With World Mental Health Day upon us, it's a good moment to reflect on how our mental well-being is connected to movement. In a world where stress and anxiety levels are rising, we often look for quick fixes, but one of the most powerful tools to support our mental health is something we already know …
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According to an article from Edutopia; Brain Breaks are “planned learning activity shifts that mobilize different networks of the brain.” (Willis 2016) A while back I was scrolling through social media posts and saw a response from Andy Milne. He suggested that brain breaks should be called brain boosts. This perspective helped me see a …
Regular readers to the blog will know how much I value the incorporation of movement into my classroom, harnessing it's many benefits to increase learning. I've presented on this at conferences across the country, and have blogged about it many times. As such, I'm always looking for ways in which to authentically add movement to …
I am delighted that this week's #slowchathealth blog post comes from someone who has had a tremendous influence on my teaching, and yet I still have not met him in person. Mike Kuczala & Traci Lengel's The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Movement shaped my professional goal for the 2015/16 school year and encouraged me …
I've blogged previously about my journey towards incorporating more movement into my #healthed classroom and 18 months on I find myself in a position in which this has become my natural teaching style. From walk and talks to kinesthetic word webs to altering the state of the room (different desk layout or use of music) …
This is a great time of year for teachers to set goals, commitments, or even a word of the year. Irrespective of the method that you choose, finding ways in which to improve your teaching can only be a good thing. I've blogged, and even podcasted about how I set professional goals at the start …
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