How To Approach The Early Childhood Years

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Children learn best from the abundance that childhood offers. How can we dip into this abundance? We can through the following:

Unlocking the potential in the first 8 years of childhood

All it takes is to speak to children, tell them stories, play with them and allow them to explore their surroundings.

Converse with children using the pictures and instructions.

Build a child’s muscle strength and shoulder stability with simple exercise
   

Build hand-eye coordination and keep the child active.
   

Develop children’s language skills at home.
   

Embrace all-round holistic development

Enable learning across physical, social-emotional, language, cognitive, and creativity. An enriching practice is responsive caregiving, which is paying attention to the child, responding and interacting with the child, and providing a safe environment.

Teach simple social skills to children.
       

Be mindful of the cues leading to anger in children.
   

Six sets of parents share their stories, experiences and explore the importance of recognizing and supporting their child’s growth and development.
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Help children understand the difference between edible and non-edible objects.
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Identify childhood milestones and delays.
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Embrace the abundance of learning opportunities around you

Encourage children to learn from everyday life and activities, meeting new people, and listening and speaking to people. Promote learning from surroundings, listening to music, and playing with animals and nature.

See how every living moment is a learning moment.
  

Discover ways to encourage children to express themselves.
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How can you use objects at home to teach sorting?
   

Help children learn how to identify fruits and vegetables.
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Play is the way

Dip into the varied methods of play: conversations, story-telling, songs and rhymes, music and movement, art and craft, indoor and outdoor games, and spending time with nature.

Learn how to make a musical instrument with objects at home.
              

Learn how to instruct your child using stepwise instructions.
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Dive into the world of numbers.
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Create art with objects in your surroundings.
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