In a contemporary world dominated by the prospects of artificial intelligence (AI), coding has emerged as the fundamental language shaping the genesis and progression of AI. It serves as the conduit through which we and future generations comprehend, craft, and pioneer advancements in AI technologies. As AI perpetuates its transformative impact on our daily lives, possessing a solid grasp of its underlying mechanisms has become increasingly essential.
With AI technology progressing at an unprecedented pace, we need to prepare and equip our children with the skills to be able to adapt to these changes. Recognising the significance of early preparations, ELFA has been taking a proactive approach to ensure that our students have the knowledge and proficiency to thrive in the future landscape of technology with coding skills.
Coding has been an integral part of the ELFA curriculum since 2019 as one of our core programmes. This has proven to be beneficial to our students from Nursery to Kindergarten 2, providing them with the foundational sills and coding awareness that they will need as they progress through their educational years.
Coding allows children to develop fundamental skills and competencies in gadget awareness, programming, coding play behaviours, and the use of appropriate coding vocabulary
Here at ELFA, our coding education takes a thematic approach. We help our children connect their coding activities to real-world scenarios, which allows them to further their practical understanding of the skill. For example, our students designed clinic maps and simulated logistic needs within a clinic space by programming robots to navigate and facilitate various tasks. This helps them to build a deeper connection between what they learn and its real-world applications, bridging the gap between theoretical and practical understanding.
These coding activities help our students to not only develop computational thinking and reasoning, but also enhance critical skills such as problem-solving, creativity, effective communication, and confidence in manipulating basic tech gadgets. We help children gain confidence as they achieve outcomes through assigned challenges. We use age-appropriate programmable gadgets and applications to help our students learn. With a teacher’s guidance, your child will be able to explore for themselves with an independent problem-solving and innovative mindset.
ELFA’s Coding programme is built with progressive learning from Nursery through to Kindergarten Two, exposing children to age-appropriate tech gadgets, devices and software for learning
Our approach also regularly evaluates each child’s skills in gadget awareness, programming, and coding behaviours. This evaluation assesses their progress while identifying room for innovation to nurture their creativity and potential. In this manner, our curriculum provides our students with the necessary logical thinking skills on top of coding, a skill which is necessary in this 21st century.
Coding education is not just teaching a programming language —it is about fostering a mindset of innovation and problem-solving. By exposing our children to such skills early on, we empower them to be future-ready with the ability to navigate a tech-driven world with confidence and adaptability.
Children are empowered to create their own stories through Coding, making learning relevant, memorable and fun
At ELFA, we are not only teaching the fundamentals of technology and coding; we are nurturing future innovators. With our coding programme, we are sowing the seeds of creativity and problem-solving, and preparing our children to flourish in an increasingly technology-reliant world.