Why AI is the New Frontier in Early Childhood Education Imagine a world where an affordable robot buddy helps preschoolers stay active and healthy. With physical activity in 3–5-year-olds on the decline, researchers are getting creative—and AI-powered robots...
Discover how early childhood educators can support preschoolers in developing physical literacy through fun, engaging activities. By incorporating movement into everyday routines, you can help children build confidence, coordination, and a lifelong love of being active, all while fostering their overall physical, social, and emotional development.
What are Fine Motor Skills? Fine Motor Skills involve the use and coordination of the smaller muscles in the hands, fingers and thumbs. Fine motor skills begin to develop very early in life. You may notice how a baby concentrates to coordinate their forefinger and...
Like all learning - the development of fine motoro scissor skills is a process which occurs incrementally. Just as you would not expect to give a young child a pencil and expect them to begin writing fluently - the functional use of scissors is the same. The child...
What does it mean to cross the midline? Think of an imaginary line extending from the top of your head down the centre of your body. This is the midline – which theoretically separates the left and right side of the body.To be able to cross the midline is a...
Do you have one of these lurking in a cupboard somewhere? No, it's not a relic from Grandma's kitchen pantry, but it is Grandma's... Button Tin I have such fond memories of pouring over this tin as a young child. If you don't have one, ask your Mum, Grandma, Aunty or...
What is a motor skill? I can tell you that is doesn’t have anything to do with cars – but it does involve an engine…the most miraculous engine…the human body! A motor skill is simply an action of specific muscles to perform an intentional movement. In order to be able...