What is The Movement Program®?
The Movement Program® (TMP) is a 12-week developmental movement programme for children aged 7 and over.
It uses a carefully structured series of movements and exercises to develop physical, sensory and cognitive skills involved in learning and development.
The programme works on areas including rhythm and timing, balance and coordination, bilateral and cross-lateral movement, sequencing, visual-motor skills, proprioception and vestibular processing.
The Movement Program® will help your school-age child to improve their outcomes and abilities in the following areas:
Reading
Learning
Attention and concentration
Balance and coordination
Vestibular function, proprioception and timing
The full 12-week programme costs $249.95. Use discount code smartprocessing to receive 10% off, reducing the price to $224.96.
Ready to get started with The Movement Program®?
The programme costs $249.95. Use discount code smartprocessing to receive 10% off, reducing the price to $224.96.
Click the button below to purchase The Movement Program®. You will be asked to create an account and subscribe to access the programme.
Your Questions Answered
How does The Movement Program work?
The Movement Program uses a structured series of developmental movements that gradually become more challenging over the 12 weeks. Children follow the movements shown on screen, working on different combinations of rhythm and timing, balance, coordination, sequencing, eye movements and control of the body.
Some activities involve moving to a beat, while others develop the ability to coordinate the two sides of the body, cross the midline, follow increasingly complex movement sequences or use the eyes and body together. The programme also includes activities that work on vestibular processing, proprioception and fine motor control.
By practising these movements regularly and progressively, TMP aims to strengthen physical, sensory and cognitive skills that are important for learning, reading, attention and coordinated movement.
How can a movement programme help with reading and learning?
Movement and learning are closely connected. Skills such as balance, rhythm and timing, coordination, sequencing, eye movements and the ability to use both sides of the body together are involved in many everyday learning tasks.
Reading, for example, requires the eyes to move accurately across a page, while the brain processes information in the correct sequence. Writing involves visual-motor coordination and fine motor control, while many classroom activities require attention, timing, organisation and coordinated movement.
The Movement Program® uses progressively more challenging activities to develop these physical, sensory and cognitive skills together. The aim is not simply to improve movement, but to support the underlying abilities that children use for learning, reading and everyday activities.
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Does my child need to be sporty or good at movement?
No. Your child does not need to be sporty or particularly good at movement to do The Movement Program®.
Some children may find certain activities easy while others are more challenging. The movements develop progressively over the 12 weeks, allowing children to build their skills as they work through the programme.
Finding some of the movements difficult is not necessarily a problem. The aim is to practise and develop the skills, rather than to perform every movement perfectly from the beginning.
What kinds of movements and activities are included?
The Movement Program® includes a wide variety of activities involving rhythm and timing, balance, coordination, sequencing, eye movements, fine motor skills and whole-body movement.
Activities gradually become more challenging. For example, a child might begin by moving to a beat and progress to coordinating opposite arms and legs, crossing the midline or following more complex movement sequences. Other activities involve using the eyes and body together, balance, body awareness and controlled movement.
The programme is designed to build these skills over the 12 weeks, with the activities becoming more challenging as the child progresses.
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How often does my child need to do The Movement Program?
The Movement Program® is completed five days a week for 12 weeks. Each session takes 20 minutes.
The programme is completed at home, with your child following the movements demonstrated on screen.
Although the programme itself takes 12 weeks to complete, you will have access to The Movement Program® for 300 days.
Can The Movement Program help with balance and coordination?
Balance and coordination are important areas developed through The Movement Program®. The activities work on skills including balance, rhythm and timing, bilateral coordination, body awareness and the ability to coordinate increasingly complex movements.
TMP also includes activities involving the vestibular and proprioceptive systems, which contribute to our awareness of movement, balance and where the body is in space.
As the programme progresses, children practise increasingly challenging combinations of these skills, helping them develop greater control and coordination of their movements.
What are the vestibular and proprioceptive systems?
The vestibular system, located in the inner ear, works with information from the eyes and the body to help us maintain balance, understand movement and know where we are in space. It also helps to keep our vision stable while we are moving.
The proprioceptive system gives the brain information from the muscles and joints about the position and movement of different parts of the body. It helps with body awareness, control of movement and coordination.
The Movement Program® includes activities that work on these systems alongside rhythm and timing, bilateral and cross-lateral movement, sequencing, visual-motor skills and coordination.
Is there research behind The Movement Program?
Yes. The Movement Program® developed from a long-term school-based research project in the UK, which began at Leigh Academy in Kent in 2004.
The research compared pupils completing movement-based interventions with a control group and looked at areas including reading, balance and coordination.
The results reported significant improvements in reading, balance and coordination for the group completing the programme. The students were also followed over time, with later results examining their English GCSE performance.
Can adults do The Movement Program too?
The Movement Program® was primarily designed for children aged 7 and over. However, adults who complete the programme alongside their children have also reported improvements in motor skills, rhythm and timing.
Is The Movement Program a primitive reflex programme?
No. The Movement Program® is not specifically a primitive reflex programme.
It is a developmental movement programme that works on a broad range of physical, sensory and cognitive skills.
However, some of the movements are specifically designed to work on primitive reflex integration. For example, The Bowman is designed to help integrate the Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR).
A retained ATNR affects reading and spelling, which is the reason this movement is included in the programme.
Ready to get started with The Movement Program®?
The programme costs $249.95. Use discount code smartprocessing to receive 10% off, reducing the price to $224.96.
Click the button below to purchase The Movement Program®. You will be asked to create an account and subscribe to access the programme.