what we're reading: why kids fidget

This article from the blog Balanced and Barefoot has been doing the rounds on Facebook lately and is worth a read. It seems like modern kids are missing opportunities to move due to this are not having the necessary brain development to facilitate a good attention span. It made me think of the Herald's articles a few months back about the 'little schools' in NZ's big cities where 3 year old's learn to sit still and hold a pencil before they go to real school. This article from Sprouts Child Development points out that early academics aren't necessarily the ingredients that makes a child ready for school. We are involved at the local Playcentre so the debate about what makes good Early Childhood Education comes up and is definitely interesting to me.

 

 

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