“A baby’s development is like the opening of a flower bud.

It gradually unfolds.

If we open it’s petals unnaturally

we interfere with the growing process

and the flower becomes distorted”

(marianne Hermsen-van Wanrooy (2002)

The following are excerts from an article witten by Ruth Money. (full copies of the article available at Building Blocks)

INFANTS’ NATURAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT MAY START SLOWER BUT END UP BETTER THAN ASSISTED MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SAY SPECIALISTS.

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The following information contains extracts from a document titled “Who loves ya baby?”: Primary caregiving in Early Childhood Centres. Written by Viv Shearsby and Gae Thawley.

Key Caring Systems in Early Childhood Centres create positive, high quality outcomes for babies and toddlers and their families.  Read more »