Brain development occurs unevenly, with different parts of the brain (related to different skills) developing at different times. Most of this development takes place during childhood, meaning that the early years are the prime time for children to learn and grow under the encouragement of their family and friends.
The different types of brain development in children include.
-Visual and auditory development – the development of the sight and hearing senses. To encourage these senses, we make sure that their children are exposed to a variety of colours, shapes and sounds.
-Language development – the development of language and speaking skills. We talk, sing and read to kids often, and respond to their language attempts in order to foster this development.
-Physical and motor development – the development of control over the muscles to encourage large motor skills (mainly using the legs and arms) and fine motor skills (mainly using the hands/fingers and feet/toes). The development of coordination will also occur in this area. We encourage these skills by allowing the kids to be active and participate in a variety of physical games and activities.
-Emotional and social development – the development of emotions and social skills. We provide a warm, loving environment to the kids so that they can develop emotions like love, trust and empathy, as well as provide opportunities to socialize and thus learn the social cues present in the wider world.
-Cognitive Development: A large body of research suggests that play contributes heavily to the cognitive development of children. Cognitive skills are those that are connected to thinking and learning, and since play is actually a way in which children “research” the world, playing allows children to test and develop these skills. We ensure kids mingle and communicate with fun activities to develop cognitive skills related to focusing attention, planning, creativity, imagination, divergent thinking (creative or “out of box” thinking), perspective taking, memory and language development.
-Creating a Play Group: For kids - play is hard work. What may seem like fun, cute or even silly activities to adults are really the ways in which children learn about their world. Play groups are fantastic tools not simply for children to meet others and make friends, but to further their social, emotional and cognitive development as well and learn social cues to practice their social skills.
We create opportunities for safe exploration, while at the same time providing a loving, warmth and encouraging atmosphere and hopefully set them on the road to a lifetime of happiness.
