Why is play important?

My focus is how play--movement and sensory information--help our brain create neural connections. Learning should be easy, and when it isn't, it is likely that…
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If You See Your Children In This Position, Immediately Stop Them! Why Is Play Important, Anxiety Activities, Sitting Posture, Sitting Positions, Hopes And Dreams, Top 5, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Kids Corner
If You See Your Children In This Position, Immediately Stop Them!
If You See Your Children In This Position, Immediately Stop Them!
Why Does Stretching Release Stress Beauty Health, Health And Wellness, Mental Health, Health Fitness, Back Hurts, It Hurts, Neural Connections, Lovetoknow
Why Does Stretching Release Stress | LoveToKnow Health & Wellness
Why Does Stretching Release Stress
Sensory motor exercises and cognitive activities that correct brain imbalance to improve your child’s behavior and academic performance. Cognitive Activities, Brain Activities, Motor Activities, Therapy Activities, Physical Activities, Movement Activities, Proprioceptive Activities, Brain Based Learning, Whole Brain Teaching
Brain Boot Camp: At Home Exercises that Promote Hemispheric Brain Balance
Sensory motor exercises and cognitive activities that correct brain imbalance to improve your child’s behavior and academic performance.
What are the cognitive benefits of play? Read what scientific studies reveal about play and the developing brain. Preschool Social Skills, Kindergarten Science Activities, Preschool Board Games, Numbers Preschool, Summer Learning Loss, Kids Learning, Teaching Kids, Newborn Sleep Patterns, Science Projects For Preschoolers
The benefits of play: Effects on the learning brain
What are the cognitive benefits of play? Read what scientific studies reveal about play and the developing brain.
Crossing Midline Activities to Help Your Kiddos Focus! Gross Motor Activities, Gross Motor Skills, Sensory Activities, Dyslexia Activities, Dyslexia Help, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Ot
Crossing Midline Activities to Help Your Kiddos Focus!
Why Crossing the Midline Activities Helped this Child Listen to his Teacher | ilslearningcorner.com Teacher Activities, Physical Education, Special Education, Character Education, Health Education
Why Crossing the Midline Activities Helped this Child Listen to his Teacher - Integrated Learning Strategies
Why Crossing the Midline Activities Helped this Child Listen to his Teacher | ilslearningcorner.com
Your first graders brain - The first graders brain, and all the other grade levels and corresponding development. Really eye opening. These articles can be printed off to share with parents. Just Kids, Cool Kids, Formation Continue, We Are The World, Classroom Management, Behavior Management, Future Classroom, School Counseling, Graders
Inside the 1st grader's brain
Your first graders brain - The first graders brain, and all the other grade levels and corresponding development. Really eye opening. These articles can be printed off to share with parents.
#PLAY is the way the brain learns! Isn't this great?! Play Based Learning, Learning Through Play, Fun Learning, Learning Stories, Adult Learning, Learning Shapes, Effective Learning, Outdoor Learning
#PLAY is the way the brain learns! Isn't this great?!
RESPECT THE MESS! Why Messy Play is so important to your child's development, including a check list of different kinds of messy play to remember... Sensory Activities Toddlers, Sensory Play, Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education, Education Lessons, Kids Education, Sensory Development, Child Development
RESPECT THE MESS!
RESPECT THE MESS! Why Messy Play is so important to your child's development, including a check list of different kinds of messy play to remember...
Why kids need the outdoors... and the outdoors needs kids! Plus, Meet Muddosaurus - great rainy day OUTDOOR activities! Mindful Parenting, Gentle Parenting, Parenting Hacks, Gentle Discipline, Toddler Activities, Outdoor Activities, Nature Deficit Disorder
YOU CAN'T RUN UPHILL INDOORS
Why kids need the outdoors... and the outdoors needs kids! Plus, Meet Muddosaurus - great rainy day OUTDOOR activities!
Too many preschoolers do not get outdoors enough Basketball Tricks, Basketball Rules, Basketball Skills, Basketball Workouts, Basketball Jersey, Basketball Players, Basketball Hoop, Kentucky Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats
Nearly half of pre-schoolers not playing outside
Too many preschoolers do not get outdoors enough
Why spinning around is so good for little kids... Activities For Kids, Student Activities, Physical Development
DEVELOPING BALANCE: THE SPIN CYCLE
Why spinning around is so good for little kids...
Going Outdoors to Improve Attention Span -  Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins Calming Activities, Motor Skills Activities, Therapy Ideas, Pediatric Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy
Going Outdoors to Improve Attention Span
Going Outdoors to Improve Attention Span - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins
Dirt & Boogers: Learning through Playing! http://www.dirtandboogers.blogspot.com/ Teacher Websites, Blog Websites, Free Teacher, Learning Websites, Teacher Blogs, School Teacher, Teacher Resources, Fun Crafts For Kids, Fun Activities For Kids
Dirt and Boogers
Dirt & Boogers: Learning through Playing! http://www.dirtandboogers.blogspot.com/
Camp Mom! 20 Activities to Make Summer Awesome Backyard Games, Outdoor Games, Outdoor Fun, Diy Backyard, Backyard Party, Outdoor Party, Garden Party, Summer Outdoor, Outdoor Toys
24 Cheap Summer Activities for Kids
Camp Mom! 20 Activities to Make Summer Awesome
Recess Making a Comeback in Schools - - Pinned by #PediaStaff.  Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins Sensory Motor, Fun Activities, Chicago Public Schools, Motor Planning
Recess Making a Comeback in Schools - PediaStaff
Recess Making a Comeback in Schools - - Pinned by #PediaStaff. Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins
Movement Does a World of Good for Learning - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all (hundreds of) our pediatric therapy pins Spelling Activities, Alphabet Activities, Learning Activities, Kinesthetic Learning, Teaching Literacy, Literacy Skills, Speech Language Therapy, Speech And Language
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Movement Does a World of Good for Learning - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all (hundreds of) our pediatric therapy pins
Worth Repeating: Are Kids Suffering from ‘Nature Deficit Disorder?’ - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all (hundreds of) our pediatric therapy pins Nature Kids, Nature Study, Montessori Garden, Richard Louv, Chakra Raiz, Emergent Curriculum, Outdoor Play Spaces
Worth Repeating: Are Kids Suffering from ‘Nature Deficit Disorder?’ - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all (hundreds of) our pediatric therapy pins
young children, play and risk - - Pinned by #PediaStaff.  Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins Emotional Development, