How Crawling Can Prevent Learning Disabilities & ADHD

How Crawling Can Prevent Learning Disabilities & ADHD

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Crawling is a critical step in an infant’s brain development. Skipping crawling or not crawling for long enough can impact various cognitive processes. This can range from being unable to sit up straight, not holding a pencil correctly, hyperactivity and fidgeting and even dyslexia and learning disabilities. Education professors, O’Dell and Cook at the University…

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Using Movement So Your Child Can Better Learn & Behave!

Using Movement So Your Child Can Better Learn & Behave!

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You have heard thousands of times how movement is good for circulation and heart health, but many parents are surprised to hear about the significant impact that movement–specific movements–can have on improving their child’s ability to stay calm, focused and to effectively learn. Problems with Fine & Gross Motor Skills Poor coordination, balance, fine motor…

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False-Fill Up: What Over-Eating, Hoarding and Shopping Have in Common

False-Fill Up: What Over-Eating, Hoarding and Shopping Have in Common

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In a previous post I wrote about the benefits of gently detoxing our body each spring by eating nourishing foods that places less stress on our digestive system and that also supports detoxification. The increase in energy, stable mood, improved sleep and overall feeling of vitality are all indications that a cleanse is working.

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What Can I Do If My Child Hardly Crawled? ~ How Crawling Can Prevent Learning Disabilities & ADHD ~ Reading Therapy - Correcting the Cause of Reading Struggles ~ The Surprising Link Between Crawling, Core Muscles & Reading Difficulties ~ Part 3 - Six Ways to Get Better Behaviour this Spring by Lowering Your Child's Histamine Levels ~ Part 2 - Why ADHD & ASD Gets Worse in the Spring ~ Exercises to End Letter Reversals ~ Why ADHD & Autism Spectrum Behaviours Get Worse in the Spring ~ How B Vitamins Balance Your Child's Brain ~ How the Cellfield Reading Intervention Works ~ The #1 Secret to Help Your Struggling Child ~ Dyslexia, ADHD and the Essential Fatty Acid Connection - What You Need To Know ~ How the Brain-Body Approach Can Improve Learning & Behaviour ~ Heal Your Child's Gut to Build a Better Brain ~ 8 Tips to Curb Picky-Eating for Better Learning & Behaviour ~ The Role of Zinc Deficiency in ADHD & Learning Disorders ~ 5 Ways to End Picky-Eating by Addressing the Cause! ~ Understanding the Causes of Dyslexia ~ The Role of Working Memory in Learning Disabilities ~ 6 Ways to Improve Working Memory for Better Learning, Attention & Reading Comprehension ~ Improve Learning with Integrated Listening Systems ~ Reading Comprehension Difficulties? A Weak Working Memory Could Be the Culprit ~ Visual Memory - Where 80% of Learning Happens ~ 3 Tips for a Better Back-to-School ~ Integrated Listening Systems Therapy for ADHD, Autism Spectrum and Improved Learning ~ The Science and Research Behind Cellfield Reading Therapy ~ Is a Genetic Predisposition Causing a Deficiency in this Critical Brain Nutrient? ~ Is Your Child's Gut Health Affecting their Brain? ~ Is Your Child's Brain Lacking Nutrients? Learn How Nutrient Deficiency Can Impact Learning & Behaviour ~ How Struggling Readers Read Differently than Typical Readers ~ The Gift of Dyslexia ~ Recognizing the Signs of Dyslexia ~ How iLs Improves Reading Difficulties ~ How Sound Therapy Can Improve ADHD ~ How a Disorganized Brain Can Contribute to Learning & Behaviour Challenges ~ Using Movement So Your Child Can Better Learn & Behave! ~ Eggs & Avacado: The Anti-Anxiety Breakfast ~ Raw Avocado Cocoa Pudding ~ Pumpkin Spice Smoothie ~ Paleo Coconut Blackberry Muffins ~ Chicken Spaghetti Sauce and Squash ~ Paleo Salmon Cakes ~ Coconut Milk Maple Ice Cream ~ Super Simple Coconut-Pineapple Pops ~ Gluten-Free Back-to-School Breakfast Muffins ~ Slow Cooker Autumn Root Vegetable Stew ~ Pumpkin-Blueberry Decadence ~ Plantain Pancakes ~ Coconut Energy Balls ~ Pretty Pumpkin Muffins ~ Black Forest Paleo Cupcakes ~ Paleo Caramel Sauce ~ Dad's Steak Salad ~ Mind-Body Eating - An Introduction to Developing a Mindful Eating Practice - Leave the Diets Behind ~ Curbing Carb Cravings ~ Coconut Blueberry Bark ~ Clean Cupcakes ~ Mental Health - It's Not All in Your Head ~ Your Gut, Your Second Brain - Mind Altering