Learning is critical to the healthy growth and development of children. As children engage in creative play and stage-development learning, they learn to solve problems, to get along with others and to develop the fine and gross motor skills needed to grow and learn. At Heavenly Angells will focus on:
• Developingphysical skills. Gross motor skills are developed as a child learns to reach, grasp, crawl, run, climb and balance. Fine motor skills are developed as children handle small toys.
• Developing cognitive concepts. Children learn to solve problems (What does this do? Does this puzzle piece fit here?) through play. Children also learn colors, numbers, size and shapes. They have the ability to enhance their memory skills as well as their attention span. Children move on to higher levels of thought as they play in a more stimulating environment.
• Developing language skills. Language develops as a child plays and interacts with others. This begins with parents playing cooing games with their children and advances to practical levels such as telling make-believe stories and jokes.
• Developing social skills. Learning to cooperate, negotiate, take turns and play by the rules are allimportant skills learned in early games. These skills grow as the child plays. As a result, children learn the roles and rules of society