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Apr 23, 20121 min read

School doctors ‘should check infants are ready for lessons’ All children should be

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9218511/School-doctors-should-check-infants-are-ready-for-lessons.html. Please note...

Apr 12, 20122 min read

12th April 2012 Publication of Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning

Based on more than 18 years of research and practice in schools in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Mexico and other parts of the...

Mar 1, 20121 min read

Why the floor is baby’s best playground

Dec 15, 20111 min read

Pupils exercise their way to good results

To read this article in full, please paste the link below into your web browser. http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Pupils-exercise-way-sc...

Dec 6, 20111 min read

Coming soon. Assessing neuromotor readiness for learning. The INPP Screening Test and School Interv

Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning is a substantially revised and expanded edition of a long established INPP training manual...

Nov 22, 20111 min read

“Go with the flow” – advice on poetry from Michael Rosen

Article on the value of poetry for children by Karen Faux. Nursery World 15-28 November 2011 http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/channel/Learn...

Nov 22, 20111 min read

The Genius of Natural Childhood – why movement matters

Article in “First Steps” Australia Issue 74 2011

Oct 5, 20111 min read

Recently published results based on the INPP programme in schools

Goddard Blythe SA, 2011.Neuromotor maturity as an indicator of developmental readiness for education. In: Movement, Vision, Hearing –...

Oct 4, 20111 min read

Why rhymes have a reason

Article in Daily Mail. 4th October 2011 by Sarah Harris

Sep 26, 20111 min read

Childhood being eroded by modern life, experts warn….

Open letter signed by more than 200 experts and article published in: Daily Telegraph. Saturday, 24th September 2011

Sep 22, 20111 min read

Understanding how babies’ brains work

Letter published in Nursery World. 20th September 2011

Aug 19, 20111 min read

Videogame Babysitters

The repercussions of electronic distractions. To read this article, please visit Kneejerkers.co.uk

Aug 16, 20115 min read

Putting the Biological Needs of Children First

My grandmother, born in the nineteenth century used to say that, “it is a nation’s women who make it great”. In nurturing the young and...

Aug 1, 20111 min read

Essay on neuro-motor maturity and physical “readiness” for school

To read this essay published on the Tearm Around the Child (TAC) online journal, Issue 12 please follow the link below:...

Jul 26, 20111 min read

Read a review of “The Genius of Natural Childhood”

Review of “Secrets of Thriving Children” in “Schooldays” magazine (Australia) can be read by following the link below:...

Jul 19, 20112 min read

Author recommended book title:

I am sometimes asked, which of my books is the most useful or important to read. While the answer depends primarily on the interests and...

Jul 13, 20111 min read

Chief Medical Officer’s Advice on Activity for Under 5’s

To read this article please follow the link below: http://www.sallygoddardblythe.co.uk/blog/chief-medical-…y-for-under-5schief-medical-of...

Jun 14, 20111 min read

Nursery World 14th June 2012. Motor skills gap hampers learning.

You can read this article by Catherine Gaunt’s by following the link below: http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/1074731/Motor-skills-gap-h...

Jun 2, 20111 min read

Children not “ready” for school at 5

To read articles in the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph on the 2nd June 2012 follow the links below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

May 20, 20111 min read

Listen again to interview on BBC Radio Hereford

You can listen to an interview with Sally about the importance of singing nursery rhymes to babies BBC Radio Hereford. 20th May 2012. ...