About Aesthetics Steps
Gross Motor Skills
- To promote locomotive skills.
- To enhance the ability to crawl, sit down and stand with assistance.
- To learn how to push and pull objects.
- To learn how to manipulate objects with different body parts.
- To promote one’s concept of spatial awareness.
- To improve one’s sense of balance.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Fine Motor Skills
- To release objects voluntarily.
- To practise hand-eye coordination.
- To promote finger dexterity through tearing, peeling, sticking and scooping.
- To learn how to transfer objects from one location to another.
- To practise stacking and knocking down objects.
- To practise hanging and hooking.
- To explore different textures through poking, squeezing, pinching and stretching objects.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Cognitive Development
- To practise sorting objects by shapes, sizes and colours.
- To learn about the concept of object permanence.
- To participate in pretend play.
- To recognise common objects.
- To explore basic concepts.
- To explore functions of different objects.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Sensory Development
- To explore different textures and materials.
- To stimulate children’s sensory experiences (smell, touch, sight, hearing and taste).
- To fulfil the children’s needs to play, investigate and explore.
- To arouse children’s curiosity.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Physical Development
- To promote body control (fine motor and gross motor).
- To practise locomotor skills such as crawling, walking, running, rolling objects and kicking in different directions.
- To enhance one’s concept of spatial awareness.
- To participate in cooperative play.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Music and Movement - Self-expression and Creativity
- To introduce basic rhythms and beats.
- To create/improvise music through different mediums.
- To cultivate one’s appreciation of music.
- To stimulate one’s sense of hearing.
- To practise how to coordinate body movements according to the beat.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
Aesthetic Development
- To nurture one’s creativity.
- To create/improvise a piece of artwork by using different materials.
- To practise using different tools to create/improvise a piece of artwork.
- To enhance eye-hand coordination, perseverance and patience.
- To enhance one’s concept of spatial awareness.
- *The learning objectives will vary depending on the lessons.
