The Well Balanced Child

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.

• why movement matters
• how music helps brain development
• the role of nutrition, the brain and child growth
• how to help children with learning and behaviour problems
• Early Morning by the Pond – exercises and movements with children