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Easy Ways (and a yummy snack!) to Help Your Child Develop Their Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills include the movement and use of the hands and fingers, as well as hand-eye coordination. Developing fine motor skills is important for everyday tasks such as reaching, grasping, and picking up objects. Developing these skills also helps children feed themselves and learn how to write. Try these activities at home to support your child’s development of fine motor skills: Infants: Reach, grab, and put objects in their mouth or bang two objects … Read more

How to Build Your Child’s Problem-Solving Skills

Problem-solving skills build upon how young children sense, think, and understand the world around them. Problem-solving skills are important for learning how to make connections that young children can apply to other areas of life through new experiences.   Activities to support your child’s problem-solving skills development: Infants Hide a toy under a blanket, pillow, or behind you, and help your infant look to find where the toy went. If using a toy that plays music … Read more

5 Classroom Practices to Improve Behavior

From establishing routines and predictable schedules to clearly communicating behavior expectations, these five practices will help your classroom’s behavior.   See the 5 Classroom Practices

Flagler County Food Assistance Resources

St. Vincent de Paul 200 S Daytona Ave, Flagler Beach 386-693-4806 Flagler County residents only, bring ID. Also helps with clothing. Grace Community Food Pantry 400 South Daytona Ave, Flagler Beach 386-439-0071 Must be a Flagler County resident. Bring ID, piece of mail. Salvation Army Social Services – Food Pantry – Flagler 700 E. Moody Blvd, Bunnell 386-437-0029 Flagler County residents – bring ID and piece of mail. Call in advance. ACCESS Florida 850-300-4323 The … Read more