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Fairy Stories and Folk Tales<\/h3>\nIn Class One the most important way to meet the children\u2019s needs is in the way the content is introduced. The gradual change from activity and imitation in kindergarten to a more formal approach to learning in Class One is facilitated by fostering the children’s feeling life, through stories, pictures, songs and rhythm. These help to connect new concepts to the child\u2019s own experience.<\/p>\n
Fairy Stories and Folk Tales<\/h3>\nTraditional tales based on archetypal images nurture the child\u2019s sense of wholeness and morality. Fairy and folk stories convey the assurance that Good overcomes Evil, and contain archetypal pictures of the individual striving to find their way in the world, often assisted by nature. They have a dream-like quality in which the constraints of time and space do not apply. This mirrors the child\u2019s consciousness at this age, which is not yet connected to the stream of time. European stories can be supplemented with stories of other countries, particularly from indigenous Australian cultures, providing they contain the archetypal and dream-like qualities appropriate for this age group.<\/p>\n
Children at this age are still developing their sense of an isolated self and so retain strong identification with the world around them, giving them a natural connection to the world of nature. Nature stories and nature activities, particularly those showing the seasons and cycles of the natural world, connect to their native state of inter-relatedness with humankind, nature and the heavens; hence, nature and the elements are personified in story content. Seasonal festivals and seasonal cooking are celebrated, and nature walks are normally included on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n
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Form Drawing and Dynamic Drawing<\/h3>\nForm drawing is a preparation for writing letters and numbers. Abstract symbols are brought to life through physical activity: before putting them on paper, the children form shapes and movements with their bodies and walk the shapes on the ground.<\/p>\n
The letters are introduced through the qualities of spoken sound; consonants are presented through stories and pictures chosen for their relationship to the nature of that letter, while vowels are presented as expressions of feeling. Each letter than develops its own special significance.<\/p>\n
These are also introduced through personification in story and picture, giving character and moral qualities to these abstract concepts; for example, the addition character may accumulate and hoard his wealth, while the division character may divide and share his kingdom.<\/p>\n
Fairy Tales<\/strong> (usually 3-4 main lessons, focussed on developing literacy) Form Drawing<\/strong> – English, Maths, Curriculum Themes for Class One In Class One the most important way to meet the children\u2019s needs is in the way the content is introduced. The gradual change from activity and imitation in kindergarten to a more formal approach to learning in Class One is facilitated by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-PageTemplate4.php","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":""},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/261\/revisions\/380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drss.vic.edu.au\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIntroduction to Numerals<\/strong> (usually 2+ main lessons)
\nThe four mathematical processes<\/strong> (usually 2+ main lessons)
\nNature study\/home surroundings<\/strong> (nature, festivals, food \u2013 3 lessons)
\nThemes in practice<\/strong> (subject) lessons
\nGuided free play, games and group activities<\/strong> to help social interaction
\nGames to support literacy and numeracy<\/strong>, simple concentration games
\nMusic<\/strong> connected with the main lesson themes
\nArtistic work, modeling etc<\/strong> on main lesson themes reinforces the beauty of nature<\/p>\nPossible Main Lessons in Class One<\/h3>\n
\nIntroduction to Letters<\/strong> \u2013 English
\nIntroduction to Numbers<\/strong> \u2013 Mathematics
\nIntroduction to Recorder<\/strong> \u2013 Creative Arts (Music)
\nAutumn Tales<\/strong> \u2013 Science, English
\nTraditional Folk and Fairy Tales<\/strong> \u2013 English
\nIntroduction to the 4 Processes<\/strong> – Mathematics
\nIntroduction to Lower Case Letters<\/strong> \u2013 English
\nThe 4 Processes<\/strong> \u2013 Mathematics
\nSpring Stories<\/strong> \u2013 Science, English
\nWord Families<\/strong> \u2013 English
\nNumeration (cardinal, ordinal, odd and even numbers)<\/strong> \u2013 Mathematics
\nPlay Performance<\/strong> \u2013 English, Creative Arts (Drama)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"