Recent Articles
Kicking off 2020
Moving Minds was founded in 2015 to bridge the gap in the niche of active classrooms, flexible seating, kinesthetic learning—whatever you’d like to call it. And, as we kick off [...]
Is Student Health a Teacher’s Responsibility?
Recent reports show that 1 out of 5 adolescents are now prediabetic, meaning they have high blood sugar levels, but not quite high enough to be diagnosed as having type [...]
The Kinesthetic Classroom is a Movement Miracle
Tis the season, advocates for active learning! We are in the time when things seemingly start to force us to make decisions about what to cut out because we have [...]
Active Classrooms Week
You may be too young to remember the “This is your brain on drugs” movement in the 80s. It was an anti-narcotics campaign to try to prevent people from using [...]
How Kore Wobble Chairs Can Benefit Your Classroom
I had breakfast the other day with Jon Elmaleh, the creator of the Kore Wobble Chair. We were at an event dedicated to educational spaces and furniture where we spent [...]
Seasonal Changes and Children’s Physical Activity: How to Create Active Indoor Recess
As colder weather approaches for most of us, it is wise to think about ways we can still provide the activity and movement breaks that children inherently need and want, [...]
RunningBrooke: Making a Positive Community Impact
Whether in the classroom or in the community, it’s very important to keep children physically active. An easy way to both get our kids active, and get involved in your [...]
Anxiety and Movement: Overcoming the Fidgets
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2018) reports that 12 to 25% of children have anxiety disorders. That is one or more out of every eight children. This equates [...]
Giving Students Flexible Seating Options
Children need to move! Students cannot be expected to sit still in a normal chair for 4-5 hours a day. How can anyone expect a student to not fidget or [...]