Great post! Movement is SO important! You’re right – we need to put movement back into learning. We can do it between subjects… but we should also look for ways to get the kids moving DURING subjects. Give them hands-on learning versus workbooks whenever possible. Especially when they are young – this makes such a vital difference!
So very true. I think sometimes classroom teachers forget that they are up moving quite often even though everyone is “in the room” the same amount of time. Breaks are extremely important for my kids. If it is pretty out, I will take a break mid day and send them out to ride bikes or go to the playground. My oldest usually takes the dog for a walk which gets him out and breathing fresh air. I’ve seen vast improvements just by adding activity breaks.
I agree with all of your suggestions. I find that if I give my children time to run around outside for a few minutes every half hour, they are happier and learn easier!
I also mix our learning at a desk with more physical activities. Usually once a day, that includes putting 4 / 5 songs on a playlist, and tidying up in each room, one room per song and then we move to the next room. We have to clean as fast as we can, because a song is not that long. The last song, we both run to the living room and dance together. 🙂
Great post! Movement is SO important! You’re right – we need to put movement back into learning. We can do it between subjects… but we should also look for ways to get the kids moving DURING subjects. Give them hands-on learning versus workbooks whenever possible. Especially when they are young – this makes such a vital difference!
Yes! Watch out as this is just the introduction to this series all about ways to make homeschool fun and active. Every subject can be PLAY!
Interesting…and it makes a lot of sense! Kids aren’t exactly made to just want to sit still for long periods of time.
Neither are we as adults…
So very true. I think sometimes classroom teachers forget that they are up moving quite often even though everyone is “in the room” the same amount of time. Breaks are extremely important for my kids. If it is pretty out, I will take a break mid day and send them out to ride bikes or go to the playground. My oldest usually takes the dog for a walk which gets him out and breathing fresh air. I’ve seen vast improvements just by adding activity breaks.
I agree with all of your suggestions. I find that if I give my children time to run around outside for a few minutes every half hour, they are happier and learn easier!
I also mix our learning at a desk with more physical activities. Usually once a day, that includes putting 4 / 5 songs on a playlist, and tidying up in each room, one room per song and then we move to the next room. We have to clean as fast as we can, because a song is not that long. The last song, we both run to the living room and dance together. 🙂