Here’s a story about how Move2Learn’s Outside the Classroom program works. Lucas, a 4th grader at one of our Alexandria public schools, is an energetic boy who’s excited about school and who loves to run. With that combo in the classroom, though, he’d be bursting at the seams with energy, so much so that he’d bolt up, out and down the hallway to calm his body and mind. The chaos he created for himself and his class was real and had a negative impact on everyone’s learning, especially his.
Then he joined the Move2Learn Morning Movers club at his school, and his days got a whole lot better! That’s the science of movement and the reason for Move2Learn’s Outside the Classroom programs. They’re so important to our students’ social-emotional health and key to their academic growth.
Classroom teachers can vouch for the improvement in behaviors and academics. April Rodgers, a PE teacher with ACPS, heads up the Morning Movers club and is a huge advocate of moving two learn. She recently put together a video for the latest ACPS School Board meeting and talks to the kids and teachers about the benefits of movement in how they feel and learn.. Have a look!
