Stomping helps with schoolwork!

And so does logrolling, spinning, swinging, running, crawling, climbing…

Yep. Big-body physical play drives success in the classroom. It is the foundation on which children build everything from self-regulation and self-control to reading, attending, and sitting still.

Need a child to pay attention?

Could be he hasn’t spent enough time spinning, swinging, logrolling, somersaulting, and hanging upside down.

These movements build a strong vestibular system that helps us filter out the important from the unimportant so we can do things like hear our name called and pay attention in class

Too much wrestling and body slamming going on?

Perhaps this child’s brain is struggling to understand force. They need lots of jumping, pushing, pulling, and climbing to put pressure on their joints. This will help them internalize an understanding of force so their brains don’t make their bodies search this information out by hurting friends or themselves.

Want them to learn to read?

To read, the letters must stay still on the page. Children who don’t spend a lot of time in play that includes hanging upside down, spinning, swinging, sliding, cartwheels, and somersaults don’t develop a strong focal point which means letters and numbers will jump and move on the page.

Need improved behavior?

Children who get aerobic release a chemical in their brains that turns on their attention system, motivation system, and memory system. This is their executive brain. Study after study proves, that the more children get aerobic, the better their behavior and their classroom experience in general.

Ready for them to sit still at their desks or at circle time?

Then they need core strength. A child with core strength is comfortable sitting on the floor or at a desk. Those who are not will wiggle. A lot. All in search of comfort, simply because they aren’t strong enough to sit in a chair.

Notice a theme here?

When children are given ample time to move their bodies, their brains become satisfied with what their bodies can do and how to use their bodies to learn.

This isn’t about sport and it isn’t about health.

It is about using the body to learn. And weak bodies struggle with learning.

Find out more in our blog.

What, you don’t have our posters yet?

No problem!  We gotcha!  Our posters are designed to spark a conversation with grown-ups about the power of play to outsmart the wiggles, fuel learning, improve classroom management and make the school day better for everyone.

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