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Moving and Learning with Sight Word Games
At Walkabouts, we understand the importance of literacy learning at a young age. Frequent reading and regular exposure to books help students develop into competent and capable readers. Engaging literacy instruction brings words to life, supporting students with improving word recognition, building vocabulary, and strengthening fluency.
Here are five ways to integrate movement with sight words. In all games, students should check each other’s work, and ask for teacher help if needed.
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Promoting Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits in Schools
At Walkabouts, we understand the importance of promoting nutrition and healthy eating habits in schools. While children generally tend to be very active and regularly burn calories, relying solely on their vibrant energy and youthful metabolism is not enough to support their overall health. Children should be familiar with and routinely practice ways they can keep their bodies healthy through appropriate food choices and consistent physical activity and exercise.
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Encouraging a Positive Mindset Toward Physical Fitness and Physical Activity — at School and at Home
At Walkabouts, we understand the importance of introducing physical fitness and physical activity at a young age. By creating home, school, and community cultures that embrace physical fitness and physical activity, the stage is set for a lifetime of vitality and wellness.
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Active Play and Movement in Early Childhood Classrooms
At Walkabouts, we understand the importance of physical activity and movement for children of all ages. While play time may seem as though it’s just for fun, children learn best through play. Active play helps children move their bodies in a variety of ways. When children participate in active play and movement, both their bodies and minds are engaged. During active play, children switch on their curiosity while exploring and discovering new things, thereby enriching their learning.
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The Executive Function Hypothesis
The Executive Function Hypothesis was developed in the 1970s by Karl Pribram and other experts in psychology and psychiatry. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., defines executive function as “the cognitive or mental abilities that people need to actively pursue goals,” and it is critical in developing certain life skills that can set us up for success.
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Ideas for Integrating Sports with ELA and Math Concepts in 3rd-5th Grade Classrooms
At Walkabouts, we understand that pairing physical activity with academics is important for the development of the whole child. Integrating sports and academic concepts in the classroom can create more meaningful, engaging learning experiences for students.
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Active Learning and ADHD
When ADD or ADHD is diagnosed early, teachers and caretakers can help children develop techniques and tools to enhance their skills and improve the executive functions needed for a happy and healthy life.
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How Can Movement in the Classroom Support Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Lessons?
At Walkabouts, we understand how movement in the classroom can support academics. Walkabouts are fun lessons that bring key concepts to life through active learning techniques tied to evidence-based practices, such as the science of reading. The science of reading is ever-evolving educational research that examines what it takes to get students to learn to read.
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Small (and Large) Ways to Let Students Lead Their Own Learning
At Walkabouts, we understand the importance of students being invested in their own education. To encourage student buy-in, teachers can allow students to lead their own learning in small (and large) ways.
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The Hidden Dangers of Sitting Still and How to Avoid Them
There is an ever-increasing awareness among education professionals about the link between physical activity and cognitive child development. We are learning more and more about how the physical growth of a child also affects mental and emotional growth, and vice versa. Young children benefit from a balance of physical activity and social, emotional, and mental stimulus. If you restrict one, you restrict the other as well.
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