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What you might see: Mess everywhere!

What I see: Self-helping skills, problem-solving, fine motor skills, independence, food awareness and much more.

It’s normal for your baby to drop or throw food on the floor. If you react when he does this, he might think it’s the start of an exciting new game. One way to handle this is to ignore it. Calmly pick up the food without a fuss. Or you can leave the food on the floor until the meal is over, so you just have the one clean-up (Raising Children, 2021).

Cupcake tin and coloured balls! An other simple activity to keep your little one busy.

Place balls or different objects into cupcake tin and encourage your little one to pick up and put back in.

This activity helps build and develop fine motor skills & problem solving skills.

And off course she throw all the balls and wanted to play with the tin itself 🤦‍♀️

Another fun DIY!!

A basket with holes to thread the elastic, elastic and toys/balls.
Took her a few minutes to figure it out but when she did, she kept going for all the balls ⚽️ and somehow took some of the elastic off 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

This activity mainly focuses on problem-solving skills, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills 💪

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Just an other little fun hack, to do while in lockdown!

All you need is:
- Empty box/container
- Sticky tape
- Colourful balls or/and babies fav toys

Simply put the sticky side of the tape facing you and stick whatever you like on it! Easy!!

This activity helps build and develop, fine n gross motor skills, hand eye-coordination, problem solving skills, socila and communication skills. Ensure to interact with your little one while doing this activity.

Enjoy 🥰

An important message we should be teaching our children!

Sharing and turn-taking may be hard for some children. I have attached some information that may help.

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Its very common for children to have tanturms, my 7 month old has them all the time 🤣.
I have some information that may help.

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Does your bubba want to eat by themselves LET THEM!

Let them get messy! By doing this you are allowing your child to:
- be independent
- be confident
- understand when they are hungry or full
- explore and experience different food textures
- do tasks on their own, developing their brain
- use their problem-solving skills
- use and develop their smaller muscles

Once they're done just wipe or bath them and wash their clothes, simple!! And remember all the learning they are gaining from just being able to feed themselves.

Let them get messy! My daughter is almost 6 months and already wants to feed herself and get messy ❤️

Mirror play:

Is a fun way you can teach your child about self-awareness, facial expression, and body parts also, building their muscles.
Place a mirror on the floor in front of your child and let them explore. You can put your child on their tummy or sit them up.

Point to their body parts while identifying them and you can make different facial expressions.
Do not just place the mirror directly in front of them move it, far to one side than to the other, encouraging them to move and build their muscles 🪞

Always remember to interact and encourage children 🥰

DIY Play Gym:

Don't have a play gym or you do and want something different for your baby, here's a DIY play gym. All you need is a laundry basket, toys and random materials.

Place objects in the laundry basket (as shown or any other way you like), then place your baby near the basket and let them explore. Don't forget to interact with your child during play. Also perfect for tummy time.

Play gyms build baby's gross motor and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, visual and sensory skills, and Midline and Crossing The Midline Play.

Midline and Crossing The Midline Play – Your baby can work on playing in the midline and with strategic toy placement on crossing the midline. Crossing midline is an important aspect in development in that it helps develop the ability for the left side of the brain to talk to the right side of the brain (Pinkoatmeal.com).

A child is like a butterfly In the wind,
Some can fly higher than others, but
Each one flies the best it can.
Why compare one against the other?
Each one is different
Each one is special
Each one is BEAUTIFUL!

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Double demerits begin from:
Thursday 1st April till Monday 5th April.

Whats your Easter Bunny Name, mine is
Sweet Wiggle Nose 🐰

Have a happy and safe Easter 🐣 🍫 🐰

Does Teachers Voice count 🤔

Anyone else super excited that it's sunny and can do their laundry 🧺 😂

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Swimming 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️

Royal Life Saving has reported 86 drowning deaths as at 28th February 2021! An increase from last year, which was 66!

The importance of teaching children to swim in their early years:-
> allows them to be confident in or around water
> builds muscle strength and self-esteem
> allows children to interact with others
> reassures the caregiver/parent.

Safety tips while swimming:-
> staying within arms reach of children
> take children with you if you are leaving the water. No matter how long
> ensure children are aware of all rules
> floatation devices aren’t designed to prevent drowning
> ensure adults watching children know how to swim, in case of emergency.

Phewww 😥

You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow, they will be a little older than they were today. This day is a gift. Just breath, notice, study their faces and little feet. Pay attention. Enjoy today. It will be over before you know it! 💕

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Teething hacks:-

Freeze - Fruit, snacks, teething toys or cloths. Ensure they are not completely frozen to avoid hurting gums.

Warm bath - Bath times help children relax taking away some of the pain.

Teething toys - It's best not to get ones with liquid inside, if a baby has teeth, they may chew threw them.

Spoons - Put some spoons in the fridge. Once there cool, apply to babies gums.

Milk ice blocks - Put milk into bags or in ice trays than/or add dummy, freeze and give to your child, this way it helps ease the pain and allows them to get all the nutrients they need.

Gum massages - With or without ointment, rub your clean and cold finger on your babies gum slowly massaging them.

Cloths - Wet, twist, (you can add toys) then place in the freezer, once frozen give to baby. You can also add some ointment or medication to the cloth.

Or simply cuddles from mummy or daddy 🥰 always helps 💕

Screen Time, information requested from one of my beautiful followers.

NSW Health has recommended that children under the age of 2 do not have screen time. For children 2-5 years less than 1 hour per day and children over 5 years less than 2 hours per day.

Tips on limiting screen time:
- Use music as background noise
- Designate certain times of the day
- Have a “No Screen” policy during meal times
- Be a positive role model. The less screen time you do the less your children will do. Your child’s first teacher is YOU!
- Encourage children to be selective about the things they are watching

Baby’s brain development happens in the first 2 years of their life, this is why it’s recommended they have no screen time and explore their environment. Interacting, exploring and playing with others helps children learn about the world around them.

Kids Health has mentioned that spending time watching or playing high-quality educational programming together is good screen time. Plopping your toddler in front of the TV to watch your favourite shows with you is an example of bad screen time.

Use screen time as a chance to interact with your child and teach lessons about the world. Don't let your child spend time alone just staring at a screen.