: light, lighter, lightest, heavy, heavier, heaviest, short, shorter, shortest, long, longer, longest
Pre-reading Activities
Naming games with a mystery bag
Naming games with objects in the environment
Phonic reading with age-appropriate series
Beginning sounds with ‘I spy’ games
Listening to stories
Word building with alphabet letters
Phonic blending words
Storytelling during circle time
Writing Activities
Making marks with crayons
Using pencils for letters and words
Colouring shapes
Using stencils
Word formation using alphabet letters
Creating words from pictures
Letter formation from memory
Correct letter formation using crayons and pencils to form ‘a’ to ‘z’
Outline drawing with insets for design
Digital Learning
Roamer floor robot usage (Mathematics and Science)
Labdisc data logging (Environment)
Introduction to coding
Basic technology concepts
Construction
Building with wooden blocks
Using planks
Creating balanced structures
Interlocking bricks construction
Working with hammer and nails
Bird’s eye view understanding
3D shape exploration
Engineering concepts
Understanding spatial relationships
