Category Archives: Child Development

Learning Chores: Pairing Socks

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Lots of socks – there are five of us in the Littlesheep House so we have lots of socks – at five pairs a day, seven pairs a week – makes seventy socks each week (and that’s without the days when … Continue reading →

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A Challenge?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

How much should we challenge our children? I write this blog post sat in the car waiting for Middle Littlesheep to finish at a laser quest party and thinking about the reactions of some of the children to being taken … Continue reading →

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5 ways to help your child do well

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

This week there have been several news articles about what makes children achieve at school (e.g. this one about routines and this one about exercise) so here are my top five ways to help your child do well at school. … Continue reading →

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Listening, Attention and Comprehension (part 1)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Good listening skills are important for language development and a child with good listening skills will be more aware of the sounds of speech and pick up new vocabulary. Lots of children need encouraging to listen and help to develop … Continue reading →

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Time to Tell the Time

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Today is the longest day – so for those of you with children for whom the summer causes havoc because they use the light=day dark=night message they learnt as babies and start to wake up early and try to stay … Continue reading →

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Dressing Skills

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Dressing skills are an important skill for children to learn and come under the ‘umbrella term’ of self-help skills or independent living skills. Children will learn to dress and undress themselves at different ages depending on a number of factors … Continue reading →

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Fine Motor Skills

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

To many people, fine motor development means the way a child holds and uses pencils, crayons, and scissors, but fine motor development is much more. Fine motor skills are the small movements of the hands in co-ordination with the eyes. … Continue reading →

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Gross Motor Skills

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Gross motor skills are larger movements involving the arm, leg, or feet muscles or the entire body, actions like crawling, walking, running, and jumping are gross motor skills. Gross Motor Skills Milestones By six months Holds head steady Rolls over … Continue reading →

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School Ages and Stages

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Education (either at school or otherwise) is compulsory for all children from their fifth birthday to the last Friday in June of the school year in which they turn 16.  Before starting school, many children attend pre-schools, day nurseries, nursery schools … Continue reading →

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