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New Jabadao training is outlined by Karen Faux

A new programme linking early learning to movement has been unveiled by charity Jabadao. Most are one-day courses blending theory with practice and discussion.

'All of Jabadao's training is about making links for practitioners between movement and learning, and exploring child-led, spontaneous movement play,' says director Penny Greenland.

Jabadao's Every Child a Talker (17 May) shows how child-led movement play supports rich communication and language development.

'Part of this course looks at how a child's speech and language benefit from having full access to movement play,' says Ms Greenland. 'Movement is a child's first language and we need to counter the tendency for our culture to ignore this and jump for words. Children will often speak less in nursery than when they are at home but practitioners can address this by speaking their own language in terms of movement.'

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