Today our students joined millions of children around the world for Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously)! 🌎💪 #ProjectACES #MoveToLearn

A brilliant day delivering online workshops to Scottish primary schools - upskilling teachers in #ActiveLearning! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏃‍♂️ Want to know how your school can get involved? Head over to teachactive.org/ or send us a DM #TeachActive #ScottishEducation #MoveToLearn @activeschoolsWD @ClydemuirPS

Dancing = happiness unlocked! Our nursery is full of music, movement, and BIG smiles today. #BSPDNursery #WellbeingWednesday! #ChildDevelopment #LoveToDance #MoveToLearn

An important thread. I'll add: in #BrainGym, we've been teaching people how to sit in their "just right" positions for 40 years. It's a wrestle to "fix" things after after they're broken. Why not begin early on to guide kids to sit comfortably in gravity? #MovetoLearn

𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦? No thanks! Movement-based learning—whether through brain breaks, simple exercises, dance sessions, or interactive games—boosts focus and memory. A five-minute stretch or an activity that gets kids moving can work wonders! The best educators make learning breaks a norm by including them in the class timetable. Let’s keep learning active, fun, and effective! ****** Are you an educator, school owner, policymaker, or passionate advocate for quality education?  Get ready for the 2025 South East Educators Conference where innovation, leadership, and transformation meet.  Mark your calendar now for the 2nd and 3rd of May 2025 and join the most influential gathering of educators in the South East! Gain cutting-edge insights, network with top education leaders, and discover innovative solutions for 21st-century learning.  Watch this space for further details...  Yours in transformation,  Barr. Doris Chinedu-Okoro   The Teacher's Teacher #ActiveLearning #BrainBreaks #MoveToLearn #SouthEastEducatorsConference2025 #SEEC2025 #SEEC25 #AdvanceEducation #FunLearning #InteractiveEducation #EngagedStudents #SchoolLeadership #theteachersteacher #SEEC25 #SouthEastEducatorsConference #EducationMatters #CapacityBuilding #PersonalDevelopment

Yes, contralateral motion (as in walking) boosts brain function. Add the diversity of nature and all the ways it prompts your visual experience—every moment new and unique. If you can't get out for a walk, you can always do a few minutes of #CrossCrawl. #BrainGym #MovetoLearn

YES! Let's increase habits of physical activity now, for ourselves and our kids. There's no good reason to develop a habit of being sedentary; the health trajectory of constant sitting is extremely poor. #BrainGym #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

Great fun, and also wonderful for balance, coordination, neck strength, and the visual system! #MovetoLearn

Great post! Be sure, also, to stay active as you sit. You can do this quickly and easily with #BrainGym activities, such as Belly Breathing, Lazy 8s for eyes, the Seated Cross Crawl, the Energy Yawn, the Double Doodle, the Calf Pump, and more. #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

One of the quickest ways to shift your "ordinary" experiences is to discover new sensorimotor habits. Such habits of movement and attention can prompt the joy of sensory aliveness and inner spaciousness, even in a difficult setting. #BrainGym #MovetoLearn

I'll add: Reading, writing, and moving cannot be separated. Moving mind and eyes for reading is breathing in; moving mind and hand for writing is breathing out. #BrainGym #Lazy8s #MovetoLearn

We humans are designed to move. Every aspect of us, including our brain, will work better when we can sit and use tools (pen, paper, book, cellphone) without misaligning our eyes /rest of the body. #BrainGym #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing #AlignmentMatters

Wonderful to discover the magic of our hands—to play, to create, to make nourishing food. In #BrainGym, we give the littles (or bigs) who have difficulty simple moves like Lazy 8s and the Double Doodle that activate eye-hand coordination. #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

A terrific thread! In advanced #BrainGym courses, we include "ball on a string" moves for the quick and effective #VisionTraining they provide—usually using a soft vinyl ball or sponge ball, and in combination with contralateral movement, such as #CrossCrawl. #MovetoLearn

YES! Our eyes are often called on to spend hrs tracking words & ideas at a fixed near-pt distance. Meanwhile, out in nature, even for a short time, our vision can be shifted & refreshed by myriad colors, shapes, textures, spaces, & motions. #VisionGym #BrainGym #MovetoLearn

Great ways to GROW memory and the brain; terrific explanations by a neuroscientist! Noticing, quality movement, Belly Breathing, aerobics, walking, good sleep, good diet—all things we focus on in #BrainGym! #CrossCrawl #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

Movement, gravity, and nature are wonderful teachers. Children's innate motivation to learn through movement and play gives rise to a vast array of sensory, motor, and social skills, ever ready to unfold. #MovetoLearn #BrainGym #Teach4WellBeing

Walking in #nature prompts us to look around: left, right, up, down, and center, in many near and far trajectories. From tiny flower to tree canopy, nature stimulates our vision in vital and relaxing ways. #MovetoLearn #BrainGym #Teach4WellBeing

Hip-hinging, one-legged balance, eye-hand coordination, contralateral motion...a few of the key skills that can be learned through #play, and that can make an enormous difference in longterm well-being. #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing

Love this! So many things I enjoy doing daily to activate the "challenge" state. In #BrainGym, we show learners how to enjoy routine (familiar level), embrace a challenge (pleasure level), and let go of "trying harder" (frustration level). #MovetoLearn #Teach4WellBeing