Why Motor Skills Matter: Improve Your Child's Physical Development to Enhance Learning and Self-Esteem

This is an important book [that] offers critical insights and the hope for a bright developmental future that all children parents and the professionals who serve them need. --T.B. Brazelton M.D. Founder Brazelton Touchpoints Center Boston Childrens HospitalWhy Motor Skills Matter shows how children use their senses and bodies to explore their environments and what we can do to protect and strengthen this critical pathway for their development health and learning. --Joshua Sparrow M.D. Director Brazelton Touchpoints Center Boston Childrens Hospital Learn To Use Physical Activity To Raise An Emotionally Well-Balanced More Coordinated And Happier ChildPlayful interaction beginning in infancy is crucial to a childs cognitive skills language speech and overall emotional balance. Filled with practical age-appropriate activities for children from newborns up to age five Why Motor Skills Matter helps you to: Integrate touch movement and body awareness during playtime. Ensure that your child progresses through the proper developmental sequence. Determine if your child has sensory processing difficulties or disorders. Avoid common developmental mistakes such as using exersaucers having your child wear hard-soled shoes and promoting early walking.