Movement Path
Why Movement?
👍 Countless research has proven a positive correlation between movement and learning.
👍 Increased opportunity to acquire gross motor skills, practice motor planning, and promote joint health, mobility and strength.
👍 Self-regulation skills are linked to how well children manage many tasks during early childhood. With these skills, children are more able to manage difficult and stressful events that occur as part of life.
"Starting early or creating elementary school environments that encourage and allow for physical activity time is especially critical"- Society of Behavioral Medicine
* Physical activity levels sharply decline as children age
* Only 9% of adolescents spend 60 minutes in daily physical activity"
How to: Instructional video for Mt. View Movement Pathway
Time frame: 10 minutes or less per class
2-2.5 minutes per student
Curriculum-based active learning strategies:
- Colors WHEN:
- Shapes - Transitions
- Numbers - Indoor Recess
- Upper/Lowercase letters - Movement/Sensory Breaks
- Gross motor skill development
- Sensory regulation
- Social Emotional Learning with Second Step integration
- Positive affirmations
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8-10 students going at a time
Gross motor skill development
Action and Academics