Love receiving pictures of the skills children have been working on at home since their visit! ❤️
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Exploring early writing skills by using different writing tools on a variety of surfaces! ✏️🖍️
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Exploring, creating and building new skills through play!
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Children take pride in self-expression! When they are encouraged to describe their creations, they feel a sense of accomplishment! 🖌️🎨
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Fine motor skills are developing through grasping, pinching, squeezing, stacking, and manipulating objects to build hand strength, finger control, and coordination.
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Identifying expressions helps children connect with their own emotions!
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Experimenting and exercising small muscles with play dough!
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Developmental screenings matter! Early identification helps us understand each child’s needs and provide support to help them learn, grow, and thrive! 🧩✍️✂️🏐
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Creating, searching for, and finding letters helps children build active memory and concentration!
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Stepping and swinging requires her to coordinate the movement of both arms and legs!
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Play dough fun builds cognitive skills through problem-solving, creativity and exploration! 🧠🎨
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Children build muscle memory when they write the same thing several times. 🖍️💪🧠
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Painting gives children a positive outlet for expressing their feelings. 🎨🖌️
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Playing board games is a fun way for children to practice social patience and taking turns!
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She’s noticing differences between objects and using her sense of touch and sight together when exploring! 👀✋🏼
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Problem solving - with experience, children will begin to use their observations to make changes to their design! ⚙️⚙️
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