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Movement as a verbal communication and the problem of child activity stimulationVerbal communication, which a child acquires from birth, allows it to gain knowledge and various types of experience. The process of acquiring verbal communication skills used by the child to communicate with the surrounding world takes place in a family environment as well as in kindergarten and at school (where the child’s linguistic ability improves).The period of gaining knowledge includes learning various types of communication, including motor skills. Communicating one’s own thoughts and emotions to others, not only verbally but also through movement, is a natural need for every child and is defined as motor or music-motor expression (inspired by music).Both methods of communication, verbal and non-verbal, can be stimulated or hindered by the environment, parents and also by teachers at school.The process of acquiring extra-verbal communication skills by a child depends on the child’s inborn creative or musical talents and on his or her body-kinaesthetic skills. They can be developed during music and motion classes. Taking part in such classes develops the ability to express oneself through motion improvisations (free and guided), which are an example of extra-verbal communication. Music and motion exercises activate many areas of children’s activity, not only connected with music or motion.