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KINDYROO is THE INTERNATINAL ARM of
TODDLER KINDY GYMBAROO
• Dedicated to the PARENT AWARENESS of the importance of early childhood development and learning in a fun environment to parents, their children, their community and their nation.
• GymbaROOsources training, research and consultancy services from the International Neuro-education Academy (an arm of Toddler Kindy GymbaROO Australia)
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GymbaROO Company History…
• Toddler Kindy GymbaROOwas established in 1982
• Margaret Sassé, nurse, teacher, child development and learning consultant since early 1970’s and founder and current director
• Over 83 centres in Australia.
Internationally in New Zealand, Asia and currently expanding in Europe.
All centre contacts can be found on www.gymbaroo.com.au
• Comprehensive support structure including marketing, administration, financial and developmental
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Genetics, environment, health sensory inputs and biochemical aspects, from conception can affect the way the BRAIN functions
Toddler Kindy GymbaROO believes that Integrationof ALL areas of human development are
INTERDEPENDENT
Nutrition/Behaviour Dysmetric Dyslexia/Dyspraxia, Primitive and Postural Reflexes Balance Developmental Vision Sound Therapy Brain Music for Infants Physiology/Neurology Sensory Integration Physiotherapy Speech/hearing Infant sign language
‘Your baby can read’ Play and other early childhood similar aspects
, s e n s o r
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The Human Brain…
Mid Brain
PonsMedulla
Cerebellum The Early Cortex
Spinal Cord The Neo Cortex Cerebral Hemispheres
THE SEAT OF ALL LEARNING
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ALL
SENSORYinput to the BRAINis essential forVISUALISATION
7 From ‘Neuro-psychological Treatment of Dyslexia’ by Dirk J Bakker, 1990
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ACCORDING TO Dr Arnold Gesell
and
SUCCESSFUL VISUALISATION IS THE KEY TO LEARNING
VISUALISATION IS: The ability to remember the look,
feel, smell and taste of a thing, a pattern of movements,
a sequence of sounds Our two year old is already learning that ‘things
feel like they look – and look like they feel’
‘His hands are teaching his eyes to understand’
(vision).
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another Gerry Getman quote)9
PARENTS : OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL ASSET
• US Psychologist and founder of the ‘Parents as Teachers’ movement in the USA,
• Bud White
PH.D,author of several books, including ‘Educating the Infant and Toddler’
Research has proven the greatest opportunity for impacting your child’s learning capabilities are the years from birth to age 5.
The work of Toddler Kindy GymbaROO/KindyROO is firmly based on research of such noted personnel as:
Fertile Minds 1997 Time Magazine, Number 72
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LE WINN Edward
BS, FACPEdward Le Winn (neurologist), Glen Doman (physiotherapist) and Carl Delacato (Pyschologist) developed a neurological system based on the premise, that :
‘ALL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT follows a normal, predictable sequence of movement patterns.
This theory is based on the work of Temple Fay, a renowned neuro surgeon of the 1950’s in the USA.
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KANDELL, SCHWARTZ
& JESSELL
Noted neurologists from the Center for Neurobiology and Behaviour, Columbia University, USA
AUTHORS OF ‘PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL SCIENCE’ 3rdEd. 1991 Quote:‘the action of the brain underlies not only relatively simple motor functions … but also
elaborate, effective and cognitive behaviours such as learning and thinking’
• The structure of the brain, its two hemispheres and the importance of the brain stem, through which the sensory motor messages are received by the higher brain levels…
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REFERENCE
PIAGET Jean
Author of the ‘Origins of Intelligence’
states that
• All human behaviour develops from simple to the more complex
• The early sensori-motor period is of vast importance and significance in the development of intelligence.
Sensory Integration
is essential for acquiring the basic perceptions of body movement and from this, space and time relationships
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REFERENCE
AYRES Jean
PhDAuthor ‘Sensory Integration and The Child’
14thEd. 2000
• Sensory Integration is the working together of the brain and body parts due to the
INTEGRATION
• of sensory inputs from the body.
These normal movements of early childhood have received much interference in our culture, through food adulteration, lack of physical movement,
opportunities and clothing, cars, TV etc.
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REFERENCE
H CHANDLER ELLIOT
Professor of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry and author of ‘The Shape of Intelligence’ 1970
Elliot wrote:
‘from worm to man, the
‘stretch reflex’ is the simplest yet the most important …it is the basis for all higher motor development. It sets the basic tonus of the muscles
… and maintains a
continuous ‘twinkle’ in the resting motor pool’
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REFERENCE
PROFESSOR HEINZ PRECHTL
LONDON ENGLAND, MAY 9th1997
• Research by Prechtl and colleagues, published in The Lancet found that neurological difficulties in infants can be identified soon after birth, through assessing the quality and quantity of their ‘fidgety movements’
Could these
‘fidgety movements’ be CHANDLER ELLIOT’S
‘worm squirms’!
