Confident ME

The opportunity to help remove obstacles from childhood development with the use of specific exercises and skills to better prepare little people to cope

There are 10 vitally important areas to address

Imagination

Knowing Shapes

Listening skills

Visual skills

Capabilities & limitations in movement

Crossing midlines

Spatial orientation

Balance

Musicality

Social interaction

Movement is a primal part of human experience across all cultures and time periods that unites us all no matter our age. The benefit it has on early childhood development is definitely worth understanding.

Of equal importance, the activities taught must focused on improving:
Concentration
……"the ability to direct one's thinking in whatever direction one would intend".

Muscle Tone
….having the right amount of “tension” inside the muscle at rest, and that the muscle is inherently able to contract on command. Put simply, you can “tell” your muscle to stop and start and it does what you want, when you want!

Children with low muscle tone may well battle to sit upright at a desk for any period of time, and may slouch over
They may also lack endurance for gross and fine motor activities and may struggle with games that require coordinated, controlled movements.

Crossing the Midline
The midline is an imaginary line drawn from the head to the feet that separates the left and the right halves of the body. The ability to cross the midline is important on the physical level as well as on the brain level.

Musicality
David Tame “The Secret Power of Music “ says it best:
There is scarcely a single function of the body that cannot be affected by music!”

Movement
Movement is essential to learning. Every time we move in an organized manner, full brain activation and integration occurs, and the door to learning opens!

Poise
If you're poised you're in full control of your faculties. You're balanced, grounded, and ready for action!

Confidence
Belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; self-assurance:

Based on the findings of the ECD (early childhood development) bank and all Confident Me’s research around childhood development, it has been proven that a child who is ready for school has a combination of positive characteristics:

• he or she is socially and emotionally healthy, confident, and friendly;
• has good peer relationships;
• tackles challenging tasks and persists with them;
• has good language skills and communicates well;
• and listens to instructions and is attentive.

The positive effects that early childhood development programs – like Confident Me – have, can change the development path of children by the time they enter school. A child who is ready for school has less chances of repeating a grade, being placed in special education, or being a school drop-out.