MOTOR AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT During the preschool/ toddler years, children’s motor and physical developments began to grow. That is why it is very important to provide the children here at Tots of Tomorrow with activities and learning processes that will help them acquire strong major and fine motor skills. These skills help them develop coordination, balance and movement necessary for a child to grow healthy and strong. We believe in providing the children with the proper activities and games in order build strong muscles. It is a proven fact that large muscles develop before the small ones and it is our duty to ensure that children will become healthy and strong. Activities like running around outside and playing tag give them opportunities to exercise these muscles every day. To exercise and improve coordination, Tots of Tomorrow would assist the children in throwing soft balls to each other and playing catch. Balance is especially needed for the physical and motor development to help children stabilize themselves. We would provide obstacle courses and balance beams to improve this skill. Our teachers and assistants would especially recognize the importance of controlled rough and tough play on soft mats to improve all these special skills at once. It is also important not to generalize the children’s skills. Everyone is built differently and some and not meant to play rough and tough like others. Not only do we believe in the Gross and Major motor skills but we also majorly encourage the fine motor skills. These skills are imperative to the development of a child. Providing the children with tedious exercises such as threading bead, building blocks and piecing together puzzles enhance the child’s fine motor skills which are a key to developing as a healthy child. At Tots of Tomorrow we like to treat each child with respect and the proper treatment especially those from different cultures or those who are slower or faster in physical abilities. To create and specialized and diverse motor curriculum, our caregivers would learn what games and activities were being taught at home to incorporate and use in the curriculum. Including art into the activities is very helpful allowing the children to expand and think creatively while using their fine motor skills. In a research program in Italy, it is stated that children express themselves artistically at a very young age. Another focus at Tots of tomorrow would be to incorporate in house chores and activities like clean up to enhance the behavioral skills at home. We encourage the same kind of care at home. It is important to be frequent with exercise and activities because it is incorrect to believe that after care or day care is simply enough for a child to develop motor skills. We promise to help develop these skills but we trust the parents to carry on these duties at home. Tots of Tomorrow ensures the best possible environment for children providing them with necessary tools in order to develop motor and physical developments to keep children happy and healthy.
MOTOR AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
During the preschool/ toddler years, children’s motor and physical developments began to grow. That is why it is very important to provide the children here at Tots of Tomorrow with activities and learning processes that will help them acquire strong major and fine motor skills. These skills help them develop coordination, balance and movement necessary for a child to grow healthy and strong. We believe in providing the children with the proper activities and games in order build strong muscles. It is a proven fact that large muscles develop before the small ones and it is our duty to ensure that children will become healthy and strong. Activities like running around outside and playing tag give them opportunities to exercise these muscles every day. To exercise and improve coordination, Tots of Tomorrow would assist the children in throwing soft balls to each other and playing catch. Balance is especially needed for the physical and motor development to help children stabilize themselves. We would provide obstacle courses and balance beams to improve this skill. Our teachers and assistants would especially recognize the importance of controlled rough and tough play on soft mats to improve all these special skills at once. It is also important not to generalize the children’s skills. Everyone is built differently and some and not meant to play rough and tough like others.
Not only do we believe in the Gross and Major motor skills but we also majorly encourage the fine motor skills. These skills are imperative to the development of a child. Providing the children with tedious exercises such as threading bead, building blocks and piecing together puzzles enhance the child’s fine motor skills which are a key to developing as a healthy child. At Tots of Tomorrow we like to treat each child with respect and the proper treatment especially those from different cultures or those who are slower or faster in physical abilities. To create and specialized and diverse motor curriculum, our caregivers would learn what games and activities were being taught at home to incorporate and use in the curriculum. Including art into the activities is very helpful allowing the children to expand and think creatively while using their fine motor skills. In a research program in Italy, it is stated that children express themselves artistically at a very young age.
Another focus at Tots of tomorrow would be to incorporate in house chores and activities like clean up to enhance the behavioral skills at home. We encourage the same kind of care at home. It is important to be frequent with exercise and activities because it is incorrect to believe that after care or day care is simply enough for a child to develop motor skills. We promise to help develop these skills but we trust the parents to carry on these duties at home. Tots of Tomorrow ensures the best possible environment for children providing them with necessary tools in order to develop motor and physical developments to keep children happy and healthy.
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