The Genius of Natural Childhood, The: Secrets of Thriving Children (Early Years)

More children 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 offers a starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes. Sally Goddard Blythe's delightfully illustrated book is about the natural vitality of little children and how it should thrive. She knows moving makes imgination and skill grow, and that some children do not dance and sing enough, or share moving as they were born to do. She tells us about growing bodies and brains, and offers songs and games for the joy of discovering life with children