The opening and closing motion of cutting with scissors helps children develop the small muscles in their hands otherwise known as fine motor skills. These muscles are crucial for holding a pencil or crayons and gripping and manipulating objects.
Developing and strengthening a pinch grip is needed for handwriting skills. Pinch grip activities can be thought of as pre-writing skills. Many activities, games, and crafts can involve pinching with the thumb and one or two fingers. Participating in these activities can help children develop a functional pinch grip.
When it comes to the importance of sensory play, this is a crucial factor because it establishes a foundation for preschoolers to be able to work towards more complex tasks, strengthens language development, improves problem solving skills and supports cognitive growth.
The opening and closing motion of cutting with scissors helps children develop the small muscles in their hands otherwise known as fine motor skills. These muscles are crucial for holding a pencil or crayons and gripping and manipulating objects.
About the Owner
I love what I get to do for a living. I have been working with children all throughout my life starting from babysitting, to working in daycares, caring for the ill and supporting special needs to pursuing my career working with children!
Hi! My name is Cortney Higgins, I am a certified pediatric occupational therapy assistant.
I have such a passion for working with children. I am often asked "why work with kids?" For me, it is the most rewarding job to be able to work with kids. It is fun, I get to play, they teach me new things everyday and I get to teach them! It is amazing to me to watch them learn and make the most out of the smallest things. Children allow you to see in a whole new perspective. I love that I can allow myself to create a positive impact on a child, to help them be their best. Children love to learn and if I can help add to their learning experience, then I am all for it. There is never a dull moment when working with kids and with that I never want stop.
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I love when I go to pick up Taylor and I see her playing with and interacting with other kids and sharing and all the crafts they do. I can tell Taylor's learning something new everytime!!
Shannon Cornell
About the Groups
Early Learning
Each group incorporates working through multiple skills your child needs in order to support their developmental growth. These skills are taught through exposure to crafts, cutting, gluing, developing recognition skills such as learning shapes, colors, letters and numbers through fun games. There are interactive stories, activities that focus on turn taking to assist and cope with emotions and learn to regulate feelings and behaviors. All these skills can be of great benefit to their future. There is so much expectation put on children in school these days that just a little bit of exposure to early learning can prepare and support their readiness to succeed.
Fine Motor Skills: Fine motor skills are the ability to make movements using the small muscles in our hands, wrists and fingers. Kids use fine motor skills to do many school-related tasks such as writing, coloring, cutting.
Gross Motor Skills: Gross motor skills are the skills we use to move our arms, legs, and torso in a functional manner. Gross motor skills involve the large muscles of the body that enable such functions as walking, kicking, sitting upright, lifting, and throwing a ball. Kids use their gross motor skills for many school-related tasks such as participating in gym class, recess, sitting in their chair for long periods of time, being able to stand in a line and walk through the halls.
Visual motor skills: Visual motor skills are the foundation for many of a child’s day to day activities, including cutting, coloring, writing, catching or kicking a ball, or tying their shoes. When the visual and motor systems are efficiently communicating with one another, these activities are easy for children to complete. Visual Motor Skills enable an individual to process information around them. The ability to observe, recognize, and use visual information about forms, shapes, figures, and objects makes up our visual motor abilities.
Social skills: Social development is about improving the well-being of every individual so they can reach their full potential. Your child will learn to socialize in an appropriate manner with other kids to support their success in school.
