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5 Predictions to Prepare for the Uncertainty of Our New Reality
My five-year-old is supposed to start kindergarten next year. As we prepare for school next fall, we have so many questions about our new reality, and we are working to [...]
3 Teachers Talk Challenges and Triumphs of Distance Learning
What a different world we are living in! Who would have guessed the 2019-2020 school year would basically be “over” in March? Learning new teaching strategies on the fly. Trying [...]
Why Learning is Better Outdoors
Citizens of Minnesota, where Moving Minds is headquartered, have been spending a lot more time in indoors than usual. School is canceled. Gymnastics is suspended. Dance classes are scrapped. Music [...]
Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 4
We’ve created a resource of daily brain breaks that you can do at home! Feel free to switch around the days to best suit your schedule, or put your own [...]
Learning Can Happen Anywhere
I live in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes and 4-6 months of winter. But in the last couple of weeks, spring has been sneaking around. Our cars are warmer, [...]
Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 3
We've created a resource of daily brain breaks that you can do at home! Feel free to switch around the days to best suit your schedule, or put your own [...]
Importance of Physical Activity While Working from Home
Working from home presents many challenges for teachers and parents. We are in unchartered waters of trying to continue to work while helping our kids continue to learn and complete [...]
Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 2
Monday Yoga Last week we went over some beginner yoga movements such as the cat pose and the upward dog pose. Multiple research studies have demonstrated positive outcomes of yoga [...]
Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 1
Monday Yoga Start with learning and teaching some beginner yoga poses. Here are a few to start with: Cat and Cow Pose • Begin on hands and knees --Hands beneath [...]
