Family Natters

Cruz Shuz, Wheelies and Heelys are different brands of kids trainer skates.
What are they?
They are like trainers but have one or more wheels in the heel, so you can skate on your heels and stop by putting your toe down.    In most types you can take out or retract the wheel so it becomes almost like […]

Activities that develop fine motor skills and control in children aged 4 to 8 are listed below:

cutting out shapes
drawing a person with head, trunk and legs
jigsaws with more than 12 pieces
using a computer keyboard and mouse
stickle bricks
playdough
junk modelling
tracing letters
sewing
writing
tying laces

Activities that develop fine motor skills and control in children aged 2 to 4 are listed below:

feeding with a spoon
zipping and buttoning
putting rings on a stacker
putting shoes on
drawing circles and dots
threading and lacing
blowing bubbles
12 piece jigsaws
bead patterns

Activities that develop fine motor skills and control in children aged 1 to 2 are listed below:

turning pages in books
drinking using a cup
building a tower of blocks or lego
making marks, straight lines and circles with crayons
stringing beads
threading
turning door knobs and handes
pulling off shoes
activity toys with knobs, buttons and wheels
peg jigsaws

Activities to develop fine motor skills and control in babies are listed below:

jungle gyms (they bat the moving objects with feet or hands)
rattles and teddies (they pat, hold or pick them up)
drinking from bottles and cups (start off holding with palms of hands then progress to fingers)
bricks and lego (pick up and later drop and bash against […]

Activities to help develop fine motor skills and control vary according to age and are given here:

birth to 12 months
1 to 2 years
2 to 4 years
4 to 8 years 

Fine motor skills (also known as fine manipuative skills) are small and often intricate movements primarily made by the hands. They begin at the centre of the […]

Sundown Adventure Land is located six miles from the A1 Markham Moor and sign posted three miles from Dunham on the A57. Admission is £8 per person with under 2’s free of charge. Best suited for families with children under 10, it offers the following:

numerous parks with slides, cargo nets, bridges, round-abouts and climbing apparatus

go-karts

automated […]

A squint is when the eyes don’t work together.  Often this is nothing to worry about in very small babies, but at about 6 weeks you would usually expect them to work together.  If one focusses correctly while the other slides inwards or outwards, you should point it out to your health visitor.  If she or he also […]

In August 1960 dogs Belka and Strelka were sent into space in Sputnik 5 to orbit the Earth.
I was telling Tom about this and how other dogs had been put into rockets and spent into space.
“But why?” he asked.  “They can’t hold the steering wheel.”

Remembrance Sunday can be taught to KS1 and KS2 children via John McCrae’s famous poem In Flanders Fields which is given below for you to print out or copy onto your whiteboard, although for younger children you may want to use only the first or first and second verses.
An introduction may include inviting an ex […]