PP1 (Class of 4 to 5 years)

 
 

Montgomery school Nairobi

 
 
 
 
Here,children use real objects to increase precision and concentration.
  • Devotion and circle time – This includes praying, singing, dancing, telling bible stories, introduction and greetings, reciting days of the week, months of the year
  • Language – Matching sound to pictures, sound to sound, pictures to pictures colouring pictures, sounds recognition a-z, modelling, reading three letter words, naming pictures, scribbling with crayons, pattern writing, letter formation
 
 
 

A Successful Primary Education Begins With Pre-Kindergarten

 
  • Number work – Formation of numbers, number value, writing numbers, counting 0-30 and beyond, simple addition and subtraction, colouring, feeling numbers, joining the dots, number rods, sequin boxes,decimals
  • Technology - Chidren are encouraged to learn and work with computers
  • Pattern work – this is where children are taught how to do different patterns like zigzag, wavy, straight line, circles
  • Practical work – use of work space, handling apparatus like scissors, cutting along straight/curved/zigzag lines, sharpening pencils, tracing objects, dressing frames, expression of needs, carrying materials
  • Sensorial – Touching tablets and fabrics, pink towers, long stairs ,broad stairs, colour boxes 1 and 2.This helps in differentiating sizes and weight, how to hold with fingers the small cubes, how to grasp the largest cube, controlling arms and fingers so that tower doesn't fall, and has the good feeling of completing the task.
  • Culture – Sorting with a magnet, sink and float filtration, sieving, blowing bubbles, nature walks and excursions, care of plants, body parts, birds
  • Art and craft – hand printing, colouring, use of objects