Dendrite Dance. Growing the Mind Through Movement. What Infancy Does for the Rest of a Child s Life: Neuro, Sensory & Motor Perspectives

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1 Growing the Mind Through Movement What Infancy Does for the Rest of a Child s Life: Neuro, Sensory & Motor Perspectives Presenter Christine Roberts, Founder Nurturing Pathways nurturingpathways.com 2016 info@nurturingpathways.com 1 movement is crucial to every other brain function, including memory, emotion, language and learning. -John Ratey, User s Guide to the Brain 2 Dendrite Dance Breath Tactile Touch Upper and Lower Body Side Body Cross Spin Breath 3

If children are so greatly malleable, then the best way to ensure a great society is by improving the environment of its youngest members. Lise Eliot, Ph. D.

2 If children are so greatly malleable, then the best way to ensure a great society is by improving the environment of its youngest members. Lise Eliot, Ph. D., What s Going On In There Change the beginning and you change the whole story. Foundation for Early Learning, Seattle, WA 4 PUBLISHED IN 1945 STILL IN PRINT 5 What are the Weeds Getting in the Way of Healthy Bodies and Brains? What Kind of Soil and Water Do Babies Need To Flourish? 6

Weed: Container Care 4 million Bumbo seats sold since 2003 7 So Many!

Time There is a 10% increase in ADD, ADHD disorders for every hour of TV watched and a 30% buffer against these disorders for

3 Weed: Container Care 4 million Bumbo seats sold since So Many! On Target s Website~ 148 Gyms, Play Mats and Jumpers 65 Bouncers and Rockers 80 Play Yards 44 Swings 13 Walkers 8 Weed: Screen Time There is a 10% increase in ADD, ADHD disorders for every hour of TV watched and a 30% buffer against these disorders for every hour of interactive play. -Dr. Dimitri Chritakistis 2013 Babies learn 6-8 fewer words per hour of TV with the greatest harmful effects from 8-16 months. -ILABS Seattle,WA

Television viewing hurts the development of children under 3 years old and poses a certain number of risks, encouraging passivity, slow language

com September 2008 10 8-18 year olds spend 10:45 hours per day exposed to media. TV 4.

4 Television viewing hurts the development of children under 3 years old and poses a certain number of risks, encouraging passivity, slow language acquisition, over-excitedness, troubles with sleep and concentration as well as dependence on screens. today.msnbc.com September year olds spend 10:45 hours per day exposed to media. TV 4.29, Music 2:31, Computer 1:29, Video Games 1:13, Print :38 Movies :25 Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, % of the brain is dedicated to processing sensory motor experiences. -Jane Ayres 12

Wikipedia Perception (from the Latin perceptio, percipio) is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment.

5 Wikipedia Perception (from the Latin perceptio, percipio) is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. 13 Low Level- Survival & Regulation Brain Stem & Cerebellum Crossroads for receiving sensory information. Switches sensations from the opposite of the body to the alternate hemisphere. Regulates bodily functions and sensations. Postural support and balance. Coordinates muscle tone & body movement. 14 Middle Level - Emotional Home of the Limbic System Stores memories, feelings, and sensation. Processes emotions that drive decision making by the pre-frontal cortex. 15

6 High Level - Thinking Corpus Callosum: Latin for hard skinned body A thick bundle of axons. Left and Right Hemispheres Left: Logic, Language, Sequential, Motor Planning, Part to Whole Right: Melody, Emotions, Intuitive, Whole to Part 16 Doug McKenzie, BMC It is in the first year of life that we learn how to learn and establish a basic perceptual framework. In this formative time, our strengths and perceptions grow through movement patterns that integrate all of our body systems. 17 In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. -John Naisbitt 18

7 Einstein Never Used Flashcards -Pasek, Golinkoff, Eyer PH.D. Windows of opportunity for early stimulation better characterize basic sensory and motor capacities than higher mental and personality processes. 19 Prime Time for Sensory Motor Development Visual - Occipital Lobe: 0-2 years Posture - Cerebellum: 0-2 years Tactile - Parietal Lobe: 0-2 years Auditory -Temporal Lobe: 0-4 years Movement - Frontal Lobe: 0-5 years 20 FROM SEED TO CARROT What Can We Do for Healthy Sensory Motor Development? 21

8 Transfer, Carry and Hold Pick up the whole baby Hip, Hand, Head to get into prone Side Lying Baby Ball Bottle feed in nursing position Use carriers, not car seats 22 Tummy Time! Integration of reflexes Tonic Lab Bond with earth, mom, dad, and caregiver Yield underlies push pattern tones the front body Organ tone is developed in prone, allowing for supple support for rolling, sitting, creeping and crawling. Push of the uppers gets head up/tail down Opens hands and gets primitive thumb rotation Balancing between two hands, body side symmetry Supports finding midline and going off midline Balance of flexor and extensor tone Great for flattened heads Boundaries, ability to push away from what is not supportive 23 More Benefits Calibrating - Sense of levels and space Supports hand to mouth and eye hand coordination Side lying becomes a way to roll out of it. Side lying becomes a destination Protects inner focus Supports modulation of attention - the beginning of Executive Function Skills Increases length of sleep time Neural motor connections are strengthened Develops a healthy sense of self 24

Whole Body, Whole Brain Bare Feet Side Lying Time on a Ball Lycra Swings Massage Open Ended Sensory Play Slowing Down to Support Their Agency and Intentions Telling them what you are going to do

9 Whole Body, Whole Brain Bare Feet Side Lying Time on a Ball Lycra Swings Massage Open Ended Sensory Play Slowing Down to Support Their Agency and Intentions Telling them what you are going to do before you do it - congruent, respectful, aware caregiving 25 Propping Babies to Sit and Stand Triggers reflexes that lock the knee in standing - creates holding patterns. Propping to sit prior to 6 months the head is not equipped with righting reflexes & equilibrium responses. A baby stuck in holding patterns is limited to explore, play and interact with its world. 26 How Does It Grow? The brain doubles in size from 1 pound to 2 pounds in twelve months. By age four a child has 95% of its adult brain weight of 3 pounds. 27

10 My Son Sam My best teacher My greatest gift 28 I have a strong love for music too I just wish I had a body that let me sing, dance and compose like I want to. -Sam Roberts 3/30/

11 Center on the Developing Child, Harvard Brain architecture is built over a succession of sensitive periods. Each of which is associated with the formation of specific circuits that are associated with specific abilities. The development of increasingly complex skills and their underlying circuit s builds on the circuits and skills that were formed earlier. Through this process, early experiences creates a foundation for lifelong learning, behavior and both physical and mental health Purchase the Parent Pack Get Certified to teach the Nurturing Pathways Curriculum Engage Christine for Training info@nurturingpathways.com 33

Childhood is a particularly crucial time for the brain because of the neural sculpting that goes on; for many of our abilities, tendencies, talents, and reactions, those

12 Childhood is a particularly crucial time for the brain because of the neural sculpting that goes on; for many of our abilities, tendencies, talents, and reactions, those that get hardwired in childhood become the collective mental platform upon which we stand and grow for the rest of our lives. -Marion Diamond, Magic Trees of the Mind 34

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: HELPING ALL CHILDREN DO AND BE THEIR BEST. February 9, :30 8:00 p.m. (Delicious Dinner First!)

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT: HELPING ALL CHILDREN DO AND BE THEIR BEST February 9, 2012 5:30 8:00 p.m. (Delicious Dinner First!) Most annoying thing about learning about the brainmom was right! Everything we talk