Birth To Three - Peeling Fruit
Why is peeling fruit something we’ve chosen to cover? It might not seem like a particularly important skill, but let me tell you a story: Cast your mind forwards 5 years to when they are in school. They have been learning all morning - it is break time. The energy from their breakfast is wearing off and they are about to go out to play and run off a load more!
There is fruit on offer. Your kid has two choices. Either they can peel the banana or tangerine, in which case they are off, out playing with their friends having peeled and eaten their snack, recharged and refreshed. Or they can’t peel it. So they choose not to bother, and join their friends outside, okay, but a bit hungry, or they stay to peel their fruit or find someone who can, and miss play time…. You see the dilemma? Being independent in as many tiny ways as you can be helps you in Reception no end - it gets you ahead of the bunch and leading the pack!
Now you know the long game, here’s how to develop that independence in your baby right from the start, because the skills used in peeling fruit are used in all sorts of amazing skills, like doing up buttons, picking up your own food, doing up laces and zips, making things and, ultimately, writing!
Why is peeling fruit something we’ve chosen to cover? It might not seem like a particularly important skill, but let me tell you a story: Cast your mind forwards 5 years to when they are in school. They have been learning all morning - it is break time. The energy from their breakfast is wearing off and they are about to go out to play and run off a load more!
There is fruit on offer. Your kid has two choices. Either they can peel the banana or tangerine, in which case they are off, out playing with their friends having peeled and eaten their snack, recharged and refreshed. Or they can’t peel it. So they choose not to bother, and join their friends outside, okay, but a bit hungry, or they stay to peel their fruit or find someone who can, and miss play time…. You see the dilemma? Being independent in as many tiny ways as you can be helps you in Reception no end - it gets you ahead of the bunch and leading the pack!
Now you know the long game, here’s how to develop that independence in your baby right from the start, because the skills used in peeling fruit are used in all sorts of amazing skills, like doing up buttons, picking up your own food, doing up laces and zips, making things and, ultimately, writing!
Why is peeling fruit something we’ve chosen to cover? It might not seem like a particularly important skill, but let me tell you a story: Cast your mind forwards 5 years to when they are in school. They have been learning all morning - it is break time. The energy from their breakfast is wearing off and they are about to go out to play and run off a load more!
There is fruit on offer. Your kid has two choices. Either they can peel the banana or tangerine, in which case they are off, out playing with their friends having peeled and eaten their snack, recharged and refreshed. Or they can’t peel it. So they choose not to bother, and join their friends outside, okay, but a bit hungry, or they stay to peel their fruit or find someone who can, and miss play time…. You see the dilemma? Being independent in as many tiny ways as you can be helps you in Reception no end - it gets you ahead of the bunch and leading the pack!
Now you know the long game, here’s how to develop that independence in your baby right from the start, because the skills used in peeling fruit are used in all sorts of amazing skills, like doing up buttons, picking up your own food, doing up laces and zips, making things and, ultimately, writing!
