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Podcast: The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
Episode: 1KHO 660: The Brain Develops Through Movement and Touch | Kathryn Kraft, TimberNook
Description: Get your *FREE* 2026 1000 Hours Outside Tracker Sheet here: https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers
Focus, confidence, and emotional regulation don’t start with worksheets. They start with crawling, climbing, messy hands, and sensory play. In this conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with pediatric physical therapist and TimberNook provider Kathryn Kraft to talk about why the developing brain needs touch and movement and what happens when kids are rushed, managed, and transitioned every 20 minutes. You’ll hear why TimberNook’s “time and space” makes such a radical difference for child development, why free play looks chaotic before it looks creative...