Kine Johansen featured in Podcast on Young Children's Motor Development
U-CARE researcher and physiotherapist Kine Johansen is a guest on the Swedish ‘BVC Podcast’, in an episode where she speaks with healthcare developer Kjersti Graasvoll about motor development in young children.
In the episode, Kine Johansen talks about the importance of practice for motor development and how the brain ‘loves problem-solving’. She explains that motor development should be seen as a staircase rather than a linear process, and describes motor skills as the child’s tool for play, exploration, and learning.
The conversation also touches on questions such as:
• How is motor development connected to other areas of a child’s growth?
• What can parents and healthcare professionals do to support children?
• Why is physical activity so important?