Creative Workshops now also offered in Masakhane, Gansbaai
We have expanded the reach of our Creative Workshops in Stanford to include the Masakhane community near Gansbaai. Masakhane is a township of about 12 000 residents, most of…
Building puzzles, building skills at Stanford Creative Works
Many children we see in our school-based program have difficulties with their visual perception skills. This means that information that is received through the eyes and sent to the brain…
Parents Workshop at Die Bron Primary School
This term we offered another workshop for the parents of the foundation phase learners at Die Bron Primary in collaoration with Jenny van Velden from the Principals Academy. The parents’…
Stanford Creative Works: Open workshops
Over the past few weeks we explored a variety of themes and projects in our extramural afternoon workshops. We offered beading activities, movement and games, craft with nature materials, clay…
Basic concepts training at Die Bron
On 23 June we had our 4th session with Louis Benjamin from the Basic Concepts Training and the domain we focused on was position. The Basic Concepts Training aims to…
It’s the little things that count
The term is coming to an end. While reflecting on the past few months and all the children, activities and programs that we did, I ask myself what stands out. Our…
Working with paper mache at Funimfundo Pre-school
This week we guided the children through the process of making paper mache bowls. This activity engages the senses as well as the hands and eyes and the children have…
Sensory Games at Stanford Creative Works (SCW)
This week our focus was all about the senses. Learning through the senses is a core pillar of our early learning program. We stimulate the senses via games such as…
Movement Workshop for Teachers in Stanford
On the 16 May 2017, Die Bron school in Stanford hosted a movement workshop for teachers in the town of Stanford. Teachers from different schools and community organisations attended and…
Stanford Creative Works (SCW) – Shapes and Lines
This week we explored shapes and lines in our early learning program. This enabled the children to understand letters for reading and writing activities in school. They need to acquire…