Nursery World - Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to .. creeping and crawling

As the parent of a young child, you'll know what it feels like to be bombarded with guidelines about your child's fitness. Lala Manners provides suggestions

As the parent of a young child, you'll know what it feels like to be bombarded with guidelines about your child's fitness.

But what is often forgotten in the midst of all this well-meaning advice is the importance of 'pre-walking skills', like rolling and crawling.

IMPORTANCE

Most children, once they are able, will want to run, jump and climb. However, what the children will gain through practising the 'pre-walking skills' of rolling, crawling and creeping is:

Pre-walking activities also boost a child's brain development, confidence and willingness to persevere, while crawling, in particular, strengthens eye skills and hand-eye co-ordination - vital for reading and writing well.

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