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Taking part in physical activity supports healthy growth and development, whilst providing opportunities for children to develop and learn life long skills. Children need to be active everyday to support a healthy lifestyle and development. You could carry out the Olympic games with friends or siblings or with just your child taking part! Each month a selection of new experiences will be released that will help you to educate your child and prepare them with the safety skills and awareness they need for later life.
Physical experiences encourage children to develop their coordination skills, helping them to control their body movements to perform a task or skill. They support children in being able to use their arms and legs in unison. This is known as bilateral movement. Cross lateral movements are also supported where children are encouraged to cross their midline, for example taking their arm across to the other side of their body.
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Either indoors or outdoors within a clear space, show your child how you can roll a ball on the ground. Invite your child to have a turn.
Busy Bees has been serving NHS Startwell accredited meals across all UK nurseries for the past five years Take a few playdough or biscuit cutters with you to the beach or outside in your sand pit. Show your baby how they can use the cutters to make shapes in the sand! Talk to your baby about the cutters they are using Cooking with Buzz provides you with a variety of different recipes to try with your child. Cooking is a fantastic learning experience, providing so many opportunities for teaching new skills and it's great fun too! Wipe up any spilt water to avoid a hazard. Supervise children when using scissors and store out of reach. Each Busy Bees centre has had significant investment in physical equipment to encourage your child to be active.
Exploring this sensory dough helps your child learn through their senses and make connections. Counting out the dough supports their early counting skills Invite your child to help you make a start and finish line in your garden; with a couple of pieces of clothing, a tea towel or a piece of garden equipment. Following this, explain that we are going to take part in different races. Be mindful that some stones or shells may have sharp edges. Always wash your hands thoroughly after handling items on the beach Children become aware of their bodies in relation to the space around them. Exercise improves a child's overall health and fitness and supports energy levels. Being active contributes to reducing the risk of childhood obesity. As children use their muscles to perform a task or skill, they build by muscle and cardio endurance, allowing them to carry out skills for longer periods of time. As children maintain their attention during physical experiences, their concentration is enhanced which increases productivity and success. Whilst you encourage your child to explore, test their boundaries and use their imaginations they are learning about risk and how to implement effective control measures to keep themselves and others around them safe. Safety with Buzz will provide you with guidance, experiences ideas and top tips to help you do this.
Encourage your child to crawl to the first item, provide them with sufficient time to explore this.UP and Active with Buzz is a physical programme designed specifically for Busy Bees to support children with their physical skills and development. At the centres, educators have access to a range of physical experiences they can carry out with the children, along with professional reading to support their understanding of physical development. At home, parents are able to access UP and Active experiences to further support their children's gross motor development and fitness. Below you will find a small selection of these experiences! In 2021, two Busy Bees educators were invited to a Downing Street reception to recognise their dedication throughout the pandemic In 2019 we launched our Safety with Buzz programme to support the development of children’s understanding of health, safety and wellbeing This activity focuses on fine motor development by improving the muscles in the hands, strengthening hand grip and developing wrist movement Explain to your child we are going to take part in our own Olympic games and that the Olympic games happen every four years, where athletes from all over the world come together to take part in different sports representing their country.
Gross motor movement - written by Laurissa Hyner-Anderson; academic researcher and gymnastics teacher, and Kenny Churchill; educator and Paralympic gold medalist. Find out about our UP and Active with Buzz programme; available at your Busy Bees' centre and via our UP app.
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Collect together some of your child's toys or items of interest, space these out on the floor to create a crawling course for your child. In 2015 Busy Bees co-founders Marg Randles and John Woodward were awarded the OBE for services to childcare and education
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