{"id":17789,"date":"2025-02-18T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/children-are-starting-school-unable-to-sit-up-or-hold-a-pencil-and-i-know-the-culprit-kathryn-peckham\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:37:15","slug":"children-are-starting-school-unable-to-sit-up-or-hold-a-pencil-and-i-know-the-culprit-kathryn-peckham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/children-are-starting-school-unable-to-sit-up-or-hold-a-pencil-and-i-know-the-culprit-kathryn-peckham\/","title":{"rendered":"Children are starting school unable to sit up or hold a pencil \u2013 and I know the culprit | Kathryn Peckham"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an early years specialist, I\u2019ve seen the drastic impact of screens replacing physical activity and face-to-face interaction<\/p>\n

As an early years education specialist, over the past decade I have seen children enter classrooms with fewer and fewer of the skills needed to begin their formal education. The key culprit, in my opinion? Screen time.<\/p>\n

On a child\u2019s first day at school, it\u2019s normal to expect a few nerves. But they should be able to move around confidently, pick up stationery, make new friends, build a relationship with their teacher and start to feel part of a wider community. Instead, a recent survey reported<\/a> that some children in England and Wales are unable to sit up or hold a pencil. I have seen kids racked with separation anxiety and unable to form bonds. Upset and confused, they miss instructions and hold back or lash out. To a busy teacher this looks like a lack of ability, or a disruptive child to be managed. <\/strong>Children are simply being set up to fail.<\/p>\n

Kathryn Peckham is an early childhood consultant, researcher, author and founder of Nurturing Childhoods<\/p>\n

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\nAs an early years specialist, I\u2019ve seen the drastic impact of screens replacing physical activity and face-to-face interaction
\nAs an early years education specialist, over the past decade I have seen children enter classrooms with fewer and fewer of the skills needed to begin their formal education. The key culprit, in my opinion? Screen time.
\nOn a child\u2019s first day at school, it\u2019s normal to expect a few nerves. But they should be able to move around confidently, pick up stationery, make new friends, build a relationship with their teacher and start to feel part of a wider community. Instead, a recent survey reported that some children in England and Wales are unable to sit up or hold a pencil. I have seen kids racked with separation anxiety and unable to form bonds. Upset and confused, they miss instructions and hold back or lash out. To a busy teacher this looks like a lack of ability, or a disruptive child to be managed. Children are simply being set up to fail.
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As an early years specialist, I\u2019ve seen the drastic impact of screens replacing physical activity and face-to-face interaction As an early years education specialist, over the past decade I have seen children enter classrooms with fewer and fewer of the skills needed to begin their formal education. The key culprit, in my opinion? Screen time. …<\/p>\n

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