SONG OF THE YEAR
UAE National Anthem
SONGS OF THE WEEK
Arabic Song
To listen to the song of the week for our Babies, kindly click on the link below:
Itsy, Bitsy Spider
To listen to the song of the week for our Playgroup I, kindly click on the link below:
Chubby Cheeks
To listen to the song of the week for our Playgroup II, kindly click on the link below:
Little Sailor is Dancing
To listen to the song of the week for our Foundation Year, kindly click on the link below:
Day and Night Song
Educational Benefits of Providing Toys to Children
Toys
are more than just fun and games for kids. Most toys provide at least some
opportunity for children to learn. The best toys engage a child’s senses, spark
their imaginations and encourage them to interact with others.
OUR BABIES
Babies are eager to learn about the world around them, and they have
much to learn. Every new shape, color, texture, taste and sound is a
learning experience for them. Typically, they prefer faces and bright colors.
Babies can reach, be fascinated with what their hands and feet can do, lift
their heads, turn their heads toward sounds, put things in their mouths, and
much more! Therefore, some ideas of good toys for young babies can be books
with nursery rhymes and poems, baby-safe unbreakable mirrors, pictures of faces
hung so baby can see them, and recordings of lullabies and simple songs.
Older babies are movers—typically they go from rolling over and sitting,
to scooting, bouncing, creeping, pulling themselves up, and standing. Mostly they
understand their own names and other common words, can identify body parts,
find hidden objects, and put things in and out of containers. Some ideas of good
toys for young babies can be things to play pretend with
such as baby dolls, puppets, plastic and wood vehicles with wheels; things to
drop and take out such as plastic bowls, large beads, balls, nesting toys;
things to build with such as large soft blocks and wooden cubes; things to use
their large muscles with such as large balls, push and pull toys; and low, soft
things to crawl over.
OUR PLAYGROUP I
Toddlers can play with a wider variety of toys than they did when they
were smaller. They like to experiment—but need adults to keep them safe. They
might still enjoy some of the toys they played with as babies, and that’s fine.
The same blocks they played with a year ago can provide them with new and
different educational opportunities as their knowledge expands. But, they
also need toys that are designed with kids their age in mind. Some of the toys
good for this age-group can be board books with simple
illustrations or photographs of real objects; recordings with songs, rhymes,
simple stories, and pictures; things to create with such as wide non-toxic,
washable markers, crayons, and large paper; things to pretend with such as toy
phones, dolls and doll beds, baby carriages and strollers, dress-up accessories
(scarves, purses), puppets, stuffed toys, plastic animals, and plastic and wood
“realistic” vehicles; things to build with such as cardboard and wood ; things
for using their large and small muscles such as puzzles, large pegboards, toys
with parts that do things (dials, switches, knobs, lids), and large and small
balls.
OUR PLAYGROUP II
At this age, children are rapidly learning language and have some sense
of danger. Nevertheless they do a lot of physical “testing”: jumping from
heights, climbing, hanging by their arms, rolling, and rough-and-tumble play
.They have good control of their hands and fingers and like to do things with
small objects. They are learning to experiment, create new things,
and gain skills such as sharing and waiting. Some of the toys good for them can be things for solving problems
such as wood puzzles (with 4 to 12 pieces), blocks that snap together, objects
to sort (by size, shape, color, smell), and things with hooks, buttons,
buckles, and snaps; things for pretending and building such as blocks, smaller
(and sturdy) transportation toys, construction sets, child-sized furniture
(kitchen sets, chairs, play food), dress-up clothes, dolls with accessories,
puppets, and sand and water play toys; things to create with such as large
non-toxic, washable crayons and markers, large paintbrushes and finger-paint,
large paper for drawing and painting, colored construction paper, toddler-sized
scissors with blunt tips, chalkboard and large chalk, and rhythm instruments; picture
books with more details than books for younger children; things for using their
large and small muscles—large and small balls for kicking and throwing, low
climbers with soft material underneath, and pounding and hammering toys.
OUR FOUNDATION YEAR
Children
of this age have longer attention spans than toddlers. Typically, they talk a
lot and ask a lot of questions. They like to experiment with things and with their
still-emerging physical skills. They like to play with friends—and don’t like
to lose! Some of the good toys for this age-group can be things
for solving problems such as puzzles (with 12 to 20+ pieces), blocks that snap
together, collections and other smaller objects to sort by length, width,
height, shape, color, smell, quantity, and other feature, collections of
plastic bottle caps, plastic bowls and lids, keys, shells, counting bears,
small colored blocks; things for pretending and building such as many blocks
for building complex structures, transportation toys, construction sets,
child-sized furniture , dress-up clothes, dolls with accessories, puppets and
simple puppet theaters, and sand and water play toys; things to create with
such as large and small crayons and markers, large and small paintbrushes and finger-paint,
large and small paper for drawing and painting, colored construction paper,
preschooler-sized scissors, chalkboard and large and small chalk, modeling clay
and play dough, modeling tools, paste, paper and cloth scraps for
collage, and rhythm instruments and keyboards, xylophones, maracas, and
tambourines; picture books with even more words and more detailed pictures than
toddler books; things for using their large and small muscles—large and small
balls for kicking and throwing/catching, ride-on equipment including tricycles,
tunnels, taller climbers with soft material underneath, wagons and
wheelbarrows, plastic bats and balls, plastic bowling pins, targets and things
to throw at them, and a kids toy workbench with toys such as a vise,
hammer, nails, and saw.
AFTERNOON KIDS' CLUB
