2 to 3 Years Room

The 2-3 room caters for 12 children per day and has three full time staff caring for and educating the group.

Our Goals

The 2-3 room provides a safe and secure environment which ensures children can develop flexible, secure, supportive, respectful and collaborative relationships. Positive guidance is used as a basis for allowing children to develop the knowledge and gain the experience of respecting each other and their environment, for now and in the future.

Long term goals that are focused on throughout the year are:

Social – For children to develop positive social interactions through turn taking, sharing and using verbal communication, to expand on their imagination though role playing.

Language – For children to communicate their needs to each other, developing the skills to verbally express themselves. For children to expand on their vocabulary through using sentences and discovering culturally diverse phrases.

Emotional – For children to develop a sense of self and an awareness of each other’s feelings and how to respond to these with respect.

Gross Motor – For children to develop whole body awareness, coordination and balance, to freely explore and develop at their own rate, to enhance confidence.

Fine Motor – For children to explore freely to enhance their eye-hand coordination and control.

Cognitive - For children to begin to be aware of colours, numbers, shapes and letters.

The Program

The 2-3 room program places a large emphasis on learning through play, and whilst individual objectives and current interest areas are catered for, a strong emphasis is placed on offering opportunities for children to engage in free play, as this allows children to extend on their abilities informally, through play that is child initiated, enjoyable, spontaneous, voluntary and involves the child totally.

The room program strongly supports the five P’s of play:

1Provide progression of play

2Present opportunities for learning

3Participate by giving the right amount of help at the right time

4Promote successful play by taking an interest in what the children are doing

5Praise and encourage the children for their success

Ample opportunities for play are provided for children, including solitary play, parallel play and cooperative play, ensuring all children’s varying levels of social development are catered for.

• Solitary play means, an experience set up for one child. It is a space where a child can spend time alone, retreat, relax and play without demands of sharing and interacting with other children.
• Parallel play means, an experience set up for two children. It is a space where two and three year olds can enjoy the companionships of playing side by side, at times imitating each other.
• Group play means, an experience set out for three or more children. It’s a play space that meets the needs of children who are ready to play cooperatively.

Providing these various levels of play for children creates the opportunity for children to choose how, where and with whom they play with.

As the time approaches for children to move from the 2-3 to the kinder room, opportunities for orientation into the new environment are offered, enabling children to become familiar with the staff and room routines. This practise is individualised for each child based on their specific needs.