The Importance of Nature for Brain Health: Reconnecting Our Children with the Outdoors
In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, children are spending more time indoors than any generation before them. With screens and devices taking over their playtime, this shift away from nature is having a profound impact on their cognitive development, emotional health, and behaviour. While we marvel at the advances of the digital age, it’s essential to […]
The Importance of “Heavy Work” for Young Children
The Importance of “Heavy Work” for Young Children When you think about toddler games and play equipment, you likely imagine soft, lightweight toys that are easy to handle. While these certainly have their place, there’s another type of play that’s equally important but often overlooked: heavy work. Heavy work involves activities like pulling, pushing, and […]
The Importance of Crawling in Early Childhood Development
Often in my practice, parents tell me, “My child didn’t really want to crawl as a baby, but I knew it was important. I don’t really know why it’s important, but everyone said it was, so I kept putting them down on all fours to make sure they crawled.” Firstly, well done—you did the right […]
Nurturing Growth: How to Help Your Child Build a Growth Mindset
As parents, we all want our children to flourish and succeed. One powerful way to facilitate this growth is by helping them develop a growth mindset. In this blog, we will explore what a growth mindset is, why it is essential for your child’s development, and practical tips on how to nurture it. Understanding a […]
The importance of toys in a child’s development
Plenty of evidence shows how playing with toys is an essential aspect of children’s development. Children of all ages enjoy playing with toys and the different roles toys play in their make-believe games and fantasy worlds. But toys are much more than simple playthings. Many studies have shown that children learn through interaction and toys […]
Why taste and smell are important
Kids’ senses of smell and taste are often taken for granted. From birth, parents are encouraged to engage their kids in sensory play that boost the development of their sight, touch and vocabulary. But what about tasting and smelling? These senses are integral to how humans understand the world around them. So, along with showing […]
What is working memory and why is it important?
To do an activity, children depend on both incoming information and information stored in working memory. If they have poor working memory skills, it can become difficult to do both these tasks. As a result, it can become challenging to follow multi-step directions. Children with poor memory skills also find it difficult to think about […]
Why counting on fingers is important in the foundation phase
It is very well known that, during the early stages of development, kids’ hands play a major role in their interactions with their parents, peers and teachers. Specifically, the importance of their fingers in the early development of numerical abilities has been proven extensively. Learning and practising finger counting has been demonstrated to be essential […]
How to improve your child’s literacy development at home
Learning experiences play a major role in the language development as well as conceptual development of children. These experiences are very personal to each learner, and the home is the best way to begin learning from birth and extend the learning throughout the school career. How to make literacy part of your home Enhance vocabulary […]
Encouraging a growth mindset in your child
For a thriving, happy life, children need to develop the right mindset early on. When teaching children their brains are capable of growing, they feel empowered and more confident to take on tasks and overcome challenges. How we think about our abilities and potential is part of our mindset. This can greatly influence our behaviour […]
