Read, Write, Move-School SuccessRead, Write, Move-School Success

• JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, Ed.D.; FASHA, FNAS, LBWA– Vice President of Partnerships-Geo

– drjo@geomotiongroup.com– 402.430.2767– Donna Altenburger

• d.altenburger@geomotiongroup.com• 813.928.9686

Brain Research Supports Physical ActivityBrain Research Supports Physical Activity

Learnercise: Moving, Learning, FunLearnercise: Moving, Learning, Fun

RigorRigor

Move to Improve

ObjectivesObjectives

• Practical Strategies-Academics Through Movement

• Activities that activate the brain & body

• Read, Rhyme to Remember, Move

• Fun

DisclaimerDisclaimer

•The 21st Century Community Learning Centers’ 2012 Summer Institute has been funded in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education.  Any products mentioned are only examples and do not constitute endorsement.

• How many of you feel that healthy, active children have a better chance for school success?

• How many of you feel that healthy, active people have a better chance for life success?

*FYI - By moving and standing you just engaged your brain!

It’s time to move:-Car Wash-Leap Frog-Moving around the Clock Mat-Shape HuntOld McDonald Color Farm

IntroductionIntroduction

Brain and Movement FactsBrain and Movement Facts

• The area of the brain most associated with motor control is the cerebellum. It takes up nearly one half of the brain’s neurons. (Ivry & Fiez, 2000).

• This is the same part of the brain that processes learning.

• Adults need to move approximately every 17 minutes or they loose focus

• Many adults have learned to adapt – they could still improve their attending skills with 30-40 seconds of moving to stimulate the brain

• Children need to move more often –they have short attention spans

• I use the age rule

Engage Your BrainEngage Your Brain

What Makes Us Move Also What Makes Us Move Also Makes Makes Us ThinkUs Think

• It’s time to move:Green Yellow RedSounds of the Letters

Why Prevention & Health Why Prevention & Health Promotion?Promotion?

• The probability of childhood obesity persisting into adulthood is estimated to increase from:

• 20% at 4 years of age to• 80% by adolescence

• Long-term outcome data for successful treatment approaches are limited.

• Early physical activity and dietary patterns track into adolescence and correlate with adult obesity risk. 

More ActivitiesMore Activities

• All Around the Nutrition Mat–Food Groups–Healthy Eating–Integrated Learning for School

Success–Faculty/Staff/Student

Movement

OBESITY

Change the U.S. health/activityChange the U.S. health/activity

• Relay Activities:– Geo Addition Relay– Geo Active

Addition– Geo Active

Subtraction– Shape Hunt– Dance Through

Food Groups

Linking Movement & Learning

• Brain Research= most of the brain is activated during physical activity – much more so than when doing seatwork.

• Jensen= sitting for more than 10 minutes at a stretch “reduces our awareness of physical and emotional sensations and increases fatigue.”– reduced concentration – discipline problems.

• Movement= increases blood vessels that allow for the delivery of oxygen, water, and glucose (“brain food”) to the brain. FUEL

More Movement – Smarter KidsMore Movement – Smarter Kids http://articles.familylobby.com/79-more-movement-smarter-http://articles.familylobby.com/79-more-movement-smarter-

kids.htmkids.htm

Math & MovementMath & Movement

•Surfin’ Sevens•Multiply by 10

It’s Time to RecallIt’s Time to Recall

• Activity Concept• Educational Concept• Learner Outcomes

• Exercise Your Smarts

I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day . . . I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.

The eye is a better pupil and more willing than the ear. Fine counsel is confusing, but examples always clear.

See A Sermon

I soon can learn to do it, if you’ll let me see it done. I can see your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.

And the lectures you deliver may be very fine and true, but I’d rather get a lesson by observing what you do.

For I may misunderstand you and the HIGH ADVICE you GIVE,BUT there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you LIVE!!Edgar Guest

Dr. Jo Philosophy

People who want milk should not seat themselves in the middle of the

pasture and hope that the cow backs up to them.