April 🍂 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #fun #activities #playdough #outdoorplay #dinosaur #handeyecoordination #waterplay
Dinosaur Theme 🦕 🦖 🐲 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #fun #Dinosaur #montessoriactivity #learning #playdough
Puzzle Time 🌈 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #children #puzzles #knob puzzles #fun #learning #pinelands
March Holiday Club 🌿🏵 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #kids #messyplay #learnthroughplay #sensory #baking #painting #sandpitplay #outdoorplay #pinelands
We love to paint! 🎨 🖌 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #painting #easter #fun #learningthroughplay #pinelands #colours #eggs #paint
Beading and Star Threading 🌟 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #children #threading #handeyecoordination #learning #sea #seatheme
Making a sea anemone with playdough, straws, and shells 🐚 🪼 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #playdough #activity #sea #shells #fish #seaanemone #water #playdoughactivity
Sea Theme - Montessori Shelf Activities 🐳🐙🦈 #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddlers #Activities #shelfactivities #playschool #Montessori #sea #fish #play #fun
Water day, on this beautiful hot day! 💧 🐟 🌞 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #water #waterplay #fun #pouring #sun #outsideplay
10 Tips to Help Your Child Settle In At Play School 🍂 Have a look at our latest blog post for more information ✨️ https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2024/01/15/10-tips-to-help-your-child-settle-in-at-play-school/ #playschool #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddlers #firstday #tips #feelings #emotions
Have a look at our latest blog post on Tips for Toilet Training Your Child 👶 https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/12/06/tips-for-toilet-training-your-toddler/ #toddlers #pinelands #littleacornsplayschool #pottytraining #toilettraining
Muscle tone refers to the amount of resistance to movement in our muscles. Muscle tone is our body’s response to force. Normal muscle tone allows us to maintain our posture, and to move our arms and legs in a smooth and coordinated manner. To read more - https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/11/14/low-muscle-tone-and-why-we-should-encourage-children-to-be-active/ #lowmuscletone #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #active #toddlers #development #hypertonia #hypotonia
Posting activities promote children's fine motor skills development by encouraging their hand to eye coordination. #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #posting #finemotorskills #development #handeyecoordination
Have a look at our latest blog post - attachment, attunement, and easing seperation anxiety in babies and toddlers. https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/10/24/attachment-attunement-and-easing-separation-anxiety-in-babies-and-toddlers/ #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #playschool #babies #toddlers #anxiety #easingseperation #attunement #attachment
Montessori Shelf Activities 🌼 #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #pinelandsplayschool #shelfactivities #Montessori #learning #puzzles #samesame #matchinggames
The Purpose Of Movement Activities: *Movement is a way for children to discover their bodies' abilities and limitations through exploring different movements like crawling, rolling, climbing, swinging, etc. *Through Movement, children learn concepts such as space, size, time, direction, and positioning. *Movement requires motor planning and cognitive skills. #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #Movement #climbing #rolling #cognitiveskills #social #sensory #confidence #spatialawareness #bodyawareness #motorplanning
Nuturing Emotional Intelligence in Children Emotional intelligence, often referred to as EQ (emotional quotient), is a vital skill set that includes the ability to recognise, understand, and manage our emotions, and respond appropriately to the emotions of others. To read more, have a look at our latest blog post - https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/09/26/nurturing-emotional-intelligence-in-children/ #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #emotionalintelligence #toddlers #emotions #EQ #problem-solving #understandingemotions
Playdough Fun! #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #pinelandsplayschool #sensory #playdough #play #playdoughcutting
Musical experiences we provide through music: *Rhythm + Movement *Pitch - high and low *beat + counting - fast and slow *discriminating sounds - loud and soft *listening + silence is part of music (stop and go) *movement is exploring sounds through free movement *body percussion #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #time2gether #music #movement #bodypercussion #beats #rhythm #pitch #toddlers
Part 3 of 3: Signs of Sensory Processing Difficulties in Children Sensory integration is an important aspect of your child’s growth and development. It plays a crucial role in how they perceive and interact with the world around them. To read more, have a look at our latest blog post. https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/09/06/part-3-of-3-signs-of-sensory-processing-difficulties-in-children/ #littleacornsplayschool #sensoryprocessing #Sensory #Sensoryplay #sensorydifficulties
Have a look at our latest blog post 🌼 Part 2 of 3: Habitation and the Importance of a Sensory Diet https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/08/16/part-2-of-3-habituation-and-the-importance-of-a-sensory-diet/ #sensoryworld #sensoryseeking #sensoryplay #sensorydiet #sensory #toddlers #babymovement #littleacornsplayschool #pinelandsplayschool #pinelands #babies #play #babybodylanguage
