1. Get Kids Moving: Spreading Movement Throughout the School
Mark Ellner
Kansas State University College Of Education Department of physical education
Kapherd convention 2016

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Emile - 1762
This is not a new idea
“It is a most pitiable error to imagine that the exercise of the body is harmful to the operations of the mind, as if these two activities ought not to move together in harmony and that the one ought not always direct the other”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Emile

3. Let’s Get Moving Ball Toss Fun Teamwork Movement Brain Activity
Thinking and Strategy

4. Why do This PE TEACHER EXPERIENCE IEPS for Behavior Childhood obesity
Teaching PRE-Service teachers
Ideas and excitement.
Some had not thought about using movement and why it would be important
My Children
How they learn
Most Natural form of learning is through movement exploration

5. Research on Sitting in Chairs
“Studies on classroom seating suggest that sustained sitting in regular classroom chairs is unhealthy for children’s bodies, particularly their backs” (Schilling & Schwartz, 2004).

6. Research on Sitting in Chairs
A study from 1988 designed to examine that using stability balls as chairs to help with posture and health also found that they helped hyperactive students settle down, increased concentration, and improved penmanship (Jakubek, 2007).

7. Research on Sitting in Chairs
Research has begun to look at introducing movement into the classroom, and “evidence clearly shows that though that there is a marked improvement in student’s behavior, focus, and overall academic performance” (Erwin & Fedewa, 2011) more research is needed.

8. Sensory Intervention: Stability Balls My Research

9. My Research
The purpose of my study is to explore how ninth grade public school students discuss the role of movement opportunities during class on their learning Engagement.
What are the participants’ experiences of movement during a regular math classroom?
How do the participants describe the role of learning engagement?
How do the participants describe challenges of movement within a math classroom setting?

10. Sensory Interventions
tactile
sight
hearing

11. Time to Move Again

12. Brain Activity

13. SPARK by Dr. John J. Ratey brain-derived neurotrophic factor
“A protein produced inside nerve cells when they are active.”
“Miracle-Gro for the brain”
“Fertilizes the brain cells to keep them functioning and growing, as well as spurring the growth of neurons.”
“Exercise increases BDNF and thus gives the synapses the tools it needs to take in information.”
By Harvard psychiatrist, John J. Ratey, MD, author of Spark, The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.

14. What People Are Saying
“Movement is a powerful teaching tool, and when we as teachers thoughtfully incorporate physical elements into instruction, we elevate the learning experience” (Valerie Strauss, 2015).

15. What People Are Saying
“by letting students experience the curriculum through their bodies, we help them make deeper emotional, interpersonal, and kinesthetic connections to academic subjects” (Susan Griss, 2013).

16. What People Are Saying
“More important, the children in the exercise group also displayed substantial improvements in their scores on each of the computer-based tests of executive function” (GRETCHEN REYNOLDS, 2014).

17. How do we get kids moving throughout the day?
Talk with teachers
Send in class movement activities – brain breaks throughout the day
Through or text
Understand their fears and challenges
Advocate with parents
Advocate with school and district
Provide help with kinesthetic lessons
Share equipment and experiences with others in school

18. Teaching reading Kinesthetically
Create skits out stories
Charades
Cutting out words
Acting out vocabulary words
Have students act out stories as you read
Brain Breaks
Students retell stories to partner while taking a walk

19. Challenges and Fears
What is the number one thing school Teachers are worried about?
Why do teachers avoid movement?
What fears do students have?

20. Discussion and Questions
Where do we go from here?
how can teachers work with others in the school to increase student movement and exercise.

21. Conclusion
No matter how or when, it is critical to provide students with movement and sensory intervention opportunities throughout the school day. As teachers, we may be the only one advocating for a healthy lifestyle

22. Mark Ellner mrellner@ksu.edu
Kansas state university College of Education
Department of physical education