DISCOVERY CENTERS
SENSORY AND MOTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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Objective: Engage all five senses (sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste) to foster comprehensive sensory development.
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Benefits:
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Promotes oral language through interactive dialogue.
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Stimulates imagination and creative expression.
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Encourages cooperation and teamwork.
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Supports impulse control and turn-taking skills.
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Facilitates understanding of cause and effect through observation.
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CONSTRUCTION AND LOGICAL THINKING
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Objective: Utilize spatial awareness and fine motor skills to explore shapes and forms.
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Benefits:
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Enhances understanding of spatial relationships.
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Introduces basic geometric concepts and language (top, below, under, over).
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Stimulates sensory development and imaginative play.
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Promotes cooperation and sharing in a communal space.
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Encourages recognition and assembly of shapes to understand wholes and parts.
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CREATIVE ARTS EXPLORATION
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Objective: Foster creative expression and fine motor skills through diverse artistic mediums.
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Benefits:
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Stimulates imagination and hand-eye coordination.
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Develops visual discrimination and pre-writing abilities.
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Encourages individual expression and appreciation of diversity.
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Provides opportunities for following directions and turn-taking.
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EARLY LITERACY AND LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT
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Objective: Enhance communication skills, including listening, speaking, and early literacy.
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Benefits:
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Builds positive self-image and expressive abilities.
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Strengthens auditory and visual discrimination.
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Introduces basic narrative structures and association skills.
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Develops descriptive language and fine motor skills for writing.
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FOUNDATIONAL MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS
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Objective: Introduce foundational math concepts through hands-on experiences.
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Benefits:
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Enhances understanding of classification, color, shape, and size.
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Develops problem-solving and matching skills.
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Encourages recognition of patterns and quantitative concepts (more, less, same).
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Fosters spatial awareness and logical thinking.
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SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ROLE-PLAY
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Objective: Support social and emotional development through role-playing and storytelling.
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Benefits:
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Stimulates imagination and oral language skills.
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Develops understanding of social roles and self-help skills.
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Encourages cooperative play and communication.
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Allows for the recreation of real-life scenarios, facilitating learning through experience.
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND INQUIRY
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Objective: Promote inquiry and exploration through hands-on scientific investigation.
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Benefits:
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Engages the senses to develop recognition and observation skills.
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Encourages understanding of natural phenomena, cause and effect.
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Offers opportunities for experimentation and hypothesis testing.
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Fosters appreciation for nature, growth, change, and diversity.
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