Tannie Net’s Daycare

Meet Dave and Dolly. They are best friends and sometimes make mistakes, but don't worry! Tannie is here to help them make smart choices.

Dave and Dolly visits us every week to teach our toddlers important skills to keep them safe and regulated. This week they are teaching us about privacy and consent.

These dolls are beautifully made and can be purchased from Badisa TRIO Contributions go towards keeping our children safe.

https://badisatrio.co.za/poppie-project/

I absolutely agree. We try to include all of the arts during teaching every single day.

Yes please! Ban the worksheets from nursery schools!!!

We need to stop asking if a four year old can write their name and start asking if they can climb a tree or hang from the monkey bars. I know it sounds counterintuitive, especially when we are bombarded with the idea that academic success starts with a workbook, but the science of child development tells a very different story.

I see it so often. A child is struggling with handwriting, not because they do not know the letters, but because they do not have the core strength to sit upright at a desk or the shoulder stability to move a pencil across a page. A worksheet is a 2D solution to a 3D problem. If the foundations of the body are not strong, the fine motor skills will always struggle to follow.

When we push children into academic tasks before their bodies are physically ready, we are not giving them a head start. We are actually setting them up for a lifetime of physical fatigue and frustration. If a child has to use all their energy just to keep their body from slumping over, they have no mental energy left for learning.

Our educators know this. When they choose a morning of climbing, digging in the mud, or navigating an obstacle course, they are doing the deep, essential work of school readiness. They are building the core, the grip strength, and the visual tracking skills that will eventually make reading and writing feel easy.

Educators, what is the one thing you wish parents understood about the importance of play over paperwork?

Parents, what is your biggest worry when it becomes to your child being ready for school?

On Fridays we learn more about music! We dance to slow and fast songs, learn about high and low notes, and sometimes Tannie brings different instruments for us to explore.

Process art yields superior results. The freedom to explore various art mediums significantly enhances children's developmental progress. While the final product might not be perfect in the initial stages, nurturing authentic creativity has long-term benefits that surpass visual appeal.

This week we celebrated a very special kiddos second birthday. Tannie hopes you had a very special day filled with hugs and kisses.

Tannie too!!!

This perfectly encapsulates my enthusiasm for emotional development and interest in the comprehensive neurological development of children using various teaching methods.

So true! Children are wired to learn and they will at their own pace. Your job as an educator is to free their mind of emotional baggage and offer an enriched environment, not to force learning.

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