Sensory integration and modulation The basic sensory systems that we all have: *visual *auditory *olfactory *gustatory *tactile *proprioceptive *vestibular To read more, visit our website and have a look at our latest blog. https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/08/02/understanding-your-childs-sensory-world-and-how-it-affects-their-wellbeing/ #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #learing #babiesandtoddlers #sensory #sensoryplay #tactile #visual #auditory #proprioceptive #discipline #behavior #understandingyourchild
The Purpose Of Touch Play: The sense of touch is the most mature sense the baby has at birth. A variety of information comes to the baby about himself and his surroundings through his skin surfaces. Therefore, a rich background of touch experiences is important. Look out for more in our next few blogs about children's sensory world. #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #pinelands #toddlers #messyplay #sand #troughplay #waterplay #playdough #sensory #sensoryplay #touch
How to discipline your toddler, helpful tricks that really work. To read more, have a look at our latest blog post, https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/07/18/how-to-discipline-your-toddler/ #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddlers #discipline #toddlerdiscipline #learning #understandingyourchild #emotions #disciplinetips
Some more fun at holiday club! 🌸 #littleacornsplayschool #fun #holidayclub #holiday #outsideplay #toddlers
Encouraging Desirable Behaviour in Children, have a look at our latest blog post on tips for preventing and handling misbehavior. https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/06/27/encouraging-desirable-behaviour-in-children/ #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddlers #children #behaviour #desirablebehaviour #handlingbehavior #encouragingbehaviour #discipline
The multi-lingual child is a child who is able to speak more than one language. When babies and children are exposed to more than one language, more synapses form, which also has a positive effect on other parts of their brain. Repetition and consistency help to strengthen the regions of the brain that govern association. To read more, check out our blog below: https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/06/06/the-multi-lingual-child/ #multilingualchild #toddlers #babies #babiesbrain #synapses #language #memory #expressemotions #communication #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #time2gether
Sheep shearing and wool making with playdough 🐑 #sheepshearing #sheep #wool #playdoughfur #playdoughanimals #toddlers #pinelandsplayschool #time2gether #littleacornsplayschool #shavingfoam #fun #purplesheep
The more climbing, rolling, and crawling your child does - the more information they get about their bodies and the better coordinated they become. 👶 #crawling #rolling #climbing #coordination #toddlers #babies #movement #time2gether #pinelands #littleacornsplayschool #toddlerclimbing #toddlerrolling
Tummy Time! You've probably heard of the term "tummy time". But what exactly is tummy time, and why is it so important? To find out more, have a look at our blog below: https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/05/23/tummy-time-for-babies/ #tummytime #babies #importanceoftummytime #babyheadcontrol #babyneckcontrol #babystregnth #babyarmstregnth #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #time2gether #workshops #babyworkshop #momandbaby
Mothers Day - treating moms and having fun! #littleacornsplayschool #playschool #toddlers #nailpainting #braceletmaking #montessoriactivities #momandtoddler #love
Learning Language starts with Hearing and Listening 👂 Take a look at our blog post about Toddler Speech Milestones https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/05/08/learning-language-starts-with-hearing-and-listening/ #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddlers #speech #toddlertalking #speechmilestone #reading #listening #learning #Milestones #toddlermilestones
This is our Messy Play room 🎨🌿 Tactile sensory exploring(touch) and Kinesthetic(movement)input are the most important channels for learning in the early years of life. #littleacornsplayschool #messyplay #sensoryplay #waterway #sandplay #riceplay #fun #toddler #shavingcreamplay #pinelands
Temper tantrums are a normal part of a child's development. But they can feel overwhelming for both you and your child. To read more, please visit the page below: https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/04/28/temper-tantrums/ #tempertantrums #temper #discipline #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #playschool #children #empathy #independence #frustration #explosion #emotions #overstimulation #managing temper-tantrums #calmwords
The children loved these! #colourrecognition #colourrecognitionactivities #association #matching #finemotorskills #finemotorgrip #finemotoractivity #handeyecoordination #handcoordination #fun #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #toddleractivity #playschool
Many toddlers and preschool age children stutter as they are learning to talk, and although many parents worry about it, most of these children will grow out of stuttering and will have normal speech as they get older. To read more, visit the page below: https://littleacornsplayschool.co.za/2023/04/14/stuttering/ #stuttering #learning #toddlers #speech #littleacornsplayschool #pinelands #sounds #repetition #toddlerbehavior #dysfluency
A fun way of learning numbers and counting 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ #littleacornsplayschool #playschoolpinelands #counting #numbers #learningthroughplay #blocks #counters #fun
Insect counting and fine motor skills 🕷 #finemotorskills #finemotoractivities #pincergrip #eyehandcoordination #counting #littleacornsplayschool #playschool