Further reading and resources

Conkbayir, M. (2017) Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice, London: Bloomsbury academic.

Connell, G. and McCarthy, C. (2014) A Moving Child is a Learning Child: How the Body teaches the Brain to Think, Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.

Goddard-Blythe, S. (2004) The Well-Balanced Child. Movement and Early Learning, Stroud: Hawthorn Press.

Hanscom, A. J. (2016) Balanced and Barefoot, Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

Manners, L. M. (2019) The Early Years Movement Handbook: A Principles-based Approach to Supporting Young children’s Physical Development, Health and Wellbeing, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Manning-Morton, J. (2017) Foundations of Being: Understanding Young Children’s Emotional, Personal and Social Development, London: British Association for Early Childhood Education.

Musgrave, J. (2017) Supporting Children’s Health and Wellbeing, London: Sage Publications.

Norman, A. (2019) From Conception to Two Years. Development, Policy and Practice, Abingdon: David Fulton, Routledge.

O’Connor, A. and Daly, A. (2016) Understanding Physical Development in the Early Years: Linking Bodies and Minds, Abingdon: Routledge.

The Physical Development Needs of Young Children, R. Duncombe (ed.) 2019, Abingdon: Routledge.

Pica, R. (2013) Experiences in Movement and Music: Birth to Age Eight. 5th Edition, Boston: Wadworth CENGAGE Learning.

Solly, K. (2015) Risk, Challenge and Adventure in the Early Years: A practical guide to exploring and extending learning outdoors, Abingdon: David Fulton, Routledge.

Transforming Infant Wellbeing. Research, Policy and Practice for the First 1001 Critical Days, P. Leach (ed.) 2018, Abingdon: Routledge.

White, J. (2015) Every Child a Mover: A practical guide to providing young children with the physical opportunities they need, London: British Association for Early Childhood Education.

Webster, A. (2016) ‘Autism, sport & physical activity: Practical strategies to implement in your delivey of sport and physical activity when working with autistic people’, National Autistic Society.