REFLEXES & LEARNING & BEHAVIOUR
By Sally Goddard $55.00

This book will be a welcome one for many kinesiologists as it contains rare information (in such a form) that may hold keys to those working with learning and behaviour problems It covers the importance of the primitive and postural reflexes in the developing child's ability to learn and cope. With many diagrams and illustrations it details chapter by chapter the all the primitive and postural reflexes, brain development, the senses (including balance), PLUS reflex testing and remedial steps available to the teacher.

Movement & Early Learning

Deprived of the crucial opportunities for exercising the body & senses which prime the brain for learning in the early years, the many modern children are, literally, unfit to learn. The Well Balanced Child is a passionate manifesto for a whole body approach to learning which integrates the brain, senses, movement & play.

 

125 BRAIN GAMES FOR BABIES
by Jackie Silverberg $36.00

125 Brain Games for Babies is a fun filled collection of ways to develope the brain capacity of babies. Included are everyday opportunites to nurture brain development in the criticial period from birth to 12 months. Each game has information on the latest brain research, and a discusion of how the activity promotes brain power.

Did you know that the brain of an infant: is 250% more active than that of an adult; has formed 1000 trillion connections by the end of the third year (x 2 that of adult)?; produces synapses (connections) faster in the first year than at any other time of life?

 

Movement Based Learning
For Children of All Abilities
by Cecilia Koester
$65.00

From the author of ‘I Am the Child’ comes this most practical and insightful workbook based on the idea that movement ‘grows the brain’. A large format book that is literally full of diagrams, photographs, instructions and explanations, that will be a huge asset to the therapists working in the Brain Gym and Learning Performance fields, or the interested parent/teacher. Excellent Material from a renowned educator in the field of special needs, for over 25 years.

 

 

VISION CIRCLES HANDBOOK
by Paul & Gail Dennison $35.00
The manual for the Edu-K Vision Circles Course. Includes balancing procedure for the 8 aspects of perceptual
intelligence that contribute to vision. Plus the Vision Gym exercises and theory.

PERSONALISED WHOLEBRAIN
INTEGRATION
by Paul & Gail Dennison $35.00

WITHOUT STRESS LEARNING CAN BE EASY
by Gordon Stokes $44.00 Hardcover

 

Building Brain Power in the Early Years

Start Smart offer simple, straightforward ways to boost brain power with active exploration, sensory exploration, laughter, music etc. All the chapters describe how and why the brain develops and explain how you can use the activities to give your children the best foundation for future learning.

Did you that emotions boost our memory? Or that small muscle exercises help the brain develop? The quality, quantity and consistency of stimulation will determine, to a large extent, the number of brain synapses, that are formed and how those connections will function. This is true for both cognitive and emotional development and the effect is lifelong. 140 pages; large size softcover; many illustrations and diagrams

A Guide to Whole Brain Development

Is the Left Brain Always Right? demonstrates the need for educational programs for that develop the whole child. Traditional instruction is geared toward left hemisphere style of learning, yet many young learners need a more holistic, experiential and imaginative or right hemisphere style of learning.
Includes:
*explanations of the hemispheres of the brain with lots of diagrams and an overview of the connections between motor development and brain development.
* a multitude of developmental activities
* tests for assessing a child’s hemispherical dominance
*dozens if ideas for teaching mathematics, language arts, science and social studies with right hemisphere activities. 370 pages

Movements That Heal
Rhythmic Movement Training & Primitive Reflex Integration
by Harold Blomberg M.D. with Moira Dempsey
$29.00

Movements that Heal looks at the Rhythmic Movement Training and Primitive Reflex Integration programme. In doing so it discusses the developmental and environmental reasons behind many learning, sensory, emotional and behavioural challenges. Of great interest to many would be the infant motor development and reflexes chapters that include information about their relevance & relationship to the limbic system, prefrontal cortex etc. Movements That Heal also includes case studies and many explanations and connections in the primitive reflex area. Bound to be an important book for any interested in this area.

The Genius of Natural Childhood
NEW from Sally Goddard-Blythe
$34

Fifty-two percent of parents admit they never read to their child. Toddlers watch 4 hours of television daily. More children who are obese, enter school developmentally delayed and need special education. So Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games and fairy stories for healthy child development. She explains why movement matters and how games develop children's skills at different stages of development. She also offers a starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes.

Also available by Sally Goddard Blythe:

Reflexes, Learning & Behaviour $55
The Well Balanced Child $34
What Babies & Children Really Need $40