Movement Matters - Toilet Training and Self-Care Routines

Podcast: The Early Years Together · Deborah Brown and Dr Jacqueline Young

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

In this episode of Early Years Together, Deborah Brown and Dr Jacqueline Young explore the important role that toilet training and self-care routines play in children's physical development, wellbeing, and independence. While physical development is often associated with running, climbing, and other large movements, self-care routines such as toileting, handwashing, dressing, toothbrushing, and feeding are equally significant learning experiences. The episode highlights how physical development extends beyond gross motor skills to include children's ability to care for their bodies and manage everyday routines independently. They also explore practical ways practitioners can promote independence through modelling, visual prompts...