Basic life skills
Learn to listen; learn to consciously see, feel, hear, smell, touch,
taste; learn to take instructions; learn to understand instructions; learn
to carry out instructions; learn to focus on learning skills; learn to
concentrate, focus, channel thought.
Learn to remember what we learn; develop conscious thought of simple movement;
learn to use our bodies as we choose; learn rhythm within movement, emotion
and thought; develop an imagination; learn to set goals; learn to fail,
to achieve, to succeed.
Learn routine; learn patience, tolerance and achievement through repetition;
learn to share; learn to take turns; learn to participate in activities
individually and as part of a group; learn to orientate to new environments;
learn to be adventurous.
Learn social interaction, respect, values, integrity; to be peers; learn
to know quality of life; learn personal boundaries; learn personal limits
within ability/inability/disability.
Learn to know feeling good, happy, competent, capable, happy, healthy;
learn to trust; learn to have and to create fun; learn dignity.
Physical/Mental/Emotional Development
Accelerates and increases development; accelerates psycho-physical development; better ability to adapt to new situations; greater self confidence, self-esteem and more independence; greater concentration and focus.
More capable to meet new challenges; more strong-willed; more independent
in their decisions; show initiative; move about more spontaneously, more
fearlessly with more certainty; display greater motor activity; superior
in their physical condition; increased quality, accuracy& reaction of
movement.
Improved intelligence; they master new situations more quickly and independently;
more expressive & creative at play.
Social sphere
Show greater readiness for social contact; participate in group activities;
better ability to be integrated into the peer group; more willingness
to visit other children away from home and play outdoors.
More able to tolerate and react calmly to disappointments inflicted by
children in peer groups; better interaction between child and parent;
are better prepared for diversified activities like ballet, karate, gymnastics,
horse riding, ice skating, music, art and hobbies.
Personality Development
In the areas of self-reliance vs dependence or fear; performance motivation
as well as the differentiation adaptation to task; stimulated and motivated
by task; handle confrontations with new and strange situations better
and more effortlessly.
Control their own behaviour; awareness of their own exertion, proficiency,
mastering of a given task; learn to express themselves mentally, physically,
emotionally; realize their full potential.
"A true teacher is not one with most knowledge, rather it is one who causes most others to have knowledge"
