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In Early Learning at Northbridge International School Cambodia, we provide daily opportunities for sensory play and exploration. Sensory play is when children engage in any learning experience that stimulates the use of their senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing.
There is a wealth of research that states that when children engage in sensory experiences, it increases learning opportunities and provokes the pathways in the brain to connect at a deeper level.
It provides crucial benefits for our children, such as:
Sensory play builds connections in the developing brain’s pathways, which increases a child’s ability to complete more challenging learning tasks.
Sensory play supports in developing and enhancing memory functioning
Sensory play is great for cognitive growth, enhancing a child’s thought processes, and the ability to reason and understand
Sensory play helps children learn vitally important sensory attributes (hot, cold, sticky, dry).
Most importantly, sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, motor skills development, problem-solving skills, and social interaction.
Please see the link below for sensory play ideas that you could try at home:
https://childhood101.com/sensory-play-ideas/
https://www.parentingforbrain.com/sensory-activities-importance-sensory-play/
Action Learning Camps, or ALCs, are often cherished highlights of students' school years. Memories of playing team sports, roasting marshmallows, and sharing whispered conversations into the early hours of the morning leave lasting impressions. But ALCs are more than just fun—they're foundational experiences that support students’ growth in a number of ways.
We often associate gratitude with iconic moments, such as when our children are born healthy, we are offered a good job, a family member or pet survives an illness or operation, or when our children graduate from school. Events like these can be very moving and emotional, and sometimes even life changing. However, what if we made it a habit to include gratitude in our daily lives?
Lots of research points to a very common problem in student learning: Too much information!
Students can become overwhelmed and consequently processing and memory retention can become difficult. Not just for students with executive function challenges, or neurodiversity; for many neurotypical students too! Especially younger students. Feeling overwhelmed can also trigger stress and anxiety.
Reading is an essential skill for success in school and in life. It is also a skill that can be developed and nurtured at home, from an early age. You as parents and caregivers play a vital role in helping your child develop a love of reading.
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