More children are obese, or enter school developmentally delayed. So Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games, and reading stories for healthy child development. She explains why movement matters, and how games develop children's skills at different stages of development, and she offers a starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes.

1. Movement -- the expression of life -- 2. Music and language -- 3. Lullabies, carols and nursery rhymes -- 4. More action songs and rhymes for babies to preschoolers -- 5. Poetry and fairy stories -- 6. A day in the garden -- 7. Getting ready for school.