Preschool children's music and movement sessions and educators professional development All of the resources integrate music and movement activities.
BRENDAN O'HARA (Kinesiologist)
Founder of Movement & Learning
Brendan is an accomplished national and international lecturer and presenter. Brendan developed the courses, Movement and Learning, Primitive Postural Reflexes 1 and Primitive Postural Reflexes 2. He also runs sound healing and early childhood workshops, boutique workshops, professional development programmes for early childhood worke
29/07/2022
All of our music and accompanying books are now available as digital downloads on our website!
The Children's Songbook (Digital Download) The Children's Music is the first in a series of CDs and Songbooks designed to use song and dance to teach children exercises which integrate...
29/07/2022
28/06/2022
Brendan preparing to leave our beloved sea shores and drive inland to Western and Central NSW soon. A long overdue play with the preschool children and some workshops for the educators and parents coming up.
15/07/2020
Last year when we were on the road, we dropped into the Cobar Mobile Children's Services playgroup session and had some fun teaching the children a few movement activities to song. Thanks for sharing the photo and article The Cobar Weekly
Learning presented in a fun way – The Cobar Weekly Learning presented in a fun way November 6, 2019 tcwadmin Local News Parents and children spent the morning with visiting kinesiologists Brendan and Gail O’Hara at the Cobar Mobile Children’s Services playgroup session on Monday. The O’Haras travel the country and, in particular to regional ar...
Here’s a fun activity to do with the children today
Great to see preschool educators getting creative with their online teaching. Thanks Amy Shine at FORBES Preschool.
A fun song accompanied by movements to improve the development of balance and posture. Created for 3-8 year olds, but appropriate for all ages. Share if you know someone who will enjoy this activity!
Why Spin on You Bottom?
Many aspects of neurological development are involved with these movements. Spinning, rocking and rolling all assist in the development of the our body’s balance mechanism, the vestibular. Good balance and posture are necessary for walking, running, catching, reading, hitting a ball… everything that requires movement! All these activities enhance the integration of the Primitive and Postural Reflexes.
How to Spin on Your Bottom:
The words in the song tell you what to do. This is a floor activity requiring lots of space for each person.
For “Waddle on your bottom” Some children will dig in both heels and slide. Encourage them to use their hips independently of each other. One foot reaches forward, taking with it the leg and hip. Then other the foot, leg and hip reach forward. Keep waddling.
For “Roll over on the floor”, try varying the rolling:
- put arms by side
- elbows bent and arms tucked up
- arms above head, etc.
Have fun spinning!
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