Playing is Serious Business.
We all know that reading to your toddler is vital for vocabulary development, early literacy skills and bonding with care givers. Sometimes it is easy to collect a bunch of books that just sit on your shelves. In many instances, fewer books on your child’s bookshelves mean more reading. We will give you some practical tips…
Running, jumping, skipping and climbing. Grasping, pulling, buttoning, tying. It may not seem that these skills would be related to sensory play. But they definitely are! Let’s take a look at how sensory play benefits motor development! We all learn about our environments through exploring with our senses. We take everything in as we see, hear, touch,…
Tongs. These are brilliant pieces of equipment for exercising the small hand muscles needed for skills such as writing and using scissors. I have to admit I rarely use tongs for their intended purpose in the kitchen but we have a collection purely for fine motor play activities. The letter T in our Fine Motor…
