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In early childhood education, children find in their own body and movement the main way to get in touch with the reality that surrounds them and, therefore, acquire knowledge about the environment in which they grow and develop. Undoubtedly, the progressive discovery of the body itself as a source of feelings and sensations, as well as exploring the different possibilities of action and bodily functions, constitutes necessary experiences on which children's thinking is built. Furthermore, the affective relationships established in psychomotor education situations, and particularly through play, are essential for the emotional development of children. Physical Education Initiatives for Early Childhood Learners offers globalized educational practices, didactic approaches, and proposals for intervention around motor development in the children ages 0-6 years. The book specifically explores laterality, coordination, relaxation, rhythm, etc. and how these are achieved through games, music, and motor stories. This book is ideal for early childhood educators, physical education teachers, administrators, daycares, preschools, early childhood learning centers, researchers, academicians, and students interested in physical education's role in early child development.

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Pedro Gil-Madrona is a Physical Education Teacher, Bachelor and Doctor of Education Sciences with an extraordinary doctorate award. Honorable mention in the national educational research awards in 1998. Third regional research award In Spain. School principal. Head of University in the area of Teaching of Body Expression, in Spain. Participation in more than 20 research projects (Spain, Chile and Colombia). More than 100 articles in prestigious magazines. 45 of them in ISI-JCR and Scopus. 5 of them in Q1. Author, co-author and director of more than 20 books, most of them in relation to Physical Education in Early Childhood Education. He has given more than 50 conferences at national and international conferences in Spain, Paris, London, Rome, Bologna, Verona, Bogotá, Tirgu-Mures, Mar del Plata, Budapest, Maracay, San Cristobal, Caracas, Rubio, Valencia and San Diego, University of Edinburgh (Scotland) Antigua and Rotahuleu, University of Vienna (Austria), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bogotá, and the University of Miami, in Verona, New York University in Brockport, in the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University in Project Zero and Tufts University in the USA.

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