Movement and early learning Sally Goddard Blythe
Children of today are more sedentary than any previous generation. Traditional outdoor games unning and jumping, hopscotch, tree climbing, playing on playground equipmentre being abandoned in favor of television, computers, and electronic games. As a result, there is unprecedented concern over the rising levels of childhood obesity and even heart disease. Sally Goddard Blythe is Director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester, which researches the effects of neurological dysfunction in children with learning difficulties and devises effective learning programmes. She researches, consults and advises schools, parents and professionals. She is the author of A Teacher’s Window in the Child’s Mind, Reflexes, Learning and Behaviour, What Babies and Children Really Need and numerous professional papers.