Brain Growth and Development
A peek at the early stages of brain development and how early childhood education encourages brain growth, memory and language development in babies and young preschool children. At birth, a baby's brain already has 100,000,000,000 cells. This is about the…
WHAT IS VISION THERAPY and TOUCH AND TONGUE ACTIVITIES?
WHAT IS VISION THERAPY? The child is helped by visual skill activities that reinforce and through repetition integrating with the motor and cognitive abilities. Vision Therapy is designed to enhance the brain's ability to control: eye alignment, eye tracking and…
Indoor Games for Tots
Sponge Baseball - Draw on the blackboard the diagram below: Players stand ten feet away. Two teams. The first team bats and the first batter throws a sponge at the board. The wet spot from the sponge will record the…
Kindergarten Challenge Games
Magic Bridges - A bridge is made by two participants standing facing each other. Have six bridges spread around the room. Rest of the group moves to the music going through the raised arm bridges. When the music stops, the…
Understanding The Infants and Toddlers Worlds
Today, developmentally appropriate care is rare for infants and toddlers in all settings, than it is for older children. For infants, the cornerstone of their curriculum and nurturing is the teacher and the relationship the infant establishes with their teacher.…
Sharing Approval
Recognition can take numerous forms – a word of praise, an embrace, thumbs up sign, and at times a tangible reward. But every bit is important to reinforcing the speed with which the approval is shown – the praise should…
Icebreaker Games for Children
Ice-breakers are valuable sessions for beginning training children to Raising awareness about social interactions. Doing simple games with social interaction goals like using balloons or musical chairs in creative ways which help share our day-to-day interactions and expectations about other…
Parachute Games – Sport Activity
Sports activities are usually a large part of leisure time for children. Typically, children join a sports team that interests them, like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, flag football, or gymnastics. These sports activities not only teach children a skill, they…
WHAT DOES MUSIC DO FOR THE CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT?
The following are music goals of what happens with children at preschool level: Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during…