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Conclusions

This project shows the importance of emotional support from the adult, who should

reassure and sustain the child through his look, posture, closeness, in order for the child

to feel free to perceive his own body in the environment and to orientate in the space.

The child – if given the right situation – is strongly motivated to reach new motor patterns

(from crawling to standing position) that produce new cognitive learning, as for example
solving problems and increasing concentration abilities.

The child – through the consciousness of what he is able or not able to do – structures
himself also under the emotional point of view, he acquires self confidence and trust in

others, he’s not afraid of the unexpected and reacts to frustration by trying again.