What is Fine Motor Development in Young Children?

Fine motor development have to do with the muscles in the fingers, hands and wrists

If you notice your child struggling with tasks like using scissors or writing, the term ‘fine motor development’ may have come up. But what exactly are fine motor skills and how do they develop? Let’s take a closer look. Fine motor skills involve movements that make use of the small muscles in the hands and […]

Understanding Motor Development in Children

Motor Development includes both small and large muscles

Motor development includes both fine motor and gross motor skills.  When a baby spends a lot of time on their backs or stomachs, it helps to develop their coordination, balance, and muscle strength. And after a lot of concentration and practice, babies will be able to reach and grasp objects, roll over, sit up and […]

Learning maths skills early on is easy!

Everyday activities like baking are a great way to practice maths skills

Children use early math skills in everything they do. We call these developing maths skills: numeracy – the ability to understand and work with numbers. Even simple routines like tidying up, brushing teeth and going shopping can be used as opportunities to teach your child about math. Math is Everywhere! Mathematics helps children to makes […]

The sequence in which Early Numeracy Skills develop

The foundations for numeracy are laid in early childhood

Numeracy skills help us navigate important everyday tasks such as shopping, cooking, understanding sports scores and even travelling. But before we can start teaching children formal maths concepts at school, we need to first make sure that they have a solid foundation of early numeracy skills. Rote counting is the first step in numeracy development: […]

Encouraging Early Childhood Development

Do these three things to support early childhood development

The term Early Childhood Development refers to a child’s overall development between birth and nine years of age.  Areas of development include physical, cognitive, social and language abilities.  When children are young, the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences form the foundation for their development later on. The best investment […]

What is Early Childhood Development?

Early childhood development builds resilience in later life

Early Childhood Development is about the earliest years of a child’s life.  Young children need adequate nutrition, loving protection and stimulation for their brains to grow.  Recent advances in neuroscience have shown that babies’ brains form new connections at an astounding rate.  According to Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child more than 1 million […]

Early Childhood Development and why it is SO important

Early childhood is the ideal time to set your child up for success

Early childhood represents a period of great opportunity.  Probably the greatest throughout the life span.  It’s like being handed a raw diamond and knowing that you can shape it into almost anything. During this time children will develop emotionally, socially, cognitively and physically.  And this will shape the adults that they become. Investing in young […]

Encouraging your child to read is easy with these 4 steps

These four steps may be very useful in encouraging your child to read

Getting your child to read always feels like a parenting win, doesn’t it?  We’re constantly told by the media and by scientists how important it is for kids to read. And these experts certainly aren’t wrong.  But encouraging your child to read is a bit tricky when they absolutely hate it?  What do you do […]

Early numeracy skills: All about numbers

Children learn about numbers through these phases

I can’t believe that we are already at the 7th video blog in our early learning series!  Thank you all for your support on this journey in making early learning available to every household. We often think that the first step in teaching children to do Maths is to teach them what the numbers look […]