YALC: Playful Pals Summer Programme (Early Childhood Education)

Rooted in the Yew Chung Approach to Early Childhood Education, our Playful Pals Summer Programme is designed for parents and their children aged 1.5 to 3 years. The programme aims to foster early childhood development through engaging sensory activities that stimulate exploration, creativity, and bonding between parents and children.

Objectives

• Enhance Sensory Development: Provide a variety of sensory experiences to help children explore their environment through touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell, which support early cognitive development.
• Encourage Parent-Child Bonding: Create opportunities for parents to interact and play with their children, strengthening their relationship.
• Promote Social Skills: Facilitate interactions among families to encourage socialisation and sharing.
• Support Early Learning: Introduce concepts of colours, textures, math, science, and basic problem-solving through playful activities.

 Activities Overview

• Free Play at Learning Corners (40 minutes): Various themed stations for sensory exploration, art, and imaginative play. 
• Physical Play (30 minutes): Activities that promote the development of gross motor skills, such as obstacle courses and group games.
• Goodbye Time (20 minutes): Tidying up, followed by bubble play, parachute games, and singing songs to wrap up the session.

Learning Corners: Stations focusing on different sensory experiences, including:

• Art Corner: Non-toxic paints and natural materials for creative expression. 
• Science Corner: Simple experiments with water, sand, and safe household items.
• Math Corner: Shape sorting and counting games using colourful blocks.
• Role Play Corner: Participate in imaginative experiences to recreate, explore and be creative. 
• Music Corner: Explore rhythm and musical instruments to express creativity and engage in movement opportunities. 
• Sensory Corner and Sensory Play: Engage in experiences that provoke hands-on exploration through messy and sensory play. 

Snack Time: Healthy snacks will be provided to promote parent-child interaction

Physical Play:

• Obstacle courses 
• Cycling
• Balls 
• Climbing

Goodbye Time

• Encourage children to help tidy up their play areas.
• Engage in bubble play or parachute games (fostering teamwork and fun) or sing-alongs (to reinforce language skills and community spirit).

Programme Details

Dates & Address

• Week 1: July 7-11, YCIS ECE (KLT) - 29 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong
• Week 2: July 14-18 YCIS ECE (TKO) - Savannah Place, 3 Chi Shin Street, Tseung Kwan O 

Duration 

• Per session: 1.5 hours
• Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
• Option A: 3 sessions (Monday, Wednesday & Friday)
• Option B: 2 sessions (Tuesday and Thursday)

Target Audience

• Children aged 1.5 to 3 years, parents and caregivers *each child joining a class should be accompanied by one adult 

Language

• Cantonese and English