About Valerie

Valerie Baadh Garrett is the founder of The Movement Academy Project which works to create and share resources and media to support movement education, educators, and therapists through live courses and workshops, video and interactive media.

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This little dance is a movement study of twelve exercises from Bothmer Gymnastics and Spacial Dynamics, set to the Andante movement of one of Telemann's trumpet concertos. First performed for her cohorts in Spacial Dynamics training in Spring Valley, NY, in 1992, it has become Valerie's signature piece, demonstrating a range of movement dynamics and gestures within the frame of a dance.

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运动的本质

运动的本质

Posted by on Mar 11, 2012 in Movement Academy Project, Movement in China | 0 comments

通过对人智学和空间体育的学习我们认识到所有的运动都是错综复杂的力量在一起互相作 用的结果。

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2013 Workshops

2013 Workshops

Posted by on Mar 14, 2013 in Movement Academy Project | Comments Off

May 20 – 24 • San Mateo, CA • Pentathlon Festival for HomeSchoolers May 28 • Brisbane, CA • Agile Aging Instructor Training June 15 • Half Moon Bay, CA • Dynamic Wellness Women’s Retreat...

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Games Children Sing and Play – the story of our new book

Games Children Sing and Play – the story of our new book

Posted by on Jan 21, 2013 in Movement Academy Project | 0 comments

Joan Carr Shimer and I met over 20 years ago in the Spacial Dynamics training...

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Sensory-Motor Reading Readiness for School

Sensory-Motor Reading Readiness for School

Posted by on Dec 20, 2012 in Movement Academy Project | 7 comments

Not meant as medical advice, these guidelines are intended to help parents and early-childhood educators...

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“The Desert” Rondelay Action Game

“The Desert” Rondelay Action Game

Posted by on Nov 12, 2012 in Movement Academy Project | 2 comments

Done in a circle, rondelays are a wonderful form to lead movement in story form, for any age. The Desert Rondelay was created for 3rd grade classes.

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Nature-Based Learning for the Young Child

Nature-Based Learning for the Young Child

Posted by on Aug 6, 2012 in Movement Academy Project | 4 comments

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may.....

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Lazy Lout – An Imaginative Tag Game for 9 Year Olds

Lazy Lout – An Imaginative Tag Game for 9 Year Olds

Posted by on Feb 8, 2012 in Movement Academy Project | 3 comments

Lazy Lout was discovered while searching out and studying games as a new teacher at...

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Space Is Human

Space Is Human

Posted by on Dec 28, 2011 in Movement Academy Project | 10 comments

In 1921 Fritz von Bothmer was asked by Rudolf Steiner to develop the gymnastic education at the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart. When Bothmer confessed to feeling somewhat inadequate for the task

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