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Remember, you are your child's FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT teacher!  Use information from these sites to help you make your home a fun and stimulating environment for your child today!!!!
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
PBS Parent Tools
Family Education.com
Metropolitan Library

School Blog Below:
Look here to see fun topics from our classrooms below. These may include pictures of projects the kids are making or a good heads-up for conferences or other activities which may arise throughout the year. Also, our teachers can blog about upcoming training topics they may have attended and think you may find useful.

Fine Motor Development: This is why we "ART" every day at school.

10/30/2017

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We are asked quite a bit about the importance of play and art in our classrooms.  The truth of the matter is that art is much more than a memory to hold on your fridge. It is vital to developing skills for your child starting at an early age. Here at Southern Hills we have art starting as early at our Lil' Critter class.  Our teachers understand the importance of having art every day. They strive to make art child-led; meaning, we aren't just painting their hand and sending home a hand print. Although we understand every parent loves memories of their child's hand-print, we also understand our families are trusting us to come alongside them in helping their child develop necessary skills at an early age.  Therefore, our students get to paint, draw, cut and play with play dough or slime daily.  Sometimes art doesn't look "perfect," but it is perfect for their child's development to be messy, out of the lines and even torn at times.  Please take the time to read the following article to explain more the importance of play and art in fine motor development in early childhood and how this is being impended on in today's society.

"What's Happening in Fine Motor Development"

Article published on Community Play Things 

Click HERE to see the complete article.

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