Which he wrote about in 1970!
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Director, Institute of Neuro-Physiological Psychology
and
Sally GODDARD
Author of ‘A Teacher’s Window Into a Child’s Mind’
Research by INPP has shown that many reflexes of infancy show that many ‘normal’ school age children learn poorly due to neurological ‘hiccups’ caused by POOR INTEGRATION OF THE PRIMITIVE REFLEXES
causing poor sensory motor stimulation, muscle tone, balance, immature
development, integration and learning
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KANDELL, SCHWARTZ & JESSELL
Noted neurologists from the Center for Neurobiology and Behaviour, Columbia University U.S.A.
AUTHORS of PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL SCIENCE (3rdEd. 1991) Handedness (page 834),
discusses the sodium amytal test hemispheric preferences It was found that right
handed people, have left-hemispheric speech areas, as do 85% of left handed people
The question of handedness or sidedness is very controversial. It all depends on the developmental age of the child and the environmental aspects. Where a child is still at the bi-manual (bi-lateral) stage of development, we suggest that they wait until the child has developed a bit more and re-iterate that children develop at different ages.
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NEUROLOGICAL ASPECT VISUALISATION THEME TODAYS WORD AND
PICTURE
• Primitive and Postural Reflexes
• Sensory information from the 5 senses to the brain
• Vision Development
• Development of vital perceptions and responses
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•Push-away reflex
•Frog leg exercises
•Bending at knees
Strength:
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NEUROLOGICAL ASPECT VISUALISATION THEME TODAY’S WORD and PICTURE
• Primitive and postural Reflexes
• Sensory information from the 5 senses to the brain
• Vision Development
• Development of vital perceptions and responses
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Vestibular Stimulation/Balance
Reaching and hand eye co-ordination Touch/feeling and hand/eye co-ordination Tummy time
Rolling over, push up on hands strengthening of muscles for later commando crawling
• Body Awareness:
• Massage:
legs, knees, ankles and feet
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TUMMY TIME
VESTIBULAR ACTIONS FORWARD MOVEMENT Development of three dimensional awareness of vision (sight) , auditory (hearing) and tactile (feeling)
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• Laying down the pattern of cross patterned movement through
• crawling on hands and knees
• cruising, walking and bobbing
• sometimes trying to jump
• balance
• visual adjustment
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Neurological and Visualisation themes POSTER
MAT TIME Exercises Essential skills
Vestibular/balance Jumping
Muscle tone development
Massage
‘Crocodiles’
Development and comprehension of sensory messages including pictures in books
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Visualisation
Coordination improvement gross
fine
Muscle tone development Rhythm and parachute
Increasing confidence and motor control enabling the odd word of speech
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Development and comprehension of listening skills, 2 to 3 step commands Understanding, control, confidence, independence and self esteem, Recognition of symbols, numbers, logos and more
Activities/essential skills appropriate for age
Jumping and stopping Improved balance Improved muscle strength
Integration appears during these ages and is actively encouraged
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Preferred hand/eye/foot development – varies between 2½ and 3½ years of age. LATERAL STAGE comes in around this period
Visualisation Structure
Awareness of things in space/direction Colour discrimination Body awareness Co-ordination between both sides of the body and the upper and lower parts of the body.
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Cross pattern:
running, skipping, marching, throwing,
speaking, writing, reading and understanding, as they continue to develop their perceptual abilities on the solid foundation of experiences, through which they attained sensory motor perceptual and cognitive abilities.
Development of reading and academic learning
more understanding, control, confidence, independence and self esteem
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OUR CHILDREN ARE GETTING
READY TO
CONQUER THEIR WORLD
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Outreach endeavours of GYMBAROO/ KINDYROO
• Developmental Video Series
• The Importance of Being an Infant, One Two, Three and Four
• Up The Ladder of Learning
Book published for PARENTS Understanding and promoting the normal sequential development of our children for the benefit of ourselves, our children and our nation!
FIRST STEPS Quarterly parents magazine filled with articles about helping your child to develop and learn easily.
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Parents can help their children through
• Appreciating the connection between neuro-development and learning
• Creating the opportunity for early childhood development
• Have your newborns on their tummies when awake and encourage free
movement, muscle tone and body awareness through integration of the Primitive Reflexes
• Avoid foods with artificial colouring etc, and foods which create difficulties
• As a parent, remembering you are usually right! Ask for help and do not stop until you get it! Try different practitioners in the field.
• Remember that
CHILDREN OF ALL AGES can benefit
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GYMBAROO/KINDYROO
• A unique way to build nations
• Not with bricks and mortar but through our
CHILDREN, who are the FUTURE
• KINDYROO is a Franchise operation, dependent on dedicated people, prepared to invest in the future of their nation
THE CHILDREN
