The sensory environment in nurseries and its role in the development of children’s cognitive skills

Interview at Baby Zone Nursery

Children in schools and rehabilitation centres are not the only ones who benefit from the sensory environment. The sensory environment in nursery can also benefit young children. It stimulates all of their senses and helps them develop their skills. The purpose of this interview is to explore the role of the sensory environment in the development of children’s sensory, cognitive, and cognitive skills in nurseries and kindergartens.

About the Nursery and Interview

This interview took place at Baby Zone Nursery in Nablus. The nursery was founded in 2017. It offers daycare services to children aged two and a half to four years. sensoryREADY, light table, space bags, and sensory oil tiles are among the sensory products and tools provided in the nursery.

There are 45 children in the nursery. The nursery offers a developmental plan to help children transition to kindergarten. The teacher divides the children into three sections based on their age. The program includes cognitive, cognitive, psychological, and motor materials. The nursery employs eleven teachers. Three teachers were trained in the use of sensory tools. The trained ones supervise work in the sensory environment and teach other nannies about it in the nursery and kindergarten.

The interview used semi-structured questions to conduct with the teacher, Wasila Dawaya. Where the teacher has spent three years working in the nursery. The interview included Eighteen quantitative and qualitative questions.

The sensory environment in the nursery contributed significantly to the development of children’s sensory, cognitive, and perceptual skills, according to an interview with the teacher. Parents experienced remarkable growth as well.

Sensory Enabled Classes

The standard session within the sensory environment lasts sixty minutes. Children are gathered in sensory environments in groups of no more than ten at a time. The group spends about twenty minutes with each sensory tool: relaxation with the sensoryREADY, play with the light table, and movement activities with the space bag. This is accomplished by switching between groups.

According to the teacher, the sensoryREADY plays the contributes to the process of children’s development and skill improvement through educational content. In addition to the ease with which the system’s contents can be merged. During the session, the sensoryREADY offers an easy way to draw children’s attention to the desired exercise or skill.

The teacher mentioned the use of educational games in the sensoryREADY and its effect on children’s information consolidation. The teacher can do the exercise with the children either collectively or individually. Allowing the child to answer the exercise question by himself using the sensoryREADY. She mentioned that she used the following educational games with the children: Learn the Colours, Learn the Shapes, Learn the Animal Sounds, and Lean the Alphabet.

Assistive tools usage

The teacher uses the light table in three ways: to teach colours, shapes, and sand play. Typically, she arranges various shapes and materials on the table. This activity is entertaining, educational, psychological, and kinetic at the same time. Older children use the table to write, colour, and mix colours in their drawings.

The teacher wears a space bag with the children in the motor activity classes, encouraging them to move in a coordinated and collective manner. She mentioned that she uses oil tiles for children with excessive movement to do walking and jumping exercises. The exercise on the oil tiles improves the child’s concentration and ability to follow the teacher’s instructions.

The nursery follows an educational curriculum through play with the children. The nursery’s sensory environment is an ideal setting for this. In addition to its contribution to creating a relaxing environment through the use of lighting, music, and sound effects.

The teached stated that she uses the sensory environment when she believes the children’s moods are turbid and unbalanced. Because it directly demonstrates signs of calm, comfort, and enjoyment. This helps to limit their movement and energy in an environment that is useful and safe for them.

The educator stated that the use of tools is dependent on the child’s age group. Children under the age of three should not use the sensoryREADY screen. It is sufficient to use sounds and music. For older children, the teacher uses educational games,

Models for the development of children’s sensory, cognitive, and perceptual abilities

When walking, two-year-old Samir movement was bit unbalanced an chaotic. His ability to walk and awareness of his body’s location in relation to other bodies improved after several individual and group sessions using the sensory space bag.

Laure, the four-year-old, now expresses her feelings more effectively and uses the appropriate terms and expressions, in addition to distinguishing herself from all countries around the world through the interactive games in the sensory box.

Summary

The purpose of this interview was to discuss the role of the sensory environment in nurseries in developing children’s sensory, cognitive, and perceptual skills through the use of several sensory tools with them. The Sensory environment contributed greatly to the development of children’s skills in early childhood and worked to develop their scholastic abilities.

• The nursery’s sensory environment has helped children develop their sensory skills, knowledge, and perception.
• The sensory environment aided in the development of a cooperative spirit in the classroom.
• The sensory room accommodated motor, muscular, sensory, and cognitive exercises.
• The sensory fund helped to improve communication between the teacher and the students.
• The sensory box provided children with an engaging way to receive and retrieve information.