Movement, Your Child’s First language How Movement and Music Assist Brain Development in Children Aged 3–7 Years Sally Goddard Blythe Composed By Michael Lazarev
192 pp.
6" x 9"
Hawthorn Press
Paperback
Published: November 2018
BOOK WITH 2 CDs OF MUSIC
Movement, Your Child’s First language
challenges mainstream assumptions about early development and learning
with a rich distillation of perennial wisdom and cutting-edge science.
In this revolutionary new book, Sally Goddard Blythe eschews politically
correct accelerationism with her refreshing focus on children’s real
age-appropriate needs—in contrast to those that impatient adults think
they should have.
Based on whole-body approaches to learning
developed by Sally Goddard Blythe and Michael Lazarev, this book gives
us an essential overview of child growth from age three to seven years.
It explains why movement and music are essential for healthy brain
development and learning, and includes tried and tested activities for
helping children become school ready. Sally describes the neonatal
reflexes, how children learn with their bodies, and explains the hidden
dangers of speeding up childhood.
Included on the two CDs within
the book are Michael Lazarev’s ten songs and Goddard Blythe’s exercises
that provide creative and enjoyable music and movement activities to
help develop coordination and language skills, while the action-stories
and nursery rhymes will encourage children to move, listen, and learn.
This
invaluable resource is suitable for use by parents, nursery providers,
teachers, early-years educators, health visitors, pediatricians, special
needs teachers, and educational psychologists.
“An
inspiration.... Here, you will find the simple virtues of ‘music and
movement’ and child-raising wisdom allied with the latest
neuroscientific insights to show just why the ‘old-fashioned’,
pre-technological ways often had it right all along.” —Dr. Richard House, chartered psychologist, campaigner on early childhood, writer