1. Brain Gym Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

2. Brain Gym Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

3. The Origins of Brain Gym The programme was put together by Dr. Paul Denison of the Educational Kinesiology Foundation in 1987 Kinesiology is based on the premise that a child’s physical development, language acquisition and achievement in school are interdependent. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

4. The Origins of Brain Gym The programme was put together by Dr. Paul Denison of the Educational Kinesiology Foundation in 1987 Kinesiology is based on the premise that a child’s physical development, language acquisition and achievement in school are interdependent. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

5. LOW GEARHIGH GEAR The Balanced learning state allows the learner to clearly see the learning road ahead and move easily between low and high gear learning states as necessary. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Key ideas Movement is the door to learning. (de-stress) There are no learning disabilities, only learning blocks. (stress) Brain Gym activities are part of a personal program for achieving personal goals. Individuals set goals and express these in whole brain language. unsafe, unfamiliar safe, familiar stopping movement to thinkthinking and moving together focus is on parts rather than the whole focus is on the whole rather than the parts intentional behaviourautomatic behaviour

6. LOW GEARHIGH GEAR The Balanced learning state allows the learner to clearly see the learning road ahead and move easily between low and high gear learning states as necessary. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Key ideas Movement is the door to learning. (de-stress) There are no learning disabilities, only learning blocks. (stress) Brain Gym activities are part of a personal program for achieving personal goals. Individuals set goals and express these in whole brain language. unsafe, unfamiliar safe, familiar stopping movement to thinkthinking and moving together focus is on parts rather than the whole focus is on the whole rather than the parts intentional behaviourautomatic behaviour

7. The body and the brain together Thinking Together Thinking for Learning The bodyThe brain

8. The body’s 3 dimensions Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Left to Right communication Bottom to Top organisation Back to Front focus - the three midlines

9. The brain’s 3 dimensions Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Left to Right ‘communication’

10. The brain’s 3 dimensions Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Back to Front ‘focus’

11. The brain’s 3 dimensions Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Bottom to Top ‘relaxation’ and ‘organisation’

12. The brain’s 3 dimensions Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Bottom to Top ‘relaxation’ and ‘organisation’

13. Pathways to learning V A K Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

14. Pathways to learning Thinking Together Thinking for Learning V A K

15. Pathways to learning Thinking Together Thinking for Learning V A K

16. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning VAK The exercises

17. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning VAK The exercises

18. Exercises that focus attention on visual learning Thinking Together Thinking for Learning

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24. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Exercises that focus attention on auditory learning

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29. Thinking Together Thinking for Learning Exercises that focus attention on kinesthetic learning

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38. Brain Gym A set of exercises we can use to focus children’s attention on : Thinking Together Thinking for Learning the learning skills needed to meet the upcoming challenge – the ‘new and difficult’ themselves as confident ‘driver-learners’.