A smart start: how exercise transforms your child's life for the better

A smart start: How to turn sports exercises into a better life for your child Author: Margaret Sassi Language: Arabic Publication date: 2022 Book format: Hardcover Publisher: Jarir Bookstore Number of pages: 152 Book category: Social and Political Sciences Description: The main goal of this book is to help parents maximize the benefit of critical periods of brain growth during the first years of life. Brain growth continues throughout life based on environmental stimuli. Nature has provided a natural, predictable, and sequential development for everyone from pregnancy. The primary movements are called reflex responses, which stimulate the growth of neural pathways inside the brain to help develop voluntary movements and the individual's learning ability. The activities included in the book are arranged sequentially, and they are essential for building the foundations necessary for successful learning. Each child's growth rate differs from another. Ideally, all children will go through these natural, sequential, and predictable stages. You can enhance your child's growth by providing opportunities for them to enjoy and participate in the activities outlined in the book. Choose activities such as massage, stimulating the inner ear (vestibular stimulation), and age-appropriate movements to create a 10-minute program practiced several times daily. When the child reaches the walking stage, it is not always easy, and it is best to practice it in a fun, sequential manner during playtime or while reading their favorite books. Just allocate regular 10-minute periods each day to practice a game from this book. No activity should last more than two minutes, and it should be performed slowly. Remember: intensity, repetition, and duration are keys to development. The game’s name is repetition: children do this instinctively. When there are some "mild difficulties" causing developmental delays, repetition, intensity, and duration become very important factors.