Born to Move App
Born to move is an NHS app to help parents or carers with their newborn babies right up to
pre-school.
It's packed with advice, tips and games that you can play with your child to support their
development. Available from Google Play and IOS.
The idea came from Julia Haynes, a health visitor at Kent Community Health NHS
Foundation Trust, who has worked extensively with health visitors, children's centre staff
and local parents on its development.
Born to move is about encouraging daily active play and interaction to help the learning and
wiring of your baby's brain at this critical early stage. It's designed to give you friendly
advice and tips to support your child to develop intellectually, emotionally, socially and
physically and build the foundations for a healthy, happy and confident baby.
Key features include:
- Option to personalise the app with a picture of your own baby
- Fun quizzes and games to play with your child
- Easy navigation with a different section for each stage of development from newborn,
crawler, toddler, pre-school
- Links to other information you may find useful
- Feedback tool for improvements.
The Born to Move app, which is designed to be used in conjunction your health visitor,
supports the Kent-wide Born to move - Active Learner project.