Bugs to Beat Anxiety and Depression ~ Managing Mental Health with Lifestyle ~ Eat Your Anxiety, Starve Your Sadness ~ An Anti-Anxiety Tool Kit - A Holistic Approach ~ Mental Health - Tools for the Emotional Body ~ Eating Well During the Holidays - Getting to the Root of the Matter ~ Eating Well During the Holidays - Skillpower Not Willpower ~ Skillpower to Wrap Your Mind Around Holiday Eating ~ Why New Year's Resolutions Fail - Ditch the Resolution, Set an Intention ~ Mental Health - Tools for the Emotional Body (continued) ~ True to Yourself Eating- Learning to Eat Mindfully, Joyfully and Skillfully ~ Canada's Food Guide and Bone Health - Busting the Dairy Myth ~ The Canadian Food Guide - Fat Phobia and other Causes of Obesity ~ The Joy of Cooking ... or An Acquired Taste ~ What's Your Cooking Style? - Learn to Love Time in the Kitchen ~ September Resolutions - 8 Ways to Feel Full while Eating Healthier this Fall ~ Courage - The Way through Weight-Loss, Healing and Life ~ Courage Continued - Braving Your Self ~ False-Fill Up: What Over-Eating, Hoarding and Shopping Have in Common ~ The Mind-Body-Space Connection: How a Clutter-Free Home Can Shape Your Eating ~ Regret and the Fear of Letting Go: Part 3 of Over-Eating, Hoarding and Shopping Addiction ~ The Super Mom Myth—Enough Already! Your Children Need You Healthy! ~ Why Childhood Disorders are on the Rise ~ Terms and Conditions ~ Privacy Policy ~ In-Season Vegetable Garden Bowl ~ Easter Bunny Butter Cups ~ Sunflower Butter Cocoa Cups ~ Abundant Breakfast Bowl ~ Valentine Paleo Chocolate Cluster ~ Paleo Holiday Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes ~ Coconut Candy Cherry Ripple Pie ~ Bacon Bit Beef Chili ~ Causes of Carb Addiction ~ Are You Crazy for Carbs? ~ Clearing the Carb Confusion ~ Reducing Your Sugar Intake - Where Sugar is Hiding ~ Portobello, Avocado & Tomato Sandwich ~ The Not-So-Sweet-Side of Sugar ~ Salt Water at Sea - Sugar: The Anti-Nutrient ~ The Sugar Detox: Day 4 -7 ~ The Sugar Detox: Day 3 ~ The Sugar Detox: Day 2 ~ The Sugar Detox: Day One ~ Sugar: A Social Drug - The Detox Begins ~ Replace Overeating with Conscious Eating - Press the Pause Button ~ Mindful Mealtime Practices ~ The 'Practice-Not-Perfection' Diet ~ Mindful Eating: Your Relationship with Food, Your Waistline and Your Health ~ Cleansing - An Inside Journey: Making the Most of It (Part 3) ~ How to Spring Clean Your Liver (Part 2) ~ Spring Cleaning - Love your Liver (Part 1) ~ What Your Cravings Mean ~ Your Cravings - Your Body's Voice ~ The Great- Unsaturated Fat to Improve Your Brain, Your Mood and Your Heart ~ The Good - Saturated Fats (Part 2) ~ Fats - The Ugly, The Good and The Great ~ Fats: A Big Fat Lie ~ Counting Nutrients Instead of Calories ~ Eating and Your Ancestry ~ Metabolic Typing - Eat Right for Your Body Type (and Genetic-Ethnicity) ~ What is Healthy Eating ? ~ Genetics - Your Body is not a Lemon! ~ Active Health Care - An Age Old Idea ~ Sunday Morning Eggs Topped with Avocado and Goat Cheese ~ The Eight Limbs of Yoga ~ Chick Pea Greek Salad ~ East Indian Vegetarian Cabbage Casserole ~ Carrot Ginger Quinoa Salad ~ Coconut Milk Ice Cream ~ Quinoa, Parsley and Honey Grape Salad ~ Eggs and Advocado - An Anti-Anxiety Breakfast ~ Carob Pumpkin Cookies ~ Maple Syrup Soup ~ Quinoa Spinach Salad ~ Honeyed Pineapple Coconut Dessert ~ Apple Kale Salad with Beets ~ Mindful Cooking ~ Kale & Beet Salad with Avocado ~ Red Pepper and Lentil Salad ~ Baked Beets with Goat Cheese or Cultured Coconut ~ Cultured Coconut Kiwi Snack ~ The Health Benefits of Yoga ~ Granola Bars ~ Maple Baked Squash and Kale Salad with Cranberries ~ Green Goodness Breakfast ~ Trail Mix ~ Fruit Frenzy Breakfast ~ Pumpkin and Black Bean ~ Grain Free Pumpkin Muffins ~ Yoga Sequence for Core Strength ~ Five Ways to Improve Your Yoga Practice ~ Kale Egg Wraps ~ Mixed Bean Salad ~ Homemade Veggie Burgers on Portabello Mushrooms ~ Sugar Free Rhubarb Crumble ~ Grain Free Banana Bread ~ Unstaged Lettuce Wraps ~ Zucchini Pizzas ~ Clean-Eat Beets, Carrots and Cilantro Salad ~ Yoga Poses for Upper Body Strength ~ Mind Traps and Ego Trips in Meditation ~ Types of Meditation ~ The Basics of Meditation ~ Mindfulness Myths - It's not about stopping your thoughts, it's about observing them. ~ Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes ~ Carrot and Sweet Potato Chicken Soup ~ Beet and Broccoli Salad ~ How to Meditate ~ Yoga Poses for Digestion ~ What is Mindfulness? ~ Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti ~ Asian Style Asparagus Soup ~ Grain Free Red and Green Pepper Nachos ~ Ditch the Diet ~ Blueberry Butter Cups