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Play: Promoting healthy social and emotional development Play is a child’s language, his work, his relaxation and the way he builds relationships. Forming a healthy relationship with parents help children to feel secure. This sets the stage for a child’s […]
PLAY! This may seem obvious, but it is essential to a child’s development. Sometimes we focus so much on what we should or shouldn’t be doing and look at everything as work, but play is a child’s work. This is […]
There have been many studies that focus on the importance of infant stimulation. It is a well-known fact that impoverished environments, under stimulation and the lack of rich and varied experiences can impair children’s development in all areas. Thus, there […]
You might have heard some people say that crawling is vitally important, while others say it is not. Many people have said “My baby never crawled and he is fine” or “I don’t think it’s that important”. Personally I prefer […]
We often read articles and speak to Early Childhood Development experts such as Paediatricians and Occupational Therapists, who assess a child’s progress based on developmental milestones. Being a part of many mommy groups, I often find some moms who say that this […]
Playing with Purpose Children need to play. Do you ever wonder whether your child plays too much, or maybe not enough? When your child plays is it even educational or beneficial? As experts in Early Childhood Development, we at Skidz […]
Side walk chalk has so many fun things you can do. We love this for summer and winter. This is great for so many areas of development, fine motor skills in the drawing phase, gross motor in the execution of […]
You may wonder about the benefits of reading to your baby. An infant won’t understand what you are reading in anyway. To put it in perspective you wouldn’t wait until your child could understand what you were saying before you […]
This week we are learning about farm animals. What they eat, what they produce and how to care for them. First up, sheep. For the art I gave them an outline of the sheep. The coloured the face, tail and […]
This weekend was our youngest’s first birthday (and that in lockdown) We decided to still have a party (the perks of having 3 kids is that there are always friends around, your brother / sister). We were planning on having […]