Moving on with Literacy

About Moving on with Literacy:

• Songs and specific movements which support overall early childhood development and perceptual motor development.

• Targets core strength, aerobic fitness and fine motor development, rhythm and language skills in an easily implemented package.

• Suitable for young children at all levels of development as progressions in movements are outlined.

• Supported by empirical research: The program demonstrated an 'add on effect’ in the development of early literacy and school readiness skills - Callcott, Hammond and Hill (2014).

• Empowers the classroom teacher to provide age appropriate movement experiences throughout the day.

About the Managing Director:

Dr Deb Callcott   B.Ed (HPE) M Ed (Special Needs) Phd.

Dr. Deb. Callcott is an experienced teacher, author and researcher. Deb has qualifications in Physical and Health Education and a Masters in Special Needs. She has taught Physical Education to children from a wide variety of age groups in both mainstream and Special Needs settings working alongside Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists.

Her PhD involved intensive research into the link between learning disabilities and movement, which is her main area of interest. Deb has provided extensive support to schools in developing holistic movement programs for children. Her ground breaking research, published in an international Early Childhood Journal, outlines the efficacy of linking movement to beginning literacy in the early years using her movement program.

Deb has presented at numerous conferences, written in a number of research journals and has trained hundreds of teachers to implement her program with great success.