A Moving Child Is a Learning Child: How the Body Teaches the Brain to Think (Birth to Age 7) (Free Spirit Professional®)

This book is a delight. Love the layout, the style, the content---everything about this book makes it something parents and teachers should snap up in an instant. In this day and age of 'teach to the test' and pushing standards down to lower and lower grade levels, this book is a breath of fresh air. It should be the guiding light of early childhood and primary grade teachers. I bought one for a gift, and now I'm getting one for myself.

I'm a ECE teacher and found the printable resources really useful for sharing with parents. I've also asked work to purchase a hard copy.

This book starts with birth and the brain disconnected from the body. It explains how the brain connects with the senses via movement. It is easy to read with simple movement exercises to connect the brain to the senses. It explains that it takes time and repetition to get it right, that is why babies move all the time. Well written. Chapters go in sequence and build on previous learning. Fascinating book.

This book is so insightful! This should be required reading for every parent and educator. Makes the clear connection between physical development (thru play) and how it builds learning and other skills for kids. Both the writing and the visual style of this book make learning about the science underlying development super easy to read and comprehend. HIghly highly recommend!!

Let me preface this by saying that the content of the text itself is a great resource for any ECE teacher. Definitely recommend.That said, I wish I would have just ordered the paper copy. The digital version is not in true e-book format and it is totally messing with my reader experience. The pages are more blurred as if they are scanned. I can live with that because it looks like the actual print book, even if I have to zoom in to actually be able to read it. The thing that is triggering me is that I have no highlight tools available at all and any annotations would be by typing out notes. I can honestly say this is the only book in my collection of e-books that I cannot use the highlight tool with. Frustrating. Am I making a big deal about this. Probably. Please, someone explain why this feature is not available. Is it a consequence of having the layout true to the original print version or what? I just don't understand.

Great info presented in a way that is easy to read and understand.

Easy to read--explains whole body development and the interconnections of all aspects of development. Love the ideas for multiple stages in the back

I highly recommend this book to anyone with children and also teaching professionals that work with kindergarten.

Every school administrator and educator should read this. Children need to move.

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I would recommend this book to early years practitioners, even though it is American. The information is good and well supported by research. There are some excellent ideas for stimulating physical skills and learning for those practicing in a range of different types of provision

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