What’s Up?
Inside the Classroom, we’re visiting and engaging with teachers and students and fine-tuning fleets of stationary bikes and active seating, all at top notch speed.
We’re also gearing up for the popular Move2Learn Movement Challenge in February, when students get moving one to two minutes in the classroom multiple times a day (outside of recess & PE) to maximize learning. The competition—with winners (never losers) and prizes—boosts students’ brain power with movement, increases focus and improves moods.
Outside the Classroom, students continue to benefit from our 20 movement clubs, like lacrosse, running, boxing and yoga. These programs play a big role in the well-being and social-emotional health of our students and are key to their academic growth!
In other news, we’re excited to share that the Alexandria public school system is rolling out our social and emotional lesson plans to all teachers in all schools. Additionally, we’ve just introduced our new “SEAL in the Field” on-the-go deck for club leaders to be able to use on the field or in the gym with their students!
Our SEAL lessons are the glue that binds our programs together, teaching students the body-mind connection and how using intentional movement not only helps them feel and learn better but gives them agency to understand their emotions and be their best selves, now and into adulthood.
Why it matters
All of our programming—from active seating to clubs to social and emotional lessons—helps teachers get back to doing what they do best: Teaching!
Think about it: teachers only have 5 ½ hours a day to teach. Student focus begins to wane after just 10 to 15 minutes. That’s when trouble can start brewing—a recent study shows the hidden cost: Up to 10 to 20 days of instruction lost due to disruptions over the school year. A law of diminishing returns. Movement is THE most important tool for combating disruption.
Sinc our inception, we’ve been using movement to help our students, kindergarten to 12th grade, learn better. We don’t think of it as a disruption, but rather as a way to solve big classroom and school challenges. We also help teachers feel less stressed and be more effective at teaching. For students to learn more, we believe they need to be in their seats less.
Don’t just take our word for it
Let me share some results from our survey taken by all our teachers using Move2Learn programming:
- 100% of the 400 teachers strongly agree that movement can help students focus on learning.
- 100% of the 400 teachers said their students who participate in M2L clubs have fewer behavioral challenges throughout the school day.
- 96% of the 400 teachers said they’d recommend M2L SEAL lessons to their colleagues.
- 93% of the 400 teachers say active seating can help manage challenging emotions.
The bottom line
Whether inside or outside the classroom, Move2Learn provides comprehensive, cost-effective, one-of-a-kind programming that makes proactive, cost-effective strides to address and improve student focus, engagement, behavior and attendance.
As for our teachers, a whopping 99% of those who implement our programs report more enjoyment in the classroom, both for them and their students. Overall, they positively affect teacher and staff mental health and retention.
