The heat in my part of the library has been broken. So it’s been cold. Like COLD for weeks… I’ve been sitting at my desk with the space heater blowing a wind burn onto my right cheek avoiding any task that takes me away from my one little circle of heat.
I haven’t really wanted to work. I haven’t really been creative. I just sit there drinking my tea as fast as I can before the refrigerator that is my room cools it down to iced tea… I’ve been blaming the cold for my lack of motivation, I actually think it’s my lack of movement that’s been slowing me down. As the room gets colder, I move less…. Ok not less… I DON’T MOVE AT ALL because I don’t want to be away from my space heater.
Movement and motivation/ learning are intrinsically linked. We know that exercise shapes the muscles, heart, lungs, and bones. But it also strengthens the keys areas of the brain (including the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and corpus callosum); it fuels the brain with oxygen AND feeds it neurotrophins that increase the number of connections between neurons. Basically movement/ exercise is essential to continual brain development and optimum health.
NO MOVEMENT= STAGNANT LEARNING AND LOSS OF MOTIVATION
because the brain isn’t getting what it needs to fire up!!
When your child practices yoga and gets moving, they are giving their brain its required fuel!
Children may not understand their desire to move around, wiggle, or express emotions during the learning process (at home or at school) but these are just components of the brain and the body processing together (which is REALLY what we want when learning).
Creating moments of movement in the home and classroom WILL improve behavior and academic performance. But you can’t play tag in the classroom and you can’t always make it to the park. My videos make it easy to add some movement and exercise into your child’s day. Perfect for smart screen classroom use and living rooms, the Bendy Bookworm videos are 10- 15 minutes of active physical participation. They’ll get the movement their brain is craving and you’ll get the benefits of a child’s brain well fed!! Just press play to give your child movement EVERYDAY!