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e-Newsletter 28
 September 2012
Greetings!
 
If this is your first visit, we are delighted to introduce our new Amazing Babies Moving™ interactive website for parents, caregivers, educators and professionals. If you are a previous customer or have visited our Amazing Babies website before, you will notice that we have changed our logo to better reflect our focus on Movement. Our team works behind the scenes to make this an informative and interactive learning experience for you.

NEWS! eBooks & Programs    

 

We are delighted to announce our two Amazing Babies Moving eBooks are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. We will send a separate announcement when all formats are available.

 

Organizing the ABM/E Level 1 Program, editing eBooks and writing eNewsletters - summer seems to be zooming by.  Our recent 5-Day Workshop at Dominican University was dynamic!  Participants commented on the tremendously rich learning experience.  A noted Somatic Educator mentioned there was enough material for a full semester program.  Photos taken during our recent workshop are shown below.

 

We recommend reading the Special Report on Education in Sept./Oct. Issue of 

Scientific American MIND  www.ScientificAmerican.com/Mind  

The Scientific American Mind articles on education demonstrate strong research support for  the Amazing Babies Moving Education Model that is the foundation of our programs and products for the Baby's First Year! 

  

Positive Parenting   

 

SAMind: "Children whose parents encourage them to learn by doing are calmer and more attentive than those whose mothers and fathers typically restrict them to do things for them."

  

ABM/E: It is important for babies to play on their own for uninterrupted periods of time each day so they can follow their desires and carry out their intention to complete their play activity.  Confidence, pleasure in learning and self-esteem result when babies initiate, follow through, and complete their activities -- "from motivation to mastery".  ABM Book p. 11

Movement Education  

 

SAMind: Children in a Classroom in Vancouver 

"This workout is for the brain too. While they jump, jog and bring elbow to knee, these kids practice paying attention to signals from their bodies and connecting them to emotions. "

 

ABM/E: Developmental Movement Education 

FloorMoves� are essential for the development of these basic neuro-physical movements babies naturally perform that build their brain, body and joy of movement.     

 - Learn how babies through touch and movement develop their body awareness and organize their body in four essential movement patterns. ABM Book p. 20-21

Self-Regulation in Interactions

 

SAMind: "Self-Regulation is a critical skill that needs explicit, intentional focus in the School Curriculum.  It has such long-range implications for kids".

 

ABM/E: Babies express themselves through preverbal cues and regulate their attention in an expanded movement repertoire.

 

- Pre-locomotion babies can regulate their attention in social play by turning their head toward and away from stimulation to integrate their experience.  ABM Book p.45 

- With an expanded movement repertoire Locomotion Babies modulate their feelings through a sequence of movement patterns.   

ABM Book p.178-179

Self-Motivated Learning

SAMind: Focusing and Following through... "And it is well known that the neurotransmitter dopamine, associated with joy and pleasure, primes the prefrontal cortex for action."    

  

ABM/E: We create uninterrupted play sessions for babies to follow through on their own curiosity and interest from motivation to mastery.

 

- Focusing and following their own curiosity and interest, babies can create action plans, problem solve and share their mastery and pleasure with bright eyes and beaming smiles knowing what they can do. ABM Book p.73.

Breathing & Vocalizing

SAMind: "Focusing on breathing, teaches kids to pay attention to moment-by-moment experience...The effort helps them resolve mental conflict induced by competing stimuli, or goals, a skill needed to prioritize."  

 

ABM/E:  

We explore breathing activities in our program for educators and professionals to help parents and caregivers apply these breathing essentials in day-to-day interactions.

 

- Participants focus attention on breathing in a variety of body positions, movement activities and social interactions.  ABM Book p. 32-34 

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