Dr Lala Manners
Practitioner, researcher, educator, author and trainer specialising ,
Active Matters
Dr Lala Manners is practitioner, researcher, educator, author and trainer specialising in the field of early years physical development and movement, in the UK and internationally. In 2015 Lala formed www.activematters.org – an online learning hub to help parents and practitioners support young children’s physical development, health and wellbeing. In 2019 she was instrumental in creating the new Open University course ‘Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood.’ She is a regular contributor to Nursery World and the author of The Early Years Movement Handbook: A Principles-Based Approach to Supporting Young Children’s Physical Development, Health and Wellbeing, published by Jessica Kingsley.
