Transitions for children: helping children change activities
Key points
It can be hard for children to move from one activity to another, especially if they are enjoying something and do not want to stop.
Routines can help with transitions that happen every day. Children can accept change better when they know it is coming.
It also helps to give children enough warning, allow time for transitions, offer choices and resist bad behaviour.
Key points
It can be hard for children to move from one activity to another, especially if they are enjoying something and do not want to stop.
Routines can help with transitions that happen every day. Children can accept change better when they know it is coming.
It also helps to give children enough warning, allow time for transitions, offer choices and resist bad behaviour.
Rough-and-tumble play: activities for children 1-6 years
Rough-and-tumble play is climbing, wrestling, rolling around and even play fighting. Rough-and-tumble play is fun and good exercise. It lets children practice physical and social skills. All you need is a space for your child to enjoy rough-and-tumble play.
Rough-and-tumble play is climbing, wrestling, rolling around and even play fighting. Rough-and-tumble play is fun and good exercise. It lets children practice physical and social skills. All you need is a space for your child to enjoy rough-and-tumble play.
Toddler creative learning and development: ideas and activities
Encourage creativity by following your child’s lead, providing time and space for play, and praising your child.
You can use household items, recycled objects and natural materials to spark your child’s creative play.
Creative play can be part of everyday activities – for example, sing as you give your child a bath.
Encourage creativity by following your child’s lead, providing time and space for play, and praising your child.
You can use household items, recycled objects and natural materials to spark your child’s creative play.
Creative play can be part of everyday activities – for example, sing as you give your child a bath.
Toddler creative learning and development: what to expect
Creative play helps toddlers develop emotionally, physically, mentally and socially.
Experiencing, discovering, experimenting and creating are the most important parts of creative play for toddlers.
Toddlers can learn and develop through drama, visual arts and craft, music and sounds, and dance.
Creative play helps toddlers develop emotionally, physically, mentally and socially.
Experiencing, discovering, experimenting and creating are the most important parts of creative play for toddlers.
Toddlers can learn and develop through drama, visual arts and craft, music and sounds, and dance.
Stimulating socio-emotional development: 0-3 months
"Your child gains a sense of security and trust through her relationship with you. The closeness you feel, shared time and interactions, will help you get to know your baby, her condition and needs."
"Your child gains a sense of security and trust through her relationship with you. The closeness you feel, shared time and interactions, will help you get to know your baby, her condition and needs."
Development stimulation through daily routines: newborn
The biggest challenge parents face when they come home with a newborn baby is getting used to new routines in the family functioning, especially when the first child comes along. Daily routines: changing, feeding, carrying, are an opportunity to stimulate psychomotor development.
The biggest challenge parents face when they come home with a newborn baby is getting used to new routines in the family functioning, especially when the first child comes along. Daily routines: changing, feeding, carrying, are an opportunity to stimulate psychomotor development.
Newborn toys: first trimester
"The baby is young." "We haven't given him/her." "What toys are the best?" These are some of the dilemmas parents face when it comes to toys. The answer is simple: The best toy you can give your child is the time you spend playing with him/her.
"The baby is young." "We haven't given him/her." "What toys are the best?" These are some of the dilemmas parents face when it comes to toys. The answer is simple: The best toy you can give your child is the time you spend playing with him/her.
Toy safety
Parents and caregivers must make sure that children's play is as safe as possible, by choosing toys and props for leisure and recreation in accordance with the child's age and motor skills, teaching the child how to use them safely and continuously supervising young children during play.
Parents and caregivers must make sure that children's play is as safe as possible, by choosing toys and props for leisure and recreation in accordance with the child's age and motor skills, teaching the child how to use them safely and continuously supervising young children during play.
Toys that are not for young children
Certain types of toys are not for young children because they contain parts or are made of materials that can endanger the child's health and should be avoided in the first years of life.
Certain types of toys are not for young children because they contain parts or are made of materials that can endanger the child's health and should be avoided in the first years of life.
How to keep toys clean
Baby toys easily find their way from the floor to their mouths. By putting toys in the mouth, babies get acquainted with the objects around them, have fun, play, calm down, but they can also ingest microorganisms that cause various diseases.
Baby toys easily find their way from the floor to their mouths. By putting toys in the mouth, babies get acquainted with the objects around them, have fun, play, calm down, but they can also ingest microorganisms that cause various diseases.