Early Childhood Education — Baby Class to Reception

Course overview

This course supports Blessed Shiloh Christian School’s Early Childhood pathway from Baby Class through Middle Class to Reception. Teachers should use the school’s current admission and placement guidance when assigning learners to a class. The programme is designed around active learning, purposeful play, conversation, stories, movement, practical discovery and positive relationships.

The learning areas reflect the Zambian Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Education syllabus: Literacy and Language (English and Zambian Languages), Pre-Mathematics and Science, and Creative and Technology Studies. Learning is holistic and should be connected to familiar home, school and community experiences.

Course outcomes

• Develop listening, speaking, vocabulary, sound awareness and emergent literacy.
• Build number sense, matching, sorting, pattern, shape and early scientific curiosity.
• Express ideas through art, music, movement, making and play.
• Develop self-care, social confidence, safety awareness and positive values.
• Prepare Reception learners for transition into Grade 1.

Teaching and assessment

Use observation, oral interaction, practical demonstrations, guided play, learner portfolios and short age-appropriate checks. Differentiate tasks according to developmental readiness and provide accessible ways for learners to communicate and participate.