Gift Ideas - Age 1
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Gift Ideas - Baby's First Christmas
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Nature Play Outdoors
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Nature Play OutdoorsWritten by Sheila O’Reillywww.instagram.com/rascals_and_rainbowsOutdoor play is such an important part of childhood and there is nothing my girls love more than getting outside to play and explore.Playing outdoors gives children the opportunity to exercise, develop stamina, strengthen gross motor muscles, takes risks, appreciate nature and much more.We have definitely acquired a new found appreciation of simple nature play since the arrival of Covid-19 and Lockdown in March. Much more time has been spent playing in parks and forests through Spring, Summer and now into Autumn this year and we have enjoyed observing the seasonal changes too.
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Exploring Seeds
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Exploring SeedsThis week we've been exploring seeds and obviously that meant we could select a few of our lovely Wooden Play Den resources to accompany our topic!
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Phonics at Home
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Supporting children at home with phonicsBy Sheila O'Reilly@Rascals_and_rainbows on InstagramPhonics is based on the fact that man spoke before he wrote! Phonological skills refers to hearing sounds in words. When we are teaching phonics to children, we teach them to 'Segment' - The ability to access the individual sounds in words; and 'Blend' - The ability to push sounds together in words; and 'Phoneme Manipulation' - Changing sounds in words. For example, say 'Stop' without the 's'. Say 'ten'. Say it again and change the 't' to 'p'.
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Toys to improve fine motor skills and hand strength
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Toys to develop fine motor skills and Hand Strength
Fine motor skills and hand strength help children perform important everyday tasks such as, feeding themselves, zipping clothes and writing and drawing.
Fine motor skills are an important factor when children are learning to write and the strength and dexterity in their hand can assist in their success or hinder their progress.
Two recent additions to The Wooden Play Den provide great opportunity for development of fine motor skills and two of my lovely team tried them out with their children.