International Music Day

🎶 It’s International Music Day 🎶 What is your child’s favourite type of music? Let us know in the comments! 🎹🥁🎷🎻🎸

Age Appropriate Chores For Kids

Doing chores helps children learn about what they need to do to care for themselves, a home and a family. They learn skills they can use in their adult lives, like preparing meals, cleaning, organising and keeping a garden. Being involved in chores also gives children experience of relationship skills like communicating clearly, negotiating, cooperating

National Book Day

Tomorrow, 23 April 2022 is National Book Day! 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 At Smiley Kids we read every day! Reading is a superpower! Not only does it unlock a world of imagination, but it brings an opportunity to learn about new things as well as share experiences. Reading and sharing stories will: 📚 Help your child get to

How to help with my child’s language skills:

💬How can I help my child’s language skills?💬 1️⃣ Talk, talk, talk. Narrate the day as it evolves. Tell your child, for instance, “Now we’re going to take a bath. Can you feel the warm water on your belly? When we dry off, we’ll get dressed and take a walk.” 2️⃣ Read, read, read. It’s

World Health Day

🌍 World Health Day is celebrated by the people all across the world every year on 7th of April under the leadership of World Health Organization to draw attention towards the importance of global health. This year’s theme is: Our Planet, Our Health. 🍎🥦🤸🏽‍♂️⚽️🧘🏽‍♂️🌞🌳🌻Not just as parents but also as humans, we must do our

World Water Day

It’s a day to educate, celebrate, reflect, and make a difference to water management in the world. Water is life. Save water save life. Life not only for humans but animals, birds, and plants too. Conserve water. Happy World Water Day! “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” – Loren

Family Love

❤️🌈 If our love for you had a colour, it would be the whole rainbow ❤️🌈 #smileykids #preschool #southafrica #earlychildhooddevelopment #themonthoflove #raisingthepreschoolbenchmark #family

How to show your toddler that they are loved:

The most fundamental gifts we can give our children are acceptance, stability, and most importantly, love. Of course parents love their children. But love is not only a noun, it’s also a verb. Showing love to your child can, at times, be complicated. There are small ways to express your love to your child so

What books can my toddler read?

📚 What books can my toddler read? 📚 Reading to young children is proven to improve cognitive skills and help along the process of cognitive development.Cognitive development is the emergence of the ability to think and understand; it’s “the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood”.

Fun activities for you and your children!

Are you looking for some fun activities to do with your children during the holidays? Here are a few ideas 💡😃 #smileykids #earlychildhooddevelopment #havingfun #toddlers #learningthroughplay #southafrica #preschool #Christmas #holidays