The building blocks for Learning It is increasingly evident that more and more children experience difficulty coping with the demands that a day at school brings. There are a number of possibilities...
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Learning Series – IN and OUT!
It is important for children to have a good understanding of different concepts as it assists in their ability to follow instructions. For a child to correctly use a concept in their spoken...
So much to learn though our SENSES!
Multi-sensory experiences can help deepen a child’s learning experience. Let’s use and orange as an example – If you see the orange it is one thing, if hear it’s name, it adds increased value to the...
The Importance of Imaginary Play and how it equips our Children for Jobs of the Future
From around 14 months of age, you will notice that your toddler is starting to imitate roles that they see play out in your home. For example, while you are feeding them, they also want a spoon and...
Top Tips for Play
What are your top play tips? With so much information on play and so little time, I hope that some of these tips will help to ease the load in our ‘perfect parenting’ world. Sometimes it is good...
Learning Series – Heavy and light, sink and float
Learning about opposites teaches children vocabulary, deepens their understanding of the world around them, and helps them to compare different things. Opposites help children gain a concrete...
Ditch the shoes – barefoot is better!
“Aren’t those little shoes absolutely adorable?” are words all moms have uttered while shopping for clothes for their little ones. But does the adorable completion of an outfit outweigh the...
TOYS and PLAY from babies to pre-schoolers!
Children love toys, and the correct toys can help in our children’s development. Toys can help build creativity, imagination, gross motor, and fine motor skills and of course, can provide limitless...
Dinosaur and flower vetkoek
My children love cooking with me, and I am always looking for new ideas to keep them entertained. We have a few regular fun kitchen activities, but making dinosaur and flower vetkoek, is one of our...
How to keep your child’s brain nourished during exams
Exam season can be very demanding on young minds. With technology always changing, today's children are relying on their ability to focus more than any other generation before them. One way of...
GRAVITY – A missing link in child development
Ground-breaking book: The influence of gravity on your child’s development Gravity, a missing link in child development by Dr Melodie de Jager, Dr Oleg Efimov and Victoria Efimova (Mind...
Learning Series – Body Art
There are so many fun ways to teach body awareness. Children learn about their bodies through movement, touch and the visual and auditory senses. This game is all about naming body parts and getting...
Heart Shaped Biscuits
Today I decided to get my daughter involved in a heart shape baking activity. My daughter absolutely loves baking and she is a real girl and loves girlie things so pink hearts are just up her alley...
Busting Sleep Myths
Sleep: fundamentally important for the physical and emotional well-being of both children and adults and the one thing our brains can physically not function without. Ask any parent and they will...
Learning Series – Matching our Colours … and learning the rules of the road!
Learning our colours is a right of passage and something we all teach our children from a young age. Toddlers learn their colours best when learning through association. The green apple, the red...
Getting active with movement dice
This is a fantastic, stimulating, fun and educational activity that you can do this holiday with your children. To download the movement dice click on this link to our google drive account -...
Create your own Sensory Balls (aka “Stress Balls”)
Using stress balls can be extremely beneficial for your children. Whether they are in your sensory bin readily available in your calm corner, stress balls are always a good idea! Supplies: Water...
Its PLAY time!
We hear time and again how critical play is for the healthy development of our children. Play enables children to learn through their senses, to develop their motor skills and to activate their...