Milkshake Montessori Nursery School

18/10/2024

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26/09/2024

27/08/2024

So true

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15/08/2024

💪🏽💪🏽

As we head back into the school year…

14/08/2024

Important! 🧡

01/08/2024

Well said

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25/07/2024

Toddlers and preschoolers often can be seen carrying household items around and filling purses or bags with toys for several developmental reasons:

Fine Motor Skills: Picking up, holding, and manipulating objects helps toddlers develop their fine motor skills, which are crucial for tasks like writing and buttoning clothes later on.

Gross Motor Skills: Carrying bags or purses around the house requires coordination, balance, and strength, thereby enhancing gross motor skills.

Understanding Object Permanence: By placing objects in bags and then retrieving them, toddlers learn that objects continue to exist even when out of sight. This helps develop their understanding of object permanence.

Cause and Effect: Filling and emptying containers helps toddlers understand cause and effect relationships as they see the results of their actions.

Concept of Space: Moving objects from one place to another helps toddlers develop a sense of space and how objects fit into different spaces.

Problem-Solving: Figuring out how to fit various items into a bag or purse and how to carry them without dropping helps develop problem-solving skills and spatial reasoning.

Exploration and Autonomy: This activity allows toddlers to explore their environment and exercise a sense of control and independence by deciding what to carry and where to take it.

Self-Expression: Filling bags with their favorite toys can be a form of self-expression, showing their preferences and interests.

Imitation of Adults: Toddlers often mimic adult behaviors. They see adults carrying bags and want to imitate this behavior as part of their play, which is a key part of learning and understanding social roles.

Pretend Play: Engaging in pretend play by carrying bags helps toddlers understand and practice social interactions and daily routines.

Security and Comfort: Carrying around favorite toys or items can provide emotional comfort and a sense of security, especially in new or changing environments.

Categorization and Organization: Filling and emptying bags helps toddlers practice categorizing and organizing objects, which are important cognitive skills.

Cool, right??!!

22/07/2024

Take a bow all teachers

Thank you, teachers. 🧡

16/07/2024

Worth sharing ….

This! Empathy is more than just feeling sorry for someone. Here are activities to develop this skill: https://www.theottoolbox.com/quick-as-cricket-activity-teach-empathy/

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