BABY MORRIS LOVES TO PLAY. IN FACT, HE PLAYS ALL DAY! EVERYDAY!
The Baby Morris board books and games were created to advocate for play as the occupation of childhood, which is never futile and something to be encouraged.
“PLAY IS PRIMARILY IMPORTANT TO EACH CHILD’S HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFETIME! IT IS A CHILD’S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY…”
RUTH BARKER
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Play is a purposeful endeavour, where spontaneous explorative activity generates the components of early childhood development to work together as a system and drive child development and learning forward!
In the first years, play allows for the lower centers of the brain to grow! It is the constant interaction between the sensory and movement components - balance (vestibular), position in space (proprioceptive), tactile, visual, auditory, taste and smell, posture, muscle strength, muscle tone, coordination, range of movement, and being able to cross the midline of the body, which provide a wonderful foundation for higher-order components, including complex motor skills, attention and concentration, cognition, language and emergent literacy, self-regulation, interpersonal and social skills, and academic pursuits.
It is the careful presentation of an inviting environment of open-ended activity, both indoors and outdoors, that provides the impetus for play. An environment that allows for repetitive practice and refinement - it’s a child’s will… it is a child’s desire… it is a child’s way…
The Baby Morris Board Books and games are full of wonderful open-ended play ideas! Each board book has a different theme. As a whole, the books inspire sensory-motor experiences such as bubble blowing, building with blocks, playing with dough, sand, water, arts and crafts, music and movement, and outdoor gross motor play. They endorse practical life, role play, and pretending too!
Of course, reading the Baby Morris Board Books or playing the games, positively affects attachment and social-emotional health. It is the reciprocity between the adult and the baby, toddler or preschooler (known clinically as serve and return), where reading or game playing are done frequently and routinely, especially when snuggling and affection is involved, that forms and firms the attachment bonds - leading to strong emotional regulation and therefore, the likelihood of well versed social skills. And, where there is a relationship between adult and child, there is an enormous benefit to language development and emergent literacy skills.
EARLY LANGUAGE-RICH ENVIRONMENTS AND FUTURE SCHOOL SUCCESS ARE AKIN…
RUTH BARKER.
Many foundational language and literacy concepts are embedded within the pages of The Baby Morris Board Books. This includes opportunities for the sensory processing of auditory and visual information, increasing vocabulary, understanding phonological awareness (hearing individual words, the beats or syllables of words, and the rhyming of words), the parts of speech such as nouns (naming words), adjectives (descriptive words), verbs (action words), prepositions (for example, up top, behind, in front) and early concepts of number, geometric form and colour.
“ONE TWO THREE, BEADS ON A STRING. BANG ON THE DOUGH IT’S AN ICKY-STICKY THING”.
“CLIMBING THE SLIDE, UP UP TO THE TOP. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN UNTIL HIS BOTTOM GOES PLOP!”.
“STAMPING WITH PAINT A CIRCLE AND A SQUARE. MANY STARS TWINKLE TWINKLE EVERYWHERE”.
“STOMPING HIS FEET, STOMP, STOMP ON THE FLOOR AND ROAR ROAR ROAR LIKE A BIG DINOSAUR!”.
Lastly, The Baby Morris Board Books and games are pertinent to a therapeutic relationship - and make wonderful resources for occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nursing units such as pre-natal and neo-natal wards, or for anyone working with a child that requires inducement to play and develop. The Baby Morris Board Books have been used at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, for their Arts in Health program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers since their inception.
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