Babies & Child Development Archives - Page 2 of 12

Baby exercises: Five excellent reasons to start from birth

Posted 2 May 2018 by Bindy Cummings 9107 0

From the earliest months after birth, baby exercise play an important role in healthy brain and body development and best of all, babies LOVE exercising and will love you for it!! Here are 5 excellent reasons to exercise your babies.

Mother’s Day craft: Ideas to do with 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 30 April 2018 by Bindy Cummings 94985 0

Enjoy our favourite ‘DIWK’ (Do It With Kids) Mother’s Day craft ideas to do with your little ones from birth to five years. Cards, bouquets and gifts all home made with love and bound to bring tears of joy to mums...

Car seats, capsules and bouncinettes: An important warning for all parents of babies

Posted 4 April 2018 by Dr Jane Williams 15854 0

Parents need to be aware that prolonged time in car seats, capsules and other devices that place babies in the semi curled posititon, while tragically causing a small number of deaths, can also be hampering the short and long term healthy...

Baby’s speech development: What you need to know

Posted 21 March 2018 by Dr Jane Williams 5391 0

Baby’s speech development in the first year: What parents need to know, what to do plus baby songs and baby games that your baby will love. Baby development expert Dr Williams writes for GymbaROO-KindyROO

Easter fun! Ideas for 0 – 5 year olds

Posted 20 March 2018 by Bindy Cummings 10738 0

Gymbaroo-KindyROO’s favourite ideas for Easter fun, with your child’s development firmly in mind. Have a great time whilst developing visual skills, gross and fine motor coordination, hand-eye coordination, laterality skills, motor...

OUTSTANDING NAPLAN results: Look what this school is doing differently

Posted 8 March 2018 by Dr Jane Williams 5490 0

This primary school has over recent years, implemented the Unlocking Potential (UP) program, a neuro-developmental movement program designed by GymbaROO-KindyROO for primary school children. As well as improving academic performance this...

Your child’s developing vision: What parents need to know

Posted 26 February 2018 by Dr Jane Williams 4972 0

How well your babies and growing children learn to develop their vision is going to affect their entire development, including how well they are able to learn now and later while attending school. Child development expert Dr Williams...

Watch out! Screens and your child’s eyes

Posted 26 February 2018 by Bindy Cummings 26157 0

A massive health issue related to babies, children and smart devices – screens, tablets, phones and computers, is sight/vision related. Shortsightedness in children has almost doubled in the past five years. What parents need to watch out...

Your child’s health: Soft drinks linked to cancer

Posted 22 February 2018 by Bindy Cummings 4931 0

New research out of the University of Melbourne and the Cancer Council Victoria has found a positive association between soft drink consumption and cancer risk, and the more sugary soft drinks participants drank the higher their risk of...

9 Amazing facts about breast milk

Posted 3 January 2018 by ActiveBabiesSmartKids 287332 0

Kissing your baby changes you breast milk. Breast milk can kill cancer cells. Read 9 amazing facts about breast milk. Pinky McKay writes for GymbaROO-KindyROO

Secure versus insecure bonding: Parents need to know the difference

Posted 2 January 2018 by Marianne Schriever 6997 0

Bonding usually happens instinctively between parent and baby, but loving the baby doesn’t automatically result in secure bonding. A secure bond provides the infant with an optimal foundation for life, eagerness to learn, a healthy...

Sleep. Behave. Learn. The importance of sleep for babies and children

Posted 2 January 2018 by Dr Jane Williams 6264 0

We all know how hard it is to get a grip when sleep deprived, however in terms of babies and childrens development and learning capacity this research news by Dr Jane Williams warrants attention.