"Fiddle dee dee, fiddle dee dee, the fly has married the bumble bee....."

We hope those of you who have been joining us for our "Ourtime" (18m-3yrs) programme have been enjoying yourselves in class. Animals is a great theme for this age of children, creating wonderful and fun opportunities to explore interesting sounds and varied movements. As we progress to the last third of the course we are getting to know our bumble bees and butterflies and will enjoy buzzing and fluttering around together, not to mention wagging our little sheeps tails as well! This age is crucial for your childs language development. Two year olds generally begin their third year of life with a vocabulary of about 200 words and this number is quintupled by the age of three, when they can use about 1000 words! During this language growth spurt, therefore, it is particularly important to introduce movement words that are possibly unfamiliar to your young child.*
So, as you enjoy being butterflies and bees over the next few weeks just remember you're doing the best thing possible to help your childs vocabulary grow! See you in class :)

* "Ages and Stages" by Karen Miller