Child Development

February 20, 2017Child Developmentby Medowie Gumnuts

Fine Motor Development in Children

Recently I’ve been exploring reasons behind why a lot of children seem to have weaker hand muscles compared to years gone by. The following article gives a great insight into why this could be happening ….. Hand Grip: Weak Hands? Weak Body? Why Kids and Millennials are Losing their Grip This article provides helpful information regarding the necessity of strong hand …

August 30, 2016Child Developmentby Medowie Gumnuts

Speech and Sounds

What should your child be able to say and when? Oh listen to her. Doesn’t she sound cute? She says ‘wuck’ for ‘truck”. Do you, as a parent, do you often wonder when words move from the ‘cute’ category to the ‘is this normal’ category? Is it normal for a three year old to struggle with the word ‘truck’? The …

July 25, 2016Child Development, Parenting Tipsby Medowie Gumnuts

Developing Cultural Awareness

Last week I had the pleasure of attending a Cultural Competency workshop that was held at the Murrook Culture Centre. I thoroughly enjoyed this day as I learnt so much about the indigenous culture within our local community. Im hoping to attend more of these workshops and plan on sending more of our educators along as well so that we …

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