Active Parents Build Active Kids It's about habits, not just genetics. When it comes to raising strong, resilient kids, one ...

CROMWELL >> After working as a physical therapist for children, Alicia Berger Harriman felt the need to combine her passion for dance with helping special needs children. Harriman founded Stretch, a ...

Appropriate levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep (collectively termed movement behaviors) are essential for the healthy growth and development of preschool-aged children. This was ...

Movement is a crucial aspect of a child's overall wellbeing and development, of particular benefit to mental health because it can support their emotional state, cognitive function, social development ...

Outpatient Mental Health Therapist Taylor Vicente recently appeared on Bloom to share powerful insights on the deep connection between physical and mental health—and how both ...

Young kids and parents can take part in a music and movement program every Monday at the East New Orleans Regional Library.

Once upon a time, the idea of kids on the Autism Spectrum training in martial arts seemed a contradictory idea. I remember vividly a parent bringing her kids to one of my martial arts classes years ...

Five-year-olds sing songs with more complex and varied lyrics, rhythms, tempos and musical styles, and are able to use music and musical instruments to imitate and improvise songs and melodies. They ...

One of my children is spinning in a circle, creating a narrative about a princess as she twirls. The other is building a rocket ship out of a discarded box, attaching propellers made of cardboard and ...

With a new school year beginning, many students are expected to rapidly transition from months full of activity and movement to a classroom that relies—primarily—on stasis. This can be a problem, ...