Published Articles

Published articles by Sally Goddard Blythe:

• 2013 – Move on
  ‘A response to new government proposals for child care. Pages 14 and 15.’
• 2013 – Response to budget proposals
  ‘Response to budget proposals which favour working parents over stay at home mothers’
• 2011 – Schooldays Magazine
  ‘Secrets of Thriving Children’
• 2011 – Linstock Newswire
  ‘Up to Half of Five year olds are not ready for School’
• 8th May 2011 – The Guardian, Amelia Hill
  ‘Singing to Children may develop language skills’
• 15th March 2011 – The Daily Mail
  ‘Fairy Tales are better for children than modern books’
• 14th March 2011 – The Telegraph, Graeme Paton
  Parents who shun fairytales ‘miss chance to teach children morality’
• 18th June 2011 – Priyo
  ‘Through fairytale teach morality to kids’
• 31st August 2010 – SallyGoddardBlythe.co.uk
  ‘Children unprepared for school’
• 2nd June 2011 – BBC Radio 5 Live, Victoria Derbyshire and Sally Goddard Blythe
  ‘Many primary school pupils lack basic motor skills’
• June 2011 – Jo Jingles web site,
  ‘Children not ready for school at 5’
• 14th June 2011 – Nursery World, Catherine Gaunt
  ‘Motor skills gap hampers young children’s learning’
• 3rd March 2010 – Nursery World
  ‘Motor skills put to the test’
• 2011 – Toddler Kindy GymbaROO
  Toddler Kindy GymbaROO
• 17th March 2011 – Daily Express, Dr Pam Spurr
  ‘The real life lessons in fairy tales’
• July 2011 – Montessori International
  Ask the Expert, Q and A with Sally Goddard Blythe
• 15th March 2011 – The Sun Newspaper, Sally Goddard Blythe
  ‘Scary stories help children know right from wrong’
• 23 October 2009 – Times Educational Supplement
  Cambridge primary review: government would do well to heed these child-centred recommendations
• 7 September 2009 – Interview with Babygooroo.com
  Sally Goddard Blythe Discusses What Babies And Children Need
• 12 June 2009 – Nursery World
  Reading is to be shared
• 20 May 2009 – www.bettereducation.blogspot.com
  Interview with Tracy Stevens – A Better Education
• 14 May 2009 – Daily Mail
  Special needs and the legacy of virtual playtime
• 12 May 2009 – Times Educational Supplement
  Relentless growth is special needs
• April to June 2009 – Montessori International
  Q&A
• 12 March 2009 – Nursery World
  Real Interactivity
• 24 February 2009 – www.school.net.au
  Learning to move and move to learn
• 3 February 2009 – Daily Mail (Bel Mooney)
  Why do the left hate the family? Liberals will ignore new findings that children growing up with a mother and father fare best
• February 2009 – IQ journal
  Physical interaction and social engagement – essential ingredients for later learning success
• January 2009 – New View
  Why movement is an essential ingredient of child’s development
• 2009 – Kindred Spirit
  Prioritising children’s needs in a materialistic world
• 19 December 2008 – Times Educational Supplement
  Daily exercise is better than none
• 16 December 2008 – Daily Mail
  Couch potato babies strapped into their seats
• October to December 2008 – Montessori International
  Observing and identifying physical readiness for learning
• December 2005 – Medical Veritas
  Reflections of brain-body functioning
• December 2005 – Medical Veritas
  Transcript of a radio interview with Sally Goddard Blythe for Autismone Radio
• July 2005 – Daily Telegraph
  A Circular Road to Recovery
• May 2005 – Special Needs Coordinators File
  The Importance of Sounding Out for Hearing Within
• April 2005 – Times Educational Supplement
  Motor Skills Drive Success
• February 2005
  Lost in Education – Identifying and Help for the Under-Achieving Child
• January 2005 – Special Needs Coordinators File
  Releasing Intelligence through Movement
• 2005 – Dyslexia Online Journal
  Cerebellar Theory Should Not be Discounted in Response to Aggressive Marketing Strategy

Radio Interviews

• 2nd June 2011 – BBC Radio 5 Live
  Victoria Derbyshire and Sally Goddard Blythe ‘Many primary school pupils lack basic motor skills’
• February 2009 – BBC Radio 4
  Moral Maze
• January 2009 – BBC London Radio
  Vanessa Feltz show
• 2009 – BBC Radio Merseyside
  Guest opinions on news affairs