For all our parents with toddlers and pre-schoolers: A recent study from Harvard University ranked Finland as the number one country in the world for childhood education What are the Finns doing that we could emulate in Australia to improve our education and global competitiveness? The findings of this study emphasize the importance of early childhood motor skills and movement skills as key to a child’s academic success during the first years of school, and most likely throughout a lifespan. The academic development of children with poor motor performance should be closely monitored. Teachers and parents should strive to include daily activities and take steps to support not only the development of reading, arithmetic etc. but make sure to include time each day focused on early childhood motor skills and physical activity.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:21:04 +0000
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