Description
Book SynopsisMasses of activities based on the premise that movement, particularly if it is specific and intentional, enhances learning. Move to Learn is a movement programme for children aged five to eight years, delivered in sessions, working one-to-one with an adult or as a small group. Use the programme to liven up a day, provide a ''brain break'' in the curriculum or as a complete change for a pupil who is having an emotionally challenging day. Moving promotes learning and other outcomes will follow: Emotional - encouraging happy, secure, confident, motivated and positive emotional states in the limbic system of the brain to support a sense of well-being; Cognitive - using movement to create and strengthen neural pathways, to integrate brain activity and develop ''whole brain'' learning; Motor - enabling children to develop their gross and fine motor skills, and to understand being active or calm and to know the difference; Social - using activities to have fun and play together, and to intera
Table of ContentsMaking the connection, What’s it all about? Working as a group, Running structured sessions, Vocabulary, MENU OF ACTIVITIES Hello and welcome! Stamina, Large motor actions, Mobility, Balance, Body awareness, Spatial awareness, Dexterity, Fine motor skills, Rhythm and sequence, Relaxation. SIX SCRIPTED SAMPLE SESSIONS
