Physical Activity in Infancy Builds Independence: Part II
Why is Movement Important in Childhood? As children move, they gain experience. Their worlds grow from their primary caretakers to the ceiling, floor, bed, and other places they notice and remember. In the last post, we discussed how children begin exploring their new world as infants. Movement changes the infant’s world: infants have opportunities to […]
Using Play to Build Social Competence
Many play activities consist of interactive, physical peer-to-peer play, and imaginative, play pretend. Both forms offer a variety of benefits, including the assistance of building social skills, emotional control, memory and learning skills which can mitigate the symptoms of certain cognitive and behavioral disabilities. When children are free to play physically, they are able to […]
Did You Know Play Can Build Children’s Social Skills?
During play, children reenact everyday scenarios, learning perspective through role play with their peers. There are connections between brain regions and neural networks. A neural network is a cluster the brain forms full of information to classify sensory experiences. They will be involved in many brain functions essential to learning. These neural networks are involved […]
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