You'd think preschoolers at daycare dash around all day. But they're more sedentary than you'd expect — which can impact their development of movement and other skills. An expanding initiative aims to ...

In an age where digital screens dominate much of our time, the critical importance of outdoor play for children’s development is often overlooked. Engaging in outdoor play is not just a leisure ...

Most days, Lisa Cloutier takes her preschool ... physical activity has a range of positive outcomes for kids under five, Phillips said, from helping them build and strengthen gross-motor skills ...

benefiting from their own playgrounds and larger outdoor areas. Equipment like climbers and balancing beams helps develop children’s gross motor skills while fostering natural opportunities for ...

The Little Mermaid Camp with Ariel and Her Friends: Ages 5 – 8, June 9: Each day will consist of a ballet class, mermaid crafts, a few “crabby” crafts and dancing to The Little Mermaid’s songs. The ...

Bailie adds that nature experiences are positively linked to early brain development and provides opportunities to hone gross motor ... how weaving outdoor or nature-based activities into your ...

using gross motor skills, and practicing counting out loud. By the end of the song, the students have counted to 100, and they look slightly exhausted. It’s only 8:35 a.m. Within minutes ...

Motor City Josh & The Big 3: 8 p.m.-midnight ... presented by the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, outdoor winter activities, food, live local music, family fun. Admission to the festival, and ...

• Trevor Wallace, comedian: March 22, The Fillmore, Detroit, ticket prices vary. • The Burt Bacharach Songbook: April 2, Sound Board at MotorCity Casino, Detroit ...

The primary aim of this systematic review is to identify and evaluate the clinical utility and psychometric properties of gross motor assessment tools appropriate for use in preschool and ... skills’ ...

Of those, two are for children six weeks to 14 months, two are transitional rooms for 15 months to 24 months, another two are preschool ... lot of their activities on kindergarten preparedness. They ...