Brain Development

Brain development

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Is your child learning efficiently?

Is your child ready to learn in school?

Did your child go through these steps?

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The central nervous system (the brain) develops step-by-step, at its highest rate from before birth to one-year old and continues at a rapid rate until 7-years old in order to become an efficient learner.
Neurodevelopment Articles

If your child has missed some of these steps … we can give your child a “second chance”.

You can do the Neurodevelopment Through Movement program at home or come to our clinic for an individualized program.

Step 1: Pons (1-5 months) Crawling on his belly

Helps the hands to open out, integrating the grasp reflex (preparing the writing skill)
First time the baby moves forward on his own (attention and motivation)
Horizontal eye tracking
(eyes muscles working without the head moving, base for the reading skill)

Develops eye muscles to converge
(2 eyes but one image, preparing to focus later on each letter as he learns to read)
Vital tactile perception of his body in space
(dermatomes on the surface of the skin linking to spinal cord and brain)

Rolling – Feldenkrais with Baby Liv

Step 2: Midbrain (4-13 months) Creeping on hands and knees

Hands open and close to support his body weight (next step development for the writing skill)
Eye accommodation: switching from near to far point vision
First experience of moving forward with speed
Connects vestibular, proprioception and visual systems

Crawling – Feldenkrais with Baby Liv

Step 3: Cortex (8-72 months) Upright walk with cross-pattern

Refining his binocularity
Awareness of three dimensions (touch, vision, sound)
Cortical opposition of both hands, working together but independantly
Inhibition of subcortical reactions
(controlling impulsivity. leading to be able to simultaneously problem solve while staying calm)