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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 [...]
Physical Activity in Secondary Classrooms
The brain/body connection is not exclusive to elementary age students. In fact, it does not discriminate. This magnificent relationship is ongoing, extremely subtle, and critical to the teaching and learning [...]
Finding Grants to Support Your Active Classroom
I had a colleague that once said that the best way to solve problems was with creative writing.Matt Levine, Brand Manager Money does not grow on trees—because it is mostly [...]
How Yoga and Mindfulness Saved My Classroom
“I did yoga with my students last year, mainly in my first block class. They said it helped their focus for the remainder of the day and helped reduce the [...]