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Quick notes for using a swing during the early years

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11
Sep

Being on a swing benefits a child in three basic ways The movement helps to wire the brain for processing information. Stimulating the senses through swinging facilitates learning to organize and interpret spatial information via the vestibular system, which is situated in the inner ear. It’s calming. The smooth, back-and-forth motion helps with sensory integration. This can be soothing to a […]

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Developing a Sense of Humour in Your Child

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10
Aug

Developing a Sense of Humour in Your Child. People who laugh often are emotionally and physically healthier. Laughing together naturally helps people to bond and feel part of a group. This explains why babies laugh enthusiastically to connect at a social level with a loving caregiver from around 4 months of age – long before […]

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Toxic Stress

How Toxic Stress Derails a Child’s Ability to Learn

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Practica Blog - Toxic Stress
07
Aug

How Toxic Stress Derails a Child’s Ability to Learn We all know that babies, toddlers and young children aren’t nearly as good at managing their feelings as they are at experiencing them. There’s a physical explanation for this: the emotional centre of the brain is situated in the middle with the thinking regions much higher up, and a child’s brain […]

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Practica Activity – How to Teach Spatial Words.

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08
May

Practica Activity – How to Teach Spatial Words. The Practica Programme is intended to be used as a “lifestyle”. It’s not simply a curriculum. In fact, there’s a lot of emphasis on taking advantage of everyday situations to maximise a child’s brain development. Over and above the activities designed to be used with the many […]

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The What and Why’s of Social Development

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17
Apr

The What and Whys of Social Development Social development involves a baby’s developing ability to successfully engage with people, manage interactions with others, sustain close relationships and adapt to the demands and expectations of society and culture. From birth to 24 months a child learns to ‘share the moment’ with another person. He learns how […]

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Practica Activity – Exercises for Small Hands.

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10
Apr

Practica Activity – Exercises for Small Hands. This Activity Develops Manual Dexterity. Ages: 3 Years and Older Sit next to your child and do the following while he copies your hand movements. – Make your hands into fists. Slowly spread your fingers wide open. Close them. Repeat. – Open and close your fingers in a very quick […]

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Why Talking to Your Baby When He’s too Young to Understand Gives him a Head Start.

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14
Mar

Why Talking to Your Baby When He’s too Young to Understand Gives him a Head Start.   Language comprehension is one of the most important – if not the most important – key to intellectual development.  It’s one of the 14 fundamental areas of development that work together during the first 1000 days of a […]

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How to Build a Solid Understanding of Numbers

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11
Jan

How to Build a Solid Understanding of Numbers Learning to count from one to ten, and later to a hundred, is an important milestone in early math development. However, it’s equally important to learn to understand the “how manyness” or the value that every number represents. Teachers and therapists refer to this important school readiness skill as number […]

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Why and How to Develop Visual Memory in Your Child

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20
Nov

Why and How to Develop Visual Memory in Your Child The term “visual memory” refers to a person’s ability to store and recall information that was seen. It’s an essential school readiness skill because it’s crucial for learning to read fluently, spell correctly and thriving in a classroom situation. Therapists differentiate between long-term and short-term visual memory. Working […]

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Boosting you Child’s Social Skills: How Photographs can Help

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07
Nov

Boosting you Child’s Social Skills: How Photographs can Help Photographs have a way of capturing important moments and letting them live forever.  They have stories to tell and feelings are embedded in them. That’s why many people use something called “therapeutic photography” as a bridge to connect with their thoughts, memories and feelings. The wonderful thing […]

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