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Research suggests that children who develop locomotor, balance, and manipulative skills at a young age are more likely to participate in physical activities throughout their lives. This action-packed title introduces these fundamental movement skills and provides readers with fun ways to incorporate them into their everyday activities.
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"Starrett ... unveils a detailed battle plan for surviving our chair-centric society, [providing] solutions for reducing the amount of time you spend perched on your backside, as well as strategies for transforming your desk into a dynamic, active workstation that can improve your life"--Page 4 of cover.
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As seen on the Today Show, Dynamic Aging isn't that same old senior fitness, senior stretching, senior strength book you've seen again and again. This book is about using simple exercises to feel better and get back to living vitally no matter your age.
Don't blame your age if you're feeling creaky. It could just be the way you're using (or not using) your body. ―Washington Post on Dynamic Aging as a Book for the Ages
Movement is a powerful tool...
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Definitive selection of 3,919 photographs, plus author's observations on animals' movements. Incredible true-action shots cover 34 different animals and birds in 132 characteristic motions. Horses, goats, cats, gnus, eagles, gazelles, sloths, camels, many others shown walking, running, flying, leaping, more.
5) Let's move!
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Colorful clay characters invite children to learn about their bodies through movement. Wave your arms! Lift your legs! Open your hands and cover your eyes! You won't be able to stay in your seat for this engaging movement primer. From the creator of Opposites comes another colorful board book for children learning what their bodies can do!
6) Make it move
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"Provides young readers with an introduction to health and fitness and describes basic body movements and actions"--Provided by publisher.
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"Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. Every day, we put one foot in front of the other-yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? In this book, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains. From walking's evolutionary origins, traced back millions of...
8) Moving
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This book presents microscopic and x-ray images that take you inside the human body, comparisons between the way a human body works and the way animals' bodies work, and information on staying healthy and keeping your body able to bend, throw, grip, walk, and run.
10) On the move
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Shows how as we grow we can do certain things with our body, arms and legs.
11) Moving
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Describes various bones, joints, and muscles; examines the functions of tendons, cartilage, and ligaments; and explains how bones and muscles work together to allow movement of the body.
12) How we move
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Describes how the muscular system of the human body works and how it enables human locomotion.
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