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24.01.2022 Little Steps Grocery Shop & Counting Coins Pretend play helps children understand the power of language. When children engages in pretend (or dramatic) play, they actively experimenting with the social and emotional roles of life. Through cooperative play, they learn how to take turns, share responsibility, and creatively problem-solve. ... #littlestepsfdc See more

24.01.2022 Our little friends have always been curious about the fire blanket, an extinguisher and the first aid kit. Therefore, we arranged an activity table for them to understand how and when we should be using these things and where are they all placed in our premises. #firstaidkit #fireblanket #fireextinguisher #safeenvironment #littlestepsfdc

23.01.2022 Arts & Craft Arts and craft activities help instil a sense of achievement and pride in children, boosting theirself-confidence. The opportunity to create whatever a child desires helps foster creativity. A child will learn to make correct and effective decisions by facing and solving artistic challenges. #Littlestepsfdc

22.01.2022 Arts and crafts provide children with a unique, fun opportunity to learn and improve their skills. When creating an arts and crafts project, children are able to develop their fine motor skills. #Littlestepsfdc

21.01.2022 Abacus Abacus learning not only helps with the basic calculations like addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division, it also helps in effective counting of decimal points, negative numbers, etc. When children learn to use an abacus, they use their hands and a tool with beads to calculate numbers. #Littlestepsfdc

20.01.2022 We covered it all Puzzles - are an important educational learning tool for toddlers and young children as they provide many skills and cognitive learning benefits and opportunities. Blocks - help children learn to take turns and share materials, develop new friendships, become self-reliant, increase attention span, cooperate with others, and develop self-esteem. Block play requires fine and gross motor skills both.... Colouring - Cognitive skills will develop with colouring in such as paying attention to the task. The ability to calmly sit and focus on a task is an essential skill for a child to learn. #Finemotorskills #Grossmotorskills #Puzzles #Shapes #Colouring #Littlestepsfdc

19.01.2022 Clean up clean up we all had fun today now it’s time to clean it all put everything away Clean up activities gives the opportunity to choose what will make children happy. Children need to practice to take choices. To develop their emotional maturity, they have to learn how to decide on their own. Through independence children got to enhance their skills, learn right and wrong, develop their personality, and take decisions. ... #littlestepsfdc See more

19.01.2022 Paper Airplanes, Boats, Cookie Monsters Row Row Row Your Boat! I loved to make these as a kid and I loved to play with them even more we would sail them in the bathtub, puddles and when possible even have boat race. This time though we took it a step further too see who can make the smallest origami boat each time working with a smaller piece of paper cutting the size of the paper to half each time and I was genuinely surprised with the size of paper we have come down... to and too be honest we could probably do one even smaller if I’d have some tweezers at hand. #LittleStepsFDC See more

18.01.2022 Happy Tooth Sad Tooth To develop strong teeth, children need a healthy, balanced diet made up of fresh foods such as vegetables, cheese and lean meats, minimal high-sugar foods such as biscuits and muesli bars, and tap water. #healthytooth #healthyeating #dentalhygiene #littlestepsfdc

18.01.2022 Recycling Practicing sustainability empowers children to construct knowledge, explore values and develop an appreciation of the environment and its relationship to their worlds. This lays the foundations for an environmentally responsible adulthood. #sustainability #recycling #grossmotorskills #littlestepsfdc

18.01.2022 Pebbles, lids and wooden sticks shapes puzzle #littlestepsfdc

17.01.2022 Blocks help children learn to take turns and share materials, develop new friendships, become self-reliant, increase attention span, cooperate with others, and develop self-esteem. #finemotorskills #grossmotorskills #playingwithblocks #littlestepsfdc

17.01.2022 Water Play #littlestepsfdc

15.01.2022 Creating art expands a child's ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child's development. #finemotorskills #creativekids #socialdevelopment #littlestepsfdc

14.01.2022 Our little friends dedcided to do colouring and drawing again. Giving children choices helps them feel like they have some power and control over what they do. It's a step in growing up. Making good choices is a skill that children will use for the rest of their lives. The key to giving children choices is to first decide what choices you will allow them to make. #littlestepsfdc

13.01.2022 Children playing with sand and water are practicing eye-hand coordination and using fine motor skills to scoop, sift, funnel, and pour. Social and emotional skills: The sand and water center provides important opportunities for children to practice cooperative play and sharing. #littlestepsfdc

13.01.2022 Peppa Pig Family......Oink Oink

12.01.2022 Sensory Bowls! Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain's pathways, which lead to the child's ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction. #Littlestepsfdc

10.01.2022 A very simple activity with milk bottle lids which covered a lot learning areas for example: sustainability, fine and gross motor skills, literacy, shapes, taking turns, social skills, alphabets, counting, phonics etc. #littlestepsfdc

08.01.2022 Let’s learn spellings Play enhances a child's emotional, social and cognitive development. Also a play environment that is rich in literacy can develop early literacy skills within young children. Social interactions encourage children to learn through authentic experiences. #LittleStepsFDC

07.01.2022 What do you want to be when you grow up? Doctor Police Officer Chef Fire fighter ... Scientist Astronaut Painter Teacher Handyman The list was endless........ #littlestepsfdc See more

05.01.2022 A well-arranged environment should enhance children's development through learning and play. The way the physical environment is designed and configured influences how children feel, act, and behave. Therefore, we decided to collect little things from our surroundings like; leaves, pebbles, wood, flowers, stones....to use them in our colouring and drawing activity and arranged the activity tables in the outside area. ... #littlestepsfdc #finemotorskills See more

05.01.2022 Save The Koala Month #littlestepsfdc

05.01.2022 An activity suggested by our little friends Participation is important for children because it gives them an opportunity to have a say about issues and decisions that affect them, learn new skills, have fun and develop a closer connection to their community. #littlestepsfdc

04.01.2022 Can you say Peace International week of science and peace! We celebrated IWOSP by colouring the global people sheet with different colours and creating a sign of peace with white pebbles. Our little friend Ms P decided to use the pebbles for her sensory play by putting all the pebbles in and out of the plastic zip lock bag. #LittleStepsFDC

04.01.2022 Mrs. Alarm Clock Lazy Mary will you get up, Will you get up, will you get up. Lazy Mary will you get up, Will you get up today.... #littlestepsfdc See more

04.01.2022 In addition to improving fine motor skills, we decided today to put our imagination on paper through drawing. Drawing enables children to draw connections between what they see and what they do. This hand-eye coordination is important in athletic and recreational situations, as well as in academic scenarios. To gather ideas for our drawing we spent some time outdoors first exploring our surroundings.....a well spent morning #littlestepsfdc

04.01.2022 Fine Motor Development: Colouring helps children develop good finger grip. It provides an opportunity to practice holding a pencil the correct way and aids in developing those fine motor muscles in their hands, fingers, and wrist. #littlestepsfdc

01.01.2022 Let’s have some juice says Ms E

01.01.2022 Play based learning allows children to practice using symbols and understanding symbolic relationships (a key part of emergent literacy development) play encourages children to explore the use of symbols, and representations (both visual and code-based) to communicate messages in context. #finemotorskills #grossmotorskills #literacycards #alphabetsshapesnunberscolours #littlestepsfdc