“There's nothing better than seeing [students] getting totally lost in their learning—because they're motivated, because they're engaged.” Watch how Dyce Primary School embraced #PlayBasedLearning to nurture more creative, empowered learners. 🌱

Children who learn to read before they learn to move often avoid the visual midline for hand/eye coordination, reading, and writing. A few minutes doing the Cross Crawl or Lazy 8s gives an experience of eye/hand teaming across the body's axial midline #BrainGym #MovetoLearn

Lazy 8s, the Elephant, the Double Doodle, the Cross Crawl, Belly Breathing...many of the #BrainGym activities promote the flowing, circular motions & visual explorations associated w/a 'rest and digest' response—helping us shift out of stress or anxiety. #MovetoLearn #RelaxedEyes

How To Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve for Better Mental #Health buff.ly/2QjrZOB

Science shows that your #vagusnerve is important to your physical and #mentalhealth .

#MondayMorning #DIY #relax #microbiome #guthealth #brain #MondayBlogs #MondayBlogShare #mondaythoughts

'Effectiveness of Brain Gym Exercises Over Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Improving Sleep Quality Among Healthcare University Students: A Comparative Study' [Thakre et al., 2024] #BrainGym #sleep #insomnia

Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Your Brain buff.ly/3Tbiqyi

A simple walk for a group of preschoolers or toddlers can be such a fun activity. It’s more of a saunter as they smile and wave at people, examine bugs along the way, and laugh for no reason.

And walking groups are good for adults too! Research shows that adult outdoor walking

'Effectiveness of Brain Gym Exercises Over Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Improving Sleep Quality Among Healthcare University Students: A Comparative Study' [Thakre et al., 2024] #BrainGym #sleep #insomnia

The whole body benefits from oxygenation. #BrainGym offers quick and easy ways to relax and deepen our whole-body breath, including Belly Breathing, Arm Activation, the Energy Yawn, the Cross Crawl, the Gravity Glider, the Energizer, the Calf Pump. #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

Awesome! #BrainGym #Hookups (00:24) for calming. Also notice how kids' eyes light up when they cross the body's midline, activating contralateral movement, vestibular balance, even eye-teaming (01:27; 2:48). Also at 0:38: some kids can do Cross Crawl; others not yet. #MovetoLearn

edutopia So many fun things that we also do in #BrainGym and #Visioncircles . Movement is surely the door to learning!
#Teach4WellBeing

Could sensorimotor awareness influence empathic choices? Notice how centered this 3-yr old is in his movements—easily aligning eyes, head, torso, both hands as he pours. In #BrainGym we find: increased sensorimotor stability can free us to be more aware of both self & others.

I love pencils. As a kid, I aspired to be like my mom, an artist, who created magic w/pencil & paper. Imaginative games, drawings, collage,...sheer joy to watch her work! Yet I didn't learn ease of hand motion till adulthood, through #BrainGym . Let's empower kids to use #tools !

The most beautiful gifts aren't wrapped with a bow; they are your eyes, finally seeing the world in all its wonder

#gratitude
#begrateful
#mindfulness

A reminder that “learning to form letters by hand improves perception of letters and contributes to better reading and spelling.” It doesn’t have to be with pencil & paper. #thisisJK #LearningCanBeFun

You're under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.

#BrainBreaks aren’t just for young students! Try one of these activities to help teens relax, refocus, or re-energize. 🙌

Our brains look for the #bad . You have to make an effort to see the #good too.

How to Use the Good Already n Your Life to Give Your Brain a More Positive Outlook buff.ly/3b5uI9A

#mentalhealth #depression #anxiety #wellness #Sundaymorning #Sundaythoughts #Sundayvibes

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? 🛝

This video of sisters Emmy and Lyla, is more than a lovely moment on the playground. It’s also a perfect analogy for the type of environment we want to create for young children: supportive, loving, and conducive to (healthy)

'There’s also a study out of Standford University that suggests walking can increase creative thinking. Participants were able to produce 50 percent more ideas while walking vs. while sitting.' bluezones.com/2023/06/what-i…

#BlueZones #livebetterlonger #longevity #walking #moai