Additional Learning Experiences
Cooking
As a Montessori, we explore the technique of hands on learning, this includes cooking. The children at our setting cook every week, this promotes an understanding of foods, the body and the concept of processes producing an outcome. It also increases the use of fine motor skills and allows the children to demonstrate interest and concentration in a fun and different way.
Mindfulness and Yoga
Every week the children are encouraged to take time together to practice yoga and mindfulness. This gives the children a moment to think about their bodies, how they are feeling and be aware of those around them. At Chalfont St Peter Montessori School, we combine fun yoga stretches, mindful breathing, calm discussions as well as many other techniques in order to encourage and promote a calm, respectful environment, that increases the individual child's resilience to tricky situations for the children.
Rugbytots offers fun, structured play sessions that take children on an exciting journey of sporting imagination. Led by energetic, supportive coaches, little ones learn to catch, pass, kick, and run with the ball, while developing teamwork skills. Activities use colours, shapes, numbers and animals to make learning age-appropriate and engaging.
Get Set 4 Tennis is a community-focused coaching organisation dedicated to making tennis fun and accessible for all children. Our sessions at the nursery help develop coordination, balance, teamwork, and confidence through engaging, play-based activities. We also run two welcoming community tennis venues in Maple Cross and Abbots Langley, where players of all ages and abilities can enjoy inclusive, high-quality tennis in a friendly environment.
Caterpillar Music offers engaging and educational weekly music sessions designed especially for children aged 0 to 4 years. Each session is carefully planned around a fun weekly theme, using music, movement, and imaginative play to support early learning and development
Tappy Toes is a fun, engaging and enjoyable dance and movement class for preschool children. Our sessions are designed to support the development of children's coordination, balance and spacial awareness. We do this through the songs, the props and the movements we use.
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Our sessions are not only fun but also educational. We use a range of songs that incorporate lots of different types of language (numbers, colours), the use of imagination (marching like a monster, flying like a bird etc) and songs that improve their sense of musicality and music awareness (keeping in time with the music, listening for quiet and loud).