Free Movement from the Very Start: Self-Initiated Movement and Sensorimotor Development in the Growing Child
Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America

Free Movement from the Very Start: Self-Initiated Movement and Sensorimotor Development in the Growing Child

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This is volume one in a planned two-volume series about self-initiated movement in early childhood. It covers the intersection of Rudolf Steiner and Emmi Pikler on the importance of self-initiated movement to motor development and the development of the four foundational senses, and discusses how caregivers can best support the child. Jane's approach as an educator, pediatric physical therapist, and movement therapist, informed by a variety of sources, including Spacial Dynamics, reveals the child’s innate wisdom. Richly illustrated.

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This book will ship in June, 2025.

Author: Jane Swain
Publisher: WECAN
Year: 2025
ISBN: 978-1-936849-64-2

Jane Swain is a pediatric physical therapist, movement therapist, and adult educator in the field of Waldorf education, who has published in several American and international journals. She is an associate director of the Early Childhood Teacher Education Center at Sophia’s Heath in Keene, New Hampshire, and a core faculty member there; she is also a Senior Therapeutic Trainer for the Spacial Dynamics® Institute in Mechanicville, New York. She has studied at the Pikler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. She is certified in Bothmer Gymnastics, Sensory Integration Praxis Testing, and in Bobath/Neuro-Developmental Treatment for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. Jane taught movement education for the early grades at her local Waldorf school, and has spent decades working with children and their parents and consulting in classrooms.

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