Supporting Both Large Motor and Small Motor Development in Child Care
The child care program is a wonderful place to help children develop motor skills. “Motor skills” is a broad category that includes a wide variety of abilities — from sitting up to running and climbing...
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Keeping Children Active Indoors
Child care providers often dread those days when the weather is bad and the children can’t get outdoors to play. But children need to have active times every day to use up energy, learn new things,...
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What Child Care Providers Can Expect in Infants' Physical Development
If you are a child care provider working with infants, you may be amazed by how quickly the babies in your child care program grow. By the time they are 1 year old, babies have almost tripled their...
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Creative Art Helps Children Develop across Many Domains
Creative art activities can help children in all areas of development. Child care providers should plan creative activities with the child’s overall development in mind. Here are some ways that art...
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Play Activities to Encourage Motor Development in Child Care
Play is crucial to the development of children’s gross and fine motor skills. Through play, children practice and perfect control and coordination of large body movements, as well as small movements...
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What Child Care Providers Can Expect in Toddlers' Physical Development
Child care providers play an important role in promoting toddlers’ physical development Young children grow and develop so quickly between the ages of 12 and 36 months. In two short years, toddlers...
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Ages and Stages in Child Care
Children of different ages need different types of care and nurturing. Quality child care programs help children grow in all areas of development: physical, intellectual, social, emotional, language,...
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What Child Care Providers Can Expect in the Physical Development of 6 – 8...
Six- to 8-year-olds are continuing to grow and develop their large and small motor skills. As they enter elementary school, children may begin participating in organized sports, dance, and other...
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What Child Care Providers Can Expect in Preschoolers' Physical Development
Between the ages of 3 and 5, children are still growing quickly, and are continuing to practice their large and small motor skills. Child care providers can support preschoolers’ physical and motor...
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Physical Development in Child Care
Physical development is an important area of child development that includes children’s physical growth, as well as their increasing ability to control the muscles of their bodies. Children’s physical...
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