The Little Upstarts series of videos and DVDs promotes proper physical development in infants and toddlers. Our series—developed by a team of child development specialists—provides an opportunity for parents and caregivers to interact physically with infants and toddlers by combining specific step-by-step exercises and guided professional instruction with entertaining and interesting visuals and sounds. We believe that providing an opportunity for caregivers to interact physically with their babies produces tremendous physical and cognitive benefits.

Studies have shown that promoting a physically active lifestyle early on helps to ensure a child’s healthy development and to awaken an interest in physical activity that will strengthen as the child grows older. Further research has shown that physical activity helps babies develop cognitively, producing intellectually curious children. One study focusing on several large groups of infants even suggested that babies’ physical development can enhance their social and cognitive skills: those who were exposed early to organized physical activity showed higher levels of social and intellectual development upon entering kindergarten.

The Little Upstarts series isn’t designed to pressure infants and toddlers into reaching physical milestones more rapidly. Babies develop at their own pace; our series simply gives parents and caregivers an opportunity to nurture this natural development. We provide instructions for strengthening your baby’s key muscle groups, promoting eye-hand coordination, building core strength in the neck and trunk, stimulating the balance system, developing reaction to movement, and much more. But Little Upstart is about more than physical development. The interactive nature of our videos and DVDs provides an invaluable opportunity for parents and caregivers to bond with their babies at a very early age, and the imaginative visuals in our series are sure to stimulate and delight babies and parents. All of which points to our ultimate goal: babies moving right from the start!