Balanced and barefoot how unrestricted outdoor play makes for strong, confident, and capable children
"In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children's cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and...
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Oakland, California :
New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Why can't my child sit still?
- The body and the senses
- From restricted movement to active free play
- The therapeutic value of outdoor play
- "Safety first" equals child development later
- What's wrong with the playgrounds and indoor play spaces of today?
- Rethinking recess and the classroom
- When is my baby ready for the outdoors?
- Getting children to play creatively and independently outdoors.
