The Science Behind Play
Play is everything here. This is the way children conduct research and test their theories about the world. As they develop different ideas, they use play to see if they are feasible. A saying around here is "Play is the highest form of research." We spend lots of our time working on fine motor skills through play. This is a great way to develop those pre-writing skills. Today children were looking for their favorite foods in some newspaper ads... and using scissors as they did it. In order to build with playdough, children active their fine motor skills to make incredible caterpillar sculptures! E.T., 4.2 years Some children use their pincer grasp to pick up tiny gems to put decorations on their cakes. On the light table, children were using their pincer grasps to thread bobbins onto pipe cleaners. Some used the pipe cleaners to create different shapes. At snack, it is fine motor city! Opening the packages and using the sporks is very difficult work. Every...
