Wicked Local – Cambridge – Erin Baldassari
“Kids need to be off-balance and they need an element of risk in order to develop precision hand-eye coordination…The vestibular system – or inner ear – does more than keep humans upright, Slutzky said. It also regulates a person’s sense of comfort and mood. “…If kids don’t get enough opportunities to flood this system with delicious movement, they will be distracted and unhappy, and it will undermine everything we want developmentally.” Intergenerational play advocate Ed Klugman said stimulating those parts of the brain don’t just help young children.”(more)