Physical Education

An excerpt from the article talks about how movement is related to the brain and its activity. 

 

" Movement builds the framework for learning.  A student's physical movement, emotional, social and cognitive learning systems are all interacitve and interdependent.  Proper development, enrichment and remediation of these systems are critical to a child's ability to learn.  For example, motor development provides the framework used to sequence the patterns needed for academic concepts like reading.  The body's vestibular system interacts with the cerebellum to control balance, coordination, and spatial awareness.  these systems turn thinking into action and facilitate the student's  ability to place words and letters on a page.  The four visual fields needed for eye tracking in reading are strenghtened through navigation of space and crossing the brain and body midlines.  Sensory components of balance, coordination, spatial awareness, directionality and visual litearacy are developed as the child rolls, creeps, crawls, spins, twirls, bounces, balances, walks, jumps, juggles, and supports his/her own weight in space."

 

To read more: 

Action Based Learning (2011)

232 Zachary Walk

Murphy, TX 75094

 

www.actionbasedlearning.com