{"id":1482,"date":"2014-04-25T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2014-04-25T14:16:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T13:16:05","slug":"childrens-weekly-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/2014\/04\/25\/childrens-weekly-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Weekly Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">All parents should by now be receiving their weekly What&#8217;s Happening Email Bulletin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This bulletin has proved to be a great success in terms of communication and this was reflected recently in our parental questionnaires. \u00a0(*Feedback from the questionnaires is currently being collated &#8211; we will share the outcome of this and alert you to any &#8216;action points&#8217; the family centre need to address.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The weekly parent email not only informs parents and carers of the events for the forthcoming week, but also gives parents an idea on some \u2018workouts\u2019 and\/or \u2018talking tips\u2019 to carry out at home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The workouts and talking tips stem from staff\u2019s knowledge of child development and we think about each of the workouts and talking tips in terms of how we can best support children\u2019s continued development in all areas of the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Even the simplest colouring in task (last week\u2019s workout!) is helping support child development in a number of areas for example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0Fine \u00a0motor development<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>hand &#8211; eye coordination<\/li>\n<li>hand skills<\/li>\n<li>pencil grasp<\/li>\n<li>control of pencil\/implement<\/li>\n<li>securing preferred hand<\/li>\n<li>development of pencil control leads to better control when forming letters\/numbers<\/li>\n<li>awareness of matching, naming, sorting colours<\/li>\n<li>perseverance in task \u2013 even when tricky i.e. staying in the lines<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining attention skills<\/li>\n<li>Increased focus<\/li>\n<li>Completion of task through to end<\/li>\n<li>Following instructions<\/li>\n<li>Increasing confidence on completion and handing in to staff member<\/li>\n<li>Celebrating success when praised after completion<\/li>\n<li>Sense of achievement at having work displayed on wall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u00a0The list is endless\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I wonder what next weeks workout will be!?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All parents should by now be receiving their weekly What&#8217;s Happening Email Bulletin. 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