Progress Report: Mphoentle Tabitha Matela by Cindy van Heerden

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Educator:

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Delia Scheepers

Principal: Mercia Cruickshank

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Date Of Birth:

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6 February 2024

Height:

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92cm

Weight:

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10.8kg

Body Awareness:

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Mphoentle is developing a strong sense of body awareness for her age. She can point to and identify several of her body parts, including her eyes, head, nose, and ears, demonstrating an emerging understanding of her own body. She enjoys participating in songs and games that involve naming and touching body parts, such as “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes,” joining in with enthusiasm and delight. Her growing awareness of her body supports her coordination and confidence in movement. She uses her body purposefully during play and daily routines, which further strengthens both her motor skills and cognitive development.

Fine Motor:

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Mphoentle is developing strong fine motor skills for her age. She enjoys engaging in hands-on activities such as stacking cups, which helps her develop coordination and problem-solving abilities. She also loves exploring playdough, using her hands to squeeze, roll, and pat it—activities that strengthen the small muscles in her fingers and hands.

When colouring, she can hold a crayon with a steady grip and enjoys making marks and scribbles on paper, demonstrating growing control, precision, and confidence in her hand movements.

Gross Motor:

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Mphoentle is developing excellent gross motor skills for her age. She moves confidently and with enthusiasm, showing great enjoyment in physical play. She loves running around the playground and demonstrates good balance, coordination, and control while doing so.

She also enjoys climbing on the play structure and is able to do so independently, displaying strong muscle strength and confidence in her abilities. Her eagerness to explore and take on new physical challenges reflects her growing independence and body awareness.

Visual Development:

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Mphoentle’s visual development is progressing well for her age. She is able to focus on and track moving objects with ease, demonstrating good attention and curiosity during play. She enjoys visually exploring her environment, observing details in toys, books, and pictures. When playing, she carefully watches how objects move and fit together, such as when stacking cups or working with puzzles. This shows growing hand–eye coordination and visual problem-solving skills. She also enjoys looking at picture books and can recognise familiar images, demonstrating developing visual memory and understanding.

Auditory Development:

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Mphoentle’s auditory development is progressing well for her age. She listens attentively to sounds, songs, and voices in her environment and responds appropriately when spoken to or when her name is called. She enjoys participating in musical activities and shows excitement when familiar songs or rhymes are played. Although she is not yet speaking fluently, she responds to simple instructions such as “come,” “let’s go,” “let’s pray,” and “sit down,” demonstrating understanding through her actions. She also enjoys experimenting with sounds and music, which supports her listening and early language development.

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Art:

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Mphoentle shows a strong interest and enjoyment in art activities. She loves using her hands to paint, exploring colours and textures with great excitement. She enjoys the sensory experience of feeling the paint and making marks on paper, experimenting with different movements and patterns. Her engagement demonstrates creativity, curiosity, and growing control of her hands and fingers, as she confidently expresses herself through her artwork.

Music and Rhythm:

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Mphoentle has a wonderful sense of enjoyment and enthusiasm for music and rhythm. She loves listening to songs and often moves and dances along to the beat with delight. Her natural sense of rhythm is evident as she claps, sways, or taps her feet in time with the music. She also enjoys experimenting with simple musical instruments, exploring the different sounds she can create, which further develops her auditory awareness and coordination.

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Mphoentle is developing strong social and emotional skills and is showing wonderful growth in her independence and confidence. Although she is not yet speaking, she actively explores her environment and engages thoughtfully with toys and play materials. She interacts positively with her peers, participating in parallel play and gradually showing curiosity and interest in cooperative play. Mphoentle communicates her feelings and needs effectively through gestures, facial expressions, and actions, demonstrating a growing understanding of herself and others around her.

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Mphoentle is developing her early literacy and language skills beautifully. She enjoys participating in group activities, such as morning ring, eagerly joining in with songs and rhymes. Although she is not yet clearly verbalising the words, she happily mumbles along to the tunes and confidently performs the accompanying actions.

Her enthusiasm during songs and story time demonstrates her growing understanding of rhythm, language patterns, and meaning through repetition and active participation.

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Mphoentle is beginning to develop her early numeracy skills through play. She enjoys stacking cups, sorting toys, and exploring different shapes and sizes. These activities help her begin to understand important concepts such as big and small, more and less, and encourage her to notice patterns and relationships between objects.

She also enjoys songs and rhymes that include counting, which helps her start to recognise numbers and sequences in a fun and engaging way. Her participation in these activities demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to explore early mathematical ideas through playful learning.

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Mphoentle, it has been an absolute joy to watch you grow and develop this year. Although you are a quiet little girl, your confidence shines through in everything you do—from exploring new activities to joining in our songs, rhymes, and dances. Your curiosity, independence, and eagerness to learn make you a true delight in class, and it has been wonderful to see your personality blossom day by day.

I wish you a fantastic year ahead, filled with fun, learning, and exciting new experiences. Keep being your confident, kind, and sweet self—I know you will continue to grow, shine, and achieve wonderful things!

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