The classroom is a second home for a
teacher as well as for a child. The classroom should be developed into traditional
playtime or exploration centres. These developmental learning centres promote
a child to learn effectively.
The physical environment in a preschool classroom should be set up in such a way that it promotes self-learning and direction to the children. The environment provided to the
children should be organized, stimulating and comfortable in order to learn
effectively.
Preschoolers are full of energy,
enthusiasm and determination to explore and learn, hence the environment that we provide should be challenging, interesting and foster
independence and creativity. Phonemic awareness is the knowledge that each
word is made up of specific sounds and, phonological awareness is the ability
to manipulate the sounds of language.
For children to develop these
skills, they need repeated opportunities to listen to and play with language. Children
in the ABC and word work centre practice alphabet, play with letter and
sound associations learn words that are common and important in their lives and
begin to and begin to create unawareness of high-frequency words in a relaxed
risk -3 atmosphere through games, songs
and fun activities.
Sharmila Vijayvargi
The Fabindia School, Bali
svi4fab@gmail.com