What do children get from playgroup?

Playgroup-aged children are going through a stage of rapid brain and skill development. At playgroup children can:

• develop their skills of cooperation through music, group singing, free play and snack time;
• develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills through their contact with other     
     Children and adults;
• develop good health habits.
• gain better body control, hand/eye coordination, awareness and balance when they play with balls, sand, blocks, puzzles, play dough, paint and paste;
• discover shape, size, texture, quantity and consistency when they play with dough and clay;
• learn to recognise colours develop fine motor skills and express emotions by experimenting with paint, collage, chalk, crayons and stamps extend their experience of literacy in a social environment.