Mind-body: a system that must not work in unison but harmoniously
D. Winnicot
The body represents the first "tool" of knowledge and relationships that children use to approach and interpret the world.
In fact, it is through the body that children perceive the outside world, progressively moving from dependence to autonomy, and it is through the body that they learn to express needs, emotions and feelings. Motor activity therefore represents an essential component for the child's development: it is no coincidence that "the body and movement" is one of the fields of experience suggested by the national indications for the nursery school curriculum, where motor education has, as a priority objective, helping the child to grow and develop as a whole. Daily motor experiences promote self-knowledge and mastery of the body through expressiveness, movement, sensory stimulation and imaginary representation which, together, contribute to enhancing cognitive development, the formation of thought, the strengthening of intellectual and learning abilities.
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