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Movement

Your Child's First language: How movement and music assist brain development in children aged 3-7 years (With 2 CDs)
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This book with 2 CDs is a collection of songs, action nursery rhymes and stories that assist child development through movement. Sally Goddard Blythe explains why movement matters for brain development, attention, co-ordination  and balance. She also describes the neonatal reflexes and how healthy early years movement  transforms such reflexes.  
 
Michael Lazarev's songs help develop co-ordination and language skills.
 
Readership: Parents, teachers and early years educators; health visitors; paediatricians; special needs teachers; educational psychologists.
Overview of listening, play, movement and play. Why movement matters. Early years brain development. How children learn with their bodies; The primitive or neo-natal reflexes. Why music matters and what music does. Accelerationism-the danger of speeding up childhood. How to use the songs and rhymes. Michael Lazarev's 10 Songs and Exercises plus  Early Morning by the Pond Action Story and A  Day in the Garden Movement Story.  Time to Begin: School Readiness.

GÇ£This book is simply essential for all parents and educators who-áreally-ácare about the well-being of children and the future of humanityn++?-á

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