In the nineteenth century a tendency to change the school system appeard. Until that period it was focused on the teacher. The changes were intended to ensure that teaching is student-centered and that students begin to acquire knowledge in a different way. In that time movement of reform pedagogy appeared. Movement aims to organize teaching to meet the needs of students. Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi recognizes children's needs and classifies them into three areas that must be met in order for a child to grow successfully. These areas of development are the head, heart and arms. These areas would later become the motto of reform pedagogy in which the following stood out: Friedrich Fröbel, Maria Montessori and Rudolf Steiner. They emphasized the importance of practical work, learning through play and movement. The game was a pleasant, voluntary, meaningful and spontaneously chosen activity. Classes were focused on students who became subjects of various activities. The importance of learning through play and movement has also been noticed by many programs such as the Brain Gym and the NTC Program. In taht programs we can recognise ideas of pedagogues of reform pedagogy. Brain Gym uses movement when exploring the integration of the whole brain in order to relieve stress and maximize the full potential of learning. The goal of the method is to encourage learning experience with whole brain. The NTC Program is a program that was created by combining knowledge from medicine and pedagogy. It was intended to develop children's cognitive abilities. The goal of the Program is to teach children to think and prepare them for the future labor market. Both programs are focused on children and child development, especially brain development through movement. They enable great progress of children in all areas of development, but mostly in cognitive.