Kindergarten is an opportunity to learn to share, follow instructions and begin the foundation for learning that will occur in school. This environment helps young children learn to make friends and play well with others. At Greenfield Early Learning Centre, our educators observe, ask questions and listen to children’s ideas. To nurture their curiosity and motivation to learn, educators use children’s interests and ideas to create experiences. To prepare children for the academic demands of school they are offered a wide variety of games and activities that help them acquire numeracy and literacy skills. For example, matching, sorting, counting and board games build children’s understanding of numbers, categories and sequences, which supports later math learning. At Greenfield early learning, children’s language skills are nurtured in a ‘language-rich’ environment. Their language skills are stretched by asking thought-provoking questions and introducing new vocabulary during their daily experiences. Children have many opportunities to sing, talk about favourite books and act out stories. Children’s cognitive skills are strengthened by engaging in a wide range of hands-on experiences that challenge them to observe closely, ask questions, test their ideas or solve a problem. In order to learn, a young child needs to feel cared-for and secure, be able to spend time away from parents and build trusting relationships with adults outside the family. Our high-quality Kindergarten program nurtures warm relationships among children, teachers and parents.