Children not “ready” for school at 5
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011To read articles in the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph on the 2nd June 2012 follow the links below:
Radio interview also available on BBC5 Live with Victoria Derbyshire 11.05am 2.6.11
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Listen again to interview on BBC Radio Hereford
Friday, May 20th, 2011You can listen to an interview with Sally about the importance of singing nursery rhymes to babies
BBC Radio Hereford. 20th May 2012. Tony Fisher. Listen Again/1hour and 10 minutes into the programme.
Listen again is available for 7 days from the 20th May.
Link to interview on Sverige Radio about the value of singing to babies
Thursday, May 19th, 2011Please follow the link below to listen to the interview or read the article based on the transcript
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1012&artikel=4499387
Sjunga - dunderkur för barns hjärnor
Genom att sjunga för barn varje dag, kan föräldrarna undvika att deras små utvecklar språkliga problem senare i livet. När föräldrarna sjunger med sina bebisar, bidrar det till att förbereda barnens hjärnor att lära sig språket. Musik och dans är inte bara nyckel till språkliga färdigheter utan alla andra förmågor, det framgår i en ny brittisk bok.
Now in print: The Genius of Natural Childhood
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Sally Goddard Blythe, director of The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology, says that what is important is using music, singing and
lullabies to playfully get a baby ready for language. She suggests using fairy tales to teach moral behaviour and empathy. She shows,
using neuroscience, how movement with singing games such as
Pata-cake, Pat-a-cake and rough and tumble play enable children to
learn motor skills and self control naturally.
Without such activities, a large proportion of five year olds may be held back by baby reflexes, which can stop them holding a pencil properly
or learning to read, for example. A Northern Ireland study found traces of baby reflexes in 48% of first year children and 35% of fourth
years.She says,
‘It’s alarming the proportion of children with immature motor skills when they start school, regardless of intelligence. A
significant percentage of children have problems they don’t need to have. They seem to have missed out on early stages of development.
’Here are the secrets of thriving children - why early movement matters and how games develop children’s motor skills. Sally Goddard Blythe offers a handy starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes and explains:
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Why movement is essential for healthy brain development
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Just how music, songs, lullabies and nursery rhymes prepare the brain for language
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The importance of ‘rough and tumble’ play for emotional and social development
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How fairy tales help children face fears, develop empathy and moral behaviour
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The links between learning problems, sedentary lifestyles and over exposure to the electronic media
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What to look for if your child doesn’t seem ready for school
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Favourite baby massage rhymes, action songs, finger plays and rhymes with Jane Williams of Gymbaroo
An inspiration for supporting young children - her engaging use of the latest neuroscientific insights show justwhy the
‘old fashioned ways’ often had it right all along.
‘old fashioned ways’ often had it right all along.
‘old fashioned ways’ often had it right all along.
Sally Goddard Blythe’s delightfully illustrated book is about the natural vitality of young children and how they can thrive.
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Reflexes, Learning and Behaviour, Attention Balance andCoordination—the ABC of Learning Success, What Babies and Children Really Need and The Well Balanced Child - now widely translated. She is also the author of a screening test and movement programme for schools due to be published later this year.Many children are just not ready for school at age 5.
One reason may be that busy parents have abandoned nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, singing lullabies and playing with their children. Sally Goddard Blythe uses neuroscience to show just why such ‘old fashioned ways’ are among the secrets of thriving children in her eagerlyawaited new book,
PRESS RELEASE
To request review copies or arrange an interview with the author, please contact: Martin Large, Hawthorn Press
Tel: 01453 757040 email: martin@hawthorpress.com or claire@hawthornpress.com
The Genius of Natural Childhood
is published by Hawthorn Press in the Early Years’ Series, price £14.99.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1 June 2011 ISBN: 978-1-907359-04-0 Paperback 234 x 156mm 240 pp
Available from all good bookshops, online at www.hawthornpress.com or by mail order from Booksource, Tel (0845) 370 0063
Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, Child Psychology, The University of Edinburgh
SALLY GODDARD BLYTHE is Director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester, a research, training and clinical organisation which has pioneered research into the neuroscience of specific learning difficulties. An international authority on remedial programmes, she has authored numerous professional papers and books such as
Dr Richard House, Roehampton University
Bring back the lullaby, says controversial expert
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011To read this article published in the Toronto Star on 10 May 2011 follow the link below:
www.thestar.com/iphone/Living/article/988363 - Canada
Singing to children may help development of language skills
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011To read this article published in The Guardian on May 8, 2011 follow the link below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/08/singing-children-development-language-skills
Calendar of Events: April 2011 - April 2012
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Diary of Events for INPP January 2011 to April 2012
January 2011
Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th January 2011 - International INPP Course Module 1
Monday 17th to Friday 21st January 2011 - International INPP Course Module 2
Monday 24th to Thursday 27th - January 2011 International INPP Course Module 3
February 2011
Friday 11th February 2011 - One Day Training Course for Autism Wales provided in Carmarthenshire
Friday 18th - February 2011 One Day Training Course in Chester
Monday 28th - February 2011 One Day Course provided at INSET Day in Carlisle
March 2011
Thursday 3rd March 2011 – Lecture at Jump and Learn Conference to London BAECE Members
Monday 14th March to Friday 18th March 2011 INPP UK Course Module 3 plus Musica Medica
April 2011
Friday 8th April 2011 – One Day Training Course in Chester
Sunday 1st May – Presentation given at Kindyroo in Berlin
May 2011
Tuesday 24th May – Presentation to Nurturefest Conference. Stafford.
Tuesday 31st May – Presentation to working group at the European Parliament in Brussels at the invitation of The International Alliance for Childhood
June 2011
Monday 6th June to Wednesday 8th June 2011 – International and UK INPP Module 4 (Exam Module)
Friday 10th June 2011 – One Day Training Course in Chester
Wednesday 29th June 2011 – Presentation at “Physical Literacy Conference” , University of Bedford
September 2011
Saturday 17th September 2011 – Presentation at PWN Conference in Poland
Monday 19th September 2011 – One day training for carers of in residential homes for young people in Bratislava, Slovakia
Monday 26th September 2011 – Sensograph Training Day in Chester
October 2011
Friday 7th October 2011 – One Day Training Course (details to be confirmed)
November 2011
Wednesday 2nd November 2011 – Two 11/2 hour “Jump and Learn” Sessions at Thomas Coram Centre in Camden, London
Friday 11th November 2011 – Conference presentation Somerset (to be confirmed)
Friday 18th November 2011 – One Day Training Course in Chester
Friday 25th and Saturday 26th November 2011 – Supervision Weekend Queen Hotel, Chester
January 2012
Tuesday 17th to Friday 20th January 2011 – INPP Course Module 1
Monday 23rd to Friday 27th January 2012 – INPP Course Module 2
March 2012
Sunday 4th March 2012 – One day training for therapists and educators at the invitation of Therapeutic Services in New York
Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th March 2012 – INPP Course Module 3
April 2012
Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th April 2012 – INPP Conference in Barcelona
The Genius of Natural Childhood - publication date May 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011This new book explains why the processes inherent in natural childhood support and nurture children’s development.
As technology accelerates processes of change, subtle alterations in life style are increasingly effecting children’s experiences. Without denying the many advantages that technology has brought to modern living, this book explains why:
Children still need plenty of physical experience and interaction in the early years; why lullabies, nursery rhymes and fairy stories are still relevant to children today; the importance of movement, singing, imaginary play, the telling of stories and being read to; it provides ideas of games and activities for parents and carers to play with the under 5’s.The final chapter gives suggestions for what to look out for in getting children “ready” for school.
Children’s development unfolds in the context of the physical world.
Fairy tales - a point of disagreement
Friday, April 1st, 2011New Book Title: Advance Information. The Genius of Natural Childhood
Thursday, January 6th, 2011The Genius of Natural Childhood – Secrets of Thriving Children
One of the greatest threats to modern society comes not from diseases of the past which Medicine and Hygiene have largely controlled, but illnesses, learning and social problems which are a direct consequence of modern living conditions, lifestyle and ignorance of children’s biological needs perpetuated by a culture of political correctness – from sedentary lifestyles, increase in childhood obesity, lack of physical play and one-to-one social engagement - to loss of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, bedtime stories and rough and tumble play. Sally Goddard Blythe, Director of INPP explains:
- Why movement is an essential ingredient for healthy brain development
- How music, song, lullabies and nursery rhymes prepare the brain for language
- Why fairy tales engender an understanding of moral behaviour and enable children to face their emotional fears in safety
- Why rough and tumble play exercise neural circuits involved in creativity and self regulation
- What to look out for if your child does not seem to be “ready” for school.
Description
According to statistics from the USA: 30% of children will enter kindergarten developmentally delayed; 30% of children are obese; 20% of children require special education assistance; infants watch 2.5 hours per day of TV and toddlers watch 4.5 hours per day TV; Elementary children use 8 hours per day of combined technologies and in the UK 40% of parents admit they have never read to their child.
Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom inherent in lullabies, nursery, rhymes and fairy stories. She explains why movement experience in the early years is essential for healthy child development and why music helps to develop and enhance language. Dr Jane Williams, Director of Toddler Kindy GymbaROO in Australia provides a starter pack of games and activities which parents can do with their children. The final chapter provides a series of check lists of signs to look out for in children who may need additional help in getting ”ready” for school.
Publisher: Hawthorn Press. Stroud. www.hawthornpress.com
Publication date: Summer 2011