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Fine Motor Development for Toddlers 2-3 Year Olds

Fine Motor Development for Toddlers 2-3 Year Olds

As your toddler progresses during this stage, Fine Motor Development becomes increasingly important. Not because this helps your toddler become more independent, it's because it is linked to problem solving and cognitive development & learning.
Fine Motor Development for School Age

Fine Motor Development for School Age

Fine motor skills have improved during this point, with increased concentration and patience. These improvements in fine motor development allow school age children to focus and develop a wider variety of tasks, using their small muscles (especially arts n craft…
Fine Motor Development for Preschoolers 4-5 Year Olds

Fine Motor Development for Preschoolers 4-5 Year Olds

Preschoolers continued progress with fine motor skills depends on the stimulation and encouragement they receive on a daily basis. Improvements typically occur steadily between this age and preschoolers begin to complete small tasks that they couldn't do earlier. Such as…
Fine Motor Development for Infants 0-12 months

Fine Motor Development for Infants 0-12 months

Fine Motor involves the development of the small muscles of the body. The development of small muscles enables infants to carry out actions like grasping small objects. The fine motor skills developed from infancy continues throughout childhood in preparation of…
Fine Motor Development for Babies 12-24 months

Fine Motor Development for Babies 12-24 months

Babies will spend most of their time watching the world around them, taking in information, getting directly involved and often combining both touch and sight which is often referred to as fine motor development.
Cognitive Development for Toddlers 2-3 Year Olds

Cognitive Development for Toddlers 2-3 Year Olds

Toddlers have a greater understanding of the world around them by this stage. Their cognitive development (also known as intellectual development and thinking skills) continues to increase during this period. The ability to learn new skills, understanding of concepts, begins…
Cognitive Development for School Age

Cognitive Development for School Age

School age children are able to concentrate for a longer period of time in set tasks, enabling them to think, understand and find reasons to simple problems. They have a greater understanding of a variety of concepts and memory also…
Cognitive Development for Preschoolers 4-5 Year Olds

Cognitive Development for Preschoolers 4-5 Year Olds

Your preschooler is now able to focus their attention more accurately and is less influenced by distractions. The intensity of questions increase as your child develops a strong curiosity for the world around them. By this stage, your child will…
Cognitive Development for Babies 12-24 months

Cognitive Development for Babies 12-24 months

A baby’s cognitive development at this stage is very rapid and many changes take place over this time. They’re learning new things each day and spend their time observing others to learn how to act. Babies become more curious as…
ADHD In Children

ADHD In Children

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric disorder of the neurodevelopmental type in which there are significant problems of attention and/or hyperactivity and acting impulsively that are not appropriate for a person's age. These symptoms must begin by age…
Autism In Children

Autism In Children

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behaviour. These signs all begin before a child is three years old.
Stages Of Behaviour

Stages Of Behaviour

As a parent, your behavioural expectations of your child can be higher than what is actually developmentally appropriate for your child's age.
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