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A Balanced Approach to Early Childhood Development

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

This is a guest post from Patricia Elliott, MPTR. Patricia graduated from Oakland University in 1996 with a Masters Degree in physical therapy, is the owner and a practising physiotherapist at the Dianalla Physiotherapy Centre in Western Australia, and is the mother of 2 active school aged children. In 2011, the cultural demise of physical act..

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Good Parenting - Timeless Advice

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Despite the barrage of mixed messages us parents are inundated with today, there are a couple of themes that never seem to change; being the advantages to your children of physical activity and the benefits of developing gross motor skills at a young age. Physical activity It is widely considered that attitudes towards physical activity are estab..

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Gross Motors Skills Lead to Academic Excellence

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

A child's ability to understand the world around him and communicate with others is based on early, adequate sensory and motor-skill development and integration, as well as stable emotional...

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Tackling Childhood Obesity With Play

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Sedentary leisure pursuits are widely available to children and are replacing traditional active pastimes and the outcome of this is becoming alarmingly...

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