Get your kids moving and giggling with the delightful suggestions in A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync Child . Pediatricians, teachers and other early childhood specialists now recognize that early motor development is one of the most important factors in the physical, emotional, academic and overall success of children. A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync Child includes 52 weekly schedules to easily incorporate quick movement activities into your child's day. Created by bestselling authors and Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) experts, Carol Kranowitz and Joye Newman, each of the mini-moves in this book addresses one or more sensory, perceptual and visual motor skills that are the foundation for the future physical, cognitive, and emotional development for children. Use these whimsical mini-moves at the beginning of your day or therapy session, at transition times or as inspiration for a more elaborate movement experience. Adapt each move to suit the abilities of your child or children. The whimsical pages can be used to brighten your walls at home, at school or clinic. The objective of A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync Child is to help reinforce the brain-body connection, while giving each child a moving experience that will last a lifetime! Movement is one of the most important factors of an "In-Sync Child."  Kids gotta move!  Using their ninety combined years of working professionally with children of all abilities, Joye Newman and Carol Stock Kranowitz have created the In-Sync Child Method. Designed for parents, teachers, and caregivers, their innovative method includes:   BOOKS (digital and hard-copy):   "Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow"   "The In-Sync Activity Cards/Book" with 50 more activities   "A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync Child," a 52-week schedule of fun and functional activities   WEBINARS (insyncchild.com):  A 10-part series of on-line instruction, offering an in-depth look at the In-Sync Child Method and explaining engaging, easy-to-implement movement experiences that will develop and enhance your children's physical, emotional, academic, and overall success.    With their award-winning resources to guide you, give your child a moving experience that will last a lifetime! Movement gets us "In Sync"! Kids' daily movement diet should include a variety of physical activities. When children play outside, climb, jump, twirl and and roll around, they develop essential sensory, perceptual, and visual skills. Like snacks in a child's movement diet, the "Mini-Moves" in this 52-week calendar develop and enhance essential skills. Every child -- the sedentary one, the constant mover, and all those in-between -- needs nourishing movement to feel confident and competent in his or her body. Start with our tidbits and see where your imagination takes you! Get your kids moving and giggling with the delightful suggestions in "A Year of Mini-Moves for the In-Sync Child"! Specialists now recognize that early motor development is one of the most important factors in children's overall success. These 52-weekly schedules will help you easily incorporate movement into your child's day. Use these whimsical mini-moves at the beginning of the day or therapy session, at transition times, or as inspiration for more movement. Adapt each move to suit the abilities of your child or children. Created by best-selling, award-winning authors and sensory processing experts, each of these mini-moves addresses sensory, perceptual, and visual motor skills that are the foundation for children's physical, cognitive, and emotional development. The exercises help reinforce the brain-body connection, while giving each child a moving experience that will last a lifetime! Joye Newman is a perceptual-motor therapist. Perceptual Motor Therapy (PMT) helps children, and also adults, to develop and enhance basic movement and learning abilities. Joye earned her master's degree in Education and Human Development from George Washington University with a specialty in perceptual-motor development. Integrating studies in behavioral optometry, occupational therapy, and psychology into her graduate work, she developed her unique method of PMT. Joye founded and continues to direct a popular organization called Kids Moving Company (KMC). She began KMC because she was concerned that many kids were not encouraged to move -- in fact, many kids were discouraged from moving--at home and school. She wanted to provide a place for children to move, play and think in a developmentally appropriate environment. At the studio, KMC offered fun and functional activities, birthday parties, and perceptual-motor therapy to children with and without special needs. Joye was a founding member and the original education chair of WISER (Washington Independent Services for Educational Resources), a co-founder of the Jewish Primary Day School of Washington, DC, and the Early Childhood