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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 [...]
RunningBrooke: Engaging Educators to Create Engaging Classrooms
When it comes to introducing activity in the classroom, many educators often wonder where to start. Brooke Sydnor Curran, Founder and CEO of RunningBrooke, makes it her goal to assist [...]
Active Seating and the 21st Century Classroom
The look and feel of classrooms is changing. If it hasn’t already happened in your school or classroom, perhaps it’s time that it should! Flexible seating, dynamic seating, active classroom [...]
5 Active Seating Options to Add to Your Classroom!
Whether we like it or not, the summer is slowly starting to wrap up. In speaking with my mom yesterday, a school nurse, she has already chalked up summer as [...]