Pre-School Groups

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FUN with Food - Preschoolers

A preschool group that focuses on the skills of turn-taking, teamwork, sequencing and socialising - while learning life skills and tasting a variety of foods.

Duration

30 minutes sessions 'block booked' per term, run weekly

Goals

Social skills
Turn taking
Team work
Life skills
Food variety
Follow instructions

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Active Play - Preschoolers

Focuses on the development of gross motor coordination and the integration of primitive reflexes during sequenced age appropriate play tasks.

Duration

1 hours sessions 'block booked' per term, run weekly or fortnightly

Goals

Gross motor Integration of primitive reflexes
Bilateral motor patterns
Midline crossing
Sequencing
Skill development
Social play
Turn taking/ waiting

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Preschool - Learn to Play

A play group for preschoolers that teaches them how to play together with other children their age. Inspired by the work of Karen Sagnitti (OT)

Duration

1 hour sessions 'Block booked'' per term, run weekly or fortnightly

Goals

Socialisation
Awareness of self vs awareness of others
Joint attention & participation
From play along side to play with another child

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Pre-Kindy Play group

A group that prepares Pre-Kindy kids with preacademic skills they will need for starting school. The group encourages positive interaction with peers in both structured and unstructured play.

Duration

1 hour sessions 'block booked' per term, run weekly or fortnightly

Goals

Preparation for Kindy
Separating from parent successfully
Transitioning between tasks
Positive Social interaction with peers
Emotional & sensory regulation
Pre- Academic foundations
Precutting and prewriting skills

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Toilet Time - Parent group

Enabling parents to develop an effective “toileting plan” that leads towards independent toileting .

Duration

3 x 1.5 hour sessions - 'block booked'

Goals

Provide information on toilet training in early childhood
Strategies to assist toilet training
Facilitate preparation of a toilet training plan for your child
Monitor progress as needed

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Social Skills School Holiday Intensive - Preschool

A Preschool social skill focussed group with the objective of increasing awareness of emotions through playing successfully with others.

Duration

1 hour 'block booked' sessions per day, 5 days in a row during school holidays

Goals

Improve social awareness
eye contact
turn taking and sharing for the development and enjoyment of reciprocal play

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Transition into Kindy Group Intensive

A play based preschool group that develops skills for school readiness. It works on transitioning successfully and provides teachers and parents with a personal guide to each child what "works" for each child in a classroom environment.

Duration

January School Holidays

2 hours per day 'block booking' -

5 days in a row

Goals

Preparation for transitioning into Kindy
Separating from parent successfully
Transitioning between tasks
Positive Social interaction with peers
Emotional & sensory regulation
Pre- Academic foundations
Pre-cutting and pre-writing skills

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