Lyn is originally from Singapore. She holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education - Teaching from Seed Institute.
Lyn has a lot of experience working with young children and loves her job. She sees all the children she works with as beautiful individuals and is happy to see them learning through play and through social bonding. She believes in creating a lifelong love of learning in her students and seeing students develop on all levels.
In her free time, Lyn loves watching movies and cooking.
To communicate effectively using language, Early Childhood learners must practise four essential skills. We call these language skills. They include: listening, speaking and presenting, reading, and writing.
At One World International School (OWIS), we believe in the benefits of play-based and inquiry-led learning for our youngest learners at our Nanyang and Suntec campuses. We also believe in using this education approach to build a firm foundation in English language and literacy skills.
Listening is an essential skill for early learners because it opens doors to communication. Listening includes hearing what the teacher and classmates say and then responding accordingly. There's a give-and-take to effective listening, but it's not necessarily a skill that comes naturally to all young children. Therefore, to strengthen listening skills, teachers may read books aloud to the class and then ask questions afterwards.
To have solid listening skills, children must be able to do the following:
As children develop skills in speaking and presenting, they're better able to talk about what they've heard, seen, or experienced. Their vocabularies increase, and they're able to express their thoughts and impressions to others effectively. They can talk about projects on which they've worked with teachers and the class. They can talk about pictures and messages, and they learn age-appropriate skills in presentation. At One World International School in Singapore, even early learners have ample opportunities to share their work and achievements with others.
In our leading Early Childhood programme in Singapore, children develop essential skills in reading, spelling, comprehension, and more. Children learn sight words, and they learn how to decode words using their knowledge of letters and sounds. They can identify the long and short sounds of vowels and consonants, and also identify the main events of a story and recognise who the narrator is. They learn the basics of phonics in Early Childhood and can use these skills to decipher simple unknown words.
Our Early Childhood writing programme helps young children learn fundamental writing skills on which they can build as they progress through the grade levels. Initially, they learn how to form uppercase and lowercase letters, write simple numbers, and put letters together to form words. Next, they work on simple rules of grammar and punctuation, phonetic spellings and the formation of simple sentences.
Our Early Childhood programme is among the popular preschool programmes in Singapore because we focus on age-appropriate instruction and play-based learning. Our classrooms are designed to accommodate movement and activity. In our English Language lessons, we incorporate play-based activities to teach phonics, presentation, reading, writing, listening, and more. Specific methods involve:
Additionally, OWIS also emphasises personalised instruction, particularly for encouraging non-native English speakers.
Our experienced and caring preschool teachers at our campuses in Singapore use time-tested techniques to support and nurture non-native English Speakers in the following ways:
Contact us today if you're interested in learning more about Early Childhood education at our OWIS Suntec or OWIS Nanyang campuses in Singapore. We follow the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), underpinned by the English National Curriculum to help children accomplish age-appropriate learning outcomes. We're happy to tell you more in our school tour and answer any questions you may have regarding our Early Childhood Programmes.
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