Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
www.grow-it.co.za<br />
<strong>Grow</strong> Classroom Kit Overview<br />
2. Classroom Equipment<br />
n<br />
n<br />
n<br />
n<br />
n<br />
Children are amazingly resourceful and creative. They will transform cardboard boxes into space<br />
ships, stones into animals, and cardboard tubes into telephones.<br />
Having the appropriate types and quantity of toys and educational material,encourages and<br />
enhances hands-on learning throughout all the developmental areas.<br />
<strong>Grow</strong>–Early-Childhood-Classroom-Kit contains the most essential LTSM (Learner-Teacher-<br />
Support-Material) to sustain successful implementation and integration between the daily<br />
planning activities and equipment. This results in an optimised learning environment for the<br />
young.<br />
All Equipment is integrated with the content-area instructions and planning activities. Contentareas<br />
include life skills, art, free play, maths, language, dance, drama, music and movement<br />
activities.<br />
<strong>Grow</strong>-Early-Learning-Classroom-Kits utilizes an effective inventory list for monitoring the<br />
amounts and types of materials in each Classroom Kit.<br />
n Simple clean-up strategies are implemented, so when used consistently, it would help the<br />
children take ownership and pride in their classroom.<br />
n<br />
<strong>Grow</strong> Classroom Equipment is stored in labelled containers. Labelled and designated storage<br />
containers encourage independence and ownership, help children realize that words have<br />
meaning, infuse the environment with print, free the teacher for individual instruction to children,<br />
turn clean-up time into another learning opportunity and make it easier to take and maintain<br />
inventory.<br />
303