Alpha Step Educare Claimed

Private English Medium Educare Centre offering an educational programme for 2- 6 year olds.
CAPS compliant curriculum.
After school care offered up to Grade 3
All meals and snacks provided
Media Centre (Computer based training for pre-schoolers + available to aftercare children for project and research work)
Various private extra mural activities

Efficient control of the larger muscle groups in the neck, shoulder and trunk is necessary to maintain stability in order for the fingers and hands to move to complete the handwriting task. As children develop, control and stability begins at the trunk, progressing to the elbow, wrist and finally the hand. With normal development, fine motor skills are developed from gross motor skills. For example, a baby will first learn to swat, then reach, then grasp and then manipulate a toy. Children need to develop the proximal muscles (closer to the centre of the body) of the trunk and shoulder girdle in order to use the distal muscles (further from the centre of the body) in the fingers and hands. These proximal muscles develop in children with gross motor movements such as reaching, tummy time, rolling, all fours position, crawling, standing and walking.