ALWAYS KEEP MOVING!

If you’ve become a mom and/or dad for the first time, you probably have lots of questions about your child’s development. You’re not the only one, which is why I wrote this blog post for you.

Small steps can often achieve great things!

Lots of useful insights into your little one’s healthy motor development and what the child’s brain has to do with it, plus a springtime fingerplay from our creative workshop are waiting here for you! I’ll show you how to support your child’s natural urge to move in an age-appropriate and effective way right from the start.

Let's start with fine and gross motor skills

Our Motor skills includes all planned and consciously controlled movements. Two major areas are distinguished: the Fine motor skills and the Gross motor skills.

To Fine motor skills include all skills of the smaller muscle groups (facial expressions, oral motor skills, movement of toes and hands).

Fine motor movements require good visual perception and well-developed muscles in the smaller limbs. Playing with marbles or balls, hammering, or bowling are also great ways to playfully support your child’s fine motor development.

To the Motor skills includes the coordination of all major muscle groups (walking, running, climbing). Certain prerequisites are needed for gross motor function, such as healthy muscles, good coordination, and optimal balance.

Children who play a lot and hop, jump, and climb in the process train their gross motor skills particularly well.

Early motor support is important and very easy for you to implement: lying on the tummy allows your baby to view the world from a completely new angle. It’s an exciting time for you and your little one.

Perfectly bedded on our Little LionheadThe prone position is an important step in your baby’s physical development. In this position, over time they learn to lift and turn their head. This trains their neck and shoulder muscles, helping them gain what’s called head control. This is an important prerequisite for being able to sit, crawl, and walk later on.

EVERY CHILD HAS THEIR OWN PACE. NO SUPPORT IS REQUIRED.

Let your little one try things undisturbed. Support their natural curiosity and your little adventurer will soon find their own pace!

Enjoy it and take a close look at your child—how exciting and important it is for little ones to be allowed to discover themselves and their surroundings independently! Of course, always be there! Offer your helping hand to reach things or to be a support in wobbly situations.

It also doesn’t help if you clear away all obstacles to make things like crawling easier for your child. Because then they can’t learn to overcome obstacles on their own.

Don't be afraid—children gain further learning success from apparent mistakes!

“I’ve never done that before, so it’ll surely go well!”

(… already knew Pippi Longstocking!)

Awaken the spirit of adventure with our climbing buddies…

# Slides

# Rockers

# Climbing and Swinging

Train sense of balance, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills.

Did you know that climbing, balancing, and sliding constantly offer new stimuli for the child’s brain?

WOW! There’s a whole lot going on here…

In the first years of life, your child learns to move better and develops important brain structures through movement.

That means: movement also gets our brain moving. Regular physical activity not only enlarges certain brain areas like a muscle, but also activates proteins and messenger substances that strengthen nerve cells and boost cognitive performance!

All the stimuli your child receives from the outside and puts into practice ultimately play a key role in determining how branching and diverse their thinking can be later in life. And this, in turn, also influences their thinking, perception, and language success!

„A CHILD is not a vessel to be filled, but A FIRE that wants to be kindled."

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Today we present: the climbing triangle

Our Climbing triangles are not only a lot of fun, but also offer so many important benefits for development.

All our climbing triangles are suitable for multiple age groups and can therefore be used for many years and by several children. They perfectly support freedom of movement. Younger children can first practice pulling themselves up and use their little feet to climb the first rungs. Older children can climb up the rungs and descend on the other side from the top.

Climbing frames, like our climbing triangle, are part of educational toys.

Your baby can pull themselves up on the rungs and stand up on their own. The Pikler triangle offers safety and playfully encourages new activities again and again. This has a great positive effect on your child’s self-confidence and helps them become aware of their abilities early on. Climbing frames inspire a love of play and adventure. No question, playing outside is the best of all. But let me show you how exciting it is to create your own climbing frame at home!

Game ideas

Even if your child isn’t speaking yet, they’re always listening! So use nonverbal communication like eye contact and gestures.

It understands you long before it answers you!

Fancy an obstacle course?

And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair tousled, and your eyes shining! (Author unknown)

Today in our creative workshop for you:

First fingerplay in spring for your little miracle!

The snowdrop

Deep in the earth, covered in snow, the snowdrop has hidden itself.
A hand forms the Earth's surface, beneath it the flower rests as a fist.

When the dear sun shines and it rains so softly,
Stretch your arms up = sun, drum your fingers on the floor like rain.

The snowdrop thought:

"Up there on Earth in the sunshine, that's where I'd like to be a little flower."

It reaches up and stretches and peeks out of the bed,
Flower = Fist begins to slowly grow upward and stretches far upward.

Just look how firmly it stands on its legs

Do you hear it ringing, so fine? Snowdrops ring in the spring.
Fist opens into a blossom.