Alpha Step Educare Centre
Learning in Port Elizabeth

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To effectively provide age appropriate developmental stimulation and education for all children entrusted to our care. To encourage a love of learning in a stimulating environment where each child can be encouraged to reach their full potential, using age appropriate developmental activities that stimulate the five senses. Motor skills are movements and actions of the muscles. Gross motor skills are involved in movement and co-ordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements. These two motor skills work together to provide co-ordination. With normal development, fine motor skills are developed from gross motor skills. Children need to develop the proximal muscles (closer to the centre of the body) of the trunk and shoulder girdle in order to use the distal muscles (further from the centre of the body) in the fingers and hands. Gross motor skills develop through practice and repetition, and therefore children need to be exposed to diverse opportunities to move freely and experiment with different resources to help their skills develop. Have the child walk through the same course backwards. Put objects on the floor as stepping stones, identifying placement of left foot and right foot by colours. The child is to follow the course by placing the correct foot on each stepping stone. The child can use different hands to move the boxes and use alternating feet. Have the child walk forward slowly along the board with the normal stride of a tandem walk (heel-to-heel). The task is more difficult with bare feet than with shoes on. Have the child walk backward along the board while keeping balance. Ask the child to walk along the board sideways starting with the left foot, then the right. A difficult activity for the child with poor motor coordination, it combines rhythm, balance, body movement, and coordination. It is vitally important for parents to check out the accreditation of the swim school before enrolling their children. Just like when you enrol your child to start grade one, you make sure that the school is registered with the Department of Education. Its objective is to encourage the practice of aquatic disciplines for all in South Africa with the purpose of promoting swimming as a life skill through the Learn To Swim programmes. Music is a great communicator and it releases emotions. Within each each session your little one can express his/her emotions in a fun, relaxed way. When only the best is good enough for your child enrol them at Alpha Step today! Alpha Step Educare, where your child comes first and is the FIRST Step in your childs academic future.