Move More, Learn More: The Importance of Bringing Movement, Art & Music Into Your Healthy Life
Sep 30, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
Today on our Move More, Learn More! podcast, we travel to Finland to speak with Darlene Koskinen, creator of MoovKids, an online movement program for children ages three to seven, a fourth dan black…
Lynne KenneyHost
I do it 9:00 three days a week, and then the other days I do Pilates and other things.
Yeah, I think without the strong movement foundation, children will really struggle.
I mean, as you well know with research, that the body and the brain cannot do without each other.
So, you know, movement is just critical for later development, you know, for developing manual dexterity, for crossing the l- the midline for literacy skills, for developing the core strength so they can sit up in a chair for long periods of time.
So having a strong, well-developed body, the children are prepared for classroom learning, but they also develop physical competence and confidence.
And that means they have better social skills, because they're more confident and willing and prepared to join in with other sporting activities in the playground or in, in school.
So children who are more confident physically are usually more outgoing, have more friends.
So I think that is so, so important, this, the social and communication, but the children develop self-regulation as well.
... sorry, on the karate side I've seen how a strong movement foundation, if they have that, they just blossom in every area of their lives.
But I had a mentor, Ron Melmed, a developmental pediatrician, who used to refer to horseback riding, swimming, and karate.
I do it 9:00 three days a week, and then the other days I do Pilates and other things.
Yeah, I think without the strong movement foundation, children will really struggle.
I mean, as you well know with research, that the body and the brain cannot do without each other.
So, you know, movement is just critical for later development, you know, for developing manual dexterity, for crossing the l- the midline for literacy skills, for developing the core strength so they can sit up in a chair for long periods of time.
So having a strong, well-developed body, the children are prepared for classroom learning, but they also develop physical competence and confidence.
And that means they have better social skills, because they're more confident and willing and prepared to join in with other sporting activities in the playground or in, in school.
So children who are more confident physically are usually more outgoing, have more friends.
So I think that is so, so important, this, the social and communication, but the children develop self-regulation as well.
... sorry, on the karate side I've seen how a strong movement foundation, if they have that, they just blossom in every area of their lives.
But I had a mentor, Ron Melmed, a developmental pediatrician, who used to refer to horseback riding, swimming, and karate.
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