MamaMagic Milestones Winter 2014 | Page 33

About the author: Melodie de Jager is a qualified nursery school teacher with a doctorate on the role of movement in brain development and learning, which led to her developing BabyGym®, Mind Moves® and Mind Dynamix Profiling®. She regularly hosts workshops in Southern Africa and Europe, is a frequent guest on radio and TV, and is listed at the American Biographical Institute as one of the Great Women of the 21st Century. She has authored Play learn know, BabyGym and Mind moves (Metz Press). All of her books are also available in Afrikaans. www.babygym.co.za References: 1. Eliot. L. 2000. What’s going on in there? New York: Bantam books.