Early Childhood Tips & Tricks Articles - Page 10

In our previous blog post we discussed the effects of music on children. It influences emotions, makes learning easier and contributes to the all-round development of a child. A lullaby, for example, can soothe a fussy baby, and classical music can improve kids’ spatial reasoning. 

Here are just a few reasons to introduce kids to music. Don’t know where to start from? Take a look at the following ideas!

Children’s love to music is natural. As soon as they hear a catchy tune they start moving to it following the rhythm. Some may also clap their hands or hum something. Music does influence our children. Let us look at some of the ways it affects kids.

Music can alter your child’s mood. Just remember some personal stories when you started singing a lullaby to put a child to sleep or to calm her down.

A lot of research has been carried out in the field of left-handedness. Statistics shows that 90% of all people are right-handed, while the remaining 10% are lefties. It has been proved that hand preference is closely linked to brain functioning, which means that we don’t choose our dominant hand consciously. Among the factors that may influence our choice of hand they list genes, sex, fetal development, modeling parents, brain damage, and adjustment in case we cannot use the other hand due to injury.

Our previous blog posts were dedicated to teaching kids how to trace and write letters. Meanwhile, we got a message on our Facebook page, where we were asked about the difference between writing letters for a right-handed kid and a lefty. And this is exactly how this article was born. 

In our previous blog post we wrote about the activities that help develop fine motor skills. The skills are important because depending on how well they are developed your kid would be able to cope with writing.

Fine motor skills, in comparison with gross motor skills, involve the small muscles of the body. They enable such functions as writing, grasping small objects, and fastening clothing. These skills are important in most school activities as well as in life in general. Weaknesses in fine motor skills can affect a child’s ability to eat, write legibly, use a computer, turn pages in a book, and perform personal care tasks such as dressing and grooming.

The importance of reading and talking to kids is undeniable, no matter how old they are. In today’s article we are going to take a look at how to choose suitable books for kids of 2-5 years old.

One of the most fascinating features of our book app ‘The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf’ is its interactivity. Interactive features are ‘tappable’ and bring kids unpredictable surprises. Tapping also involves children’s motor skills, which had better be developed as early as possible.

As parents we understand that reading is an essential skill for our kids but, as practice shows, not all children love reading. Here are some suggestions for involving kids into reading.

Cool colors like blue and green can be easily found in nature. If you think of these two colors, the first things that might come to your mind are sky, water, grass, and forest. How do you feel surrounded by nature?  - Calm and refreshed. This is exactly the effect cool color interiors produce on us.