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Unique child: Movement - Practice in pictures - Take the floor
Nursery World,
2 April 2008
Movement play is vital to young children's cognitive development as well as physical skills. Anne O'Connor suggests ways that early years settings can promote it with ample space and simple resources
Baby Orson is lying on a mat on the floor. His father lies down next to him and copies his movements. The two of them are next to each other, waving their arms and legs. Dad can see the world from his baby's perspective. Orson clutches at his own feet. By playing these kinds of games, Orson is learning about where the various parts of his body are in...
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