Further reading and resources
Further reading
Here is a list of further reading that you may find interesting and useful.
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’ [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , National Autistic Society.
Further resources
Here is a list of further resources that you may find interesting and useful.
- Making play inclusive: a toolkit for play settings (© used with the permission of Sense)
- www.activematters.org
- www.babycentre.co.uk
- www.forestschools.com
- www.henry.org.uk
- www.londonplay.org.uk
- www.movingsmart.co.nz
- www.outdoor-learning.org
- www.pikler.co.uk
- www.raepica.com
- www.sportnz.org.nz
- www.theplaydoctors.co.uk
- Asthma + Lung UK – 10 simple steps to ease your worries about your child exercising.
- Education for Health has a free online course aimed at educators – Supporting children and young people’s health: improving asthma care together.
- Diabetes UK – Physical activity and your child shares information about managing diabetes in young children so that they can safely be encouraged to be physically active.
- Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia: A Guide to School Policy shares information about managing sickle cell in young children so that they can safely be encouraged to be physically active.