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Develop activity plans that promote child development and learningFrom birth, children are developing skills that will help them participate in, understand and respond to their environment, as well as interact with their parents, caregivers and peers. Children make physical, cognitive and creative developmental progress mostly through play.I have learned many ways for children to learn in many different ways and all at their own pace. It can be as simple as dancing to music. I have learned in general that sand and water play helps toddlers develop hand/eye coordination and encourage fine motor development. Clapping games such as pat-a-cake also promote coordination. Activities that involves running, jumping or climbing are appropriate for toddlers. Preschoolers develop fine motor skills through art activities using crayons, glue, scissors and/or paint, and through dress-up activities. Riding toys, swings and climbing structures help children gain strength, dexterity and coordination. Walking a chalk line or playing hopscotch helps preschoolers develop balance and coordination. Activities that engage children in problem-solving, sorting, classifying, understanding and using information promote cognitive development. Playing peek-a-boo with an infant encourages intellectual development as he begins to understand how you disappear and reappear. Shape-sorters help toddlers and older infants to develop problem-solving skills. Age-appropriate puzzles, matching games, sorting games and block play engage toddlers and preschoolers in activity that requires them to work intellectually through a problem.I have learned that creative development thrives in an environment where children can safely express their curiosity, explore and play. Open-ended art, music, movement and dance activities breed creative expression. To encourage and foster creative development, you must allow children to explore and express their own ideas. Give infants opportunities to make choices, and to listen and move to music. Provide age-appropriate art materials such as scissors, glue, crayons, markers, paper, paint and sponges for older children, and allow them to create freely. Invite children to make up a story, use instruments and move freely to music to help them develop confidence in their own ideas and expression. All of these simple things can promote child development and learning. ................
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