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“Through movement, he has acts upon his external environment and thus carries out his
own personal mission in the world. Movement is not only an impression of ego but it is
an indispensable factor in the development of consciousness since it is the only real
means which place the ego in a clearly define relationship with external reality.”

The secret of childhood, chap.15

Discuss this statement and describe how movement aids in creating the child’s unique
personality.

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The Sensitive Period to Movement is evident from the first moments of human
development… arms flail, muscles tense and relax. Even in the early hours after birth,
infants placed on their mother’s bodies will move toward food and nurture. In the next few
months, the infant’s intrinsic motivation to move can seem to overpower almost all his or her
other instincts. There is little a child needs, except time and a sturdy environment, to compel
him to wiggle, roll, scoot, crawl, stand, and, eventually, walk, all in the matter of a relatively
short window of time

An Absorbent Mind is defined as when a child is “effortlessly assimilating

the sensorial stimuli of the environment”. Analogies forthis idea are a
sponge soaking in everything within the environment and a camera
snapping images of everything it sees through the lens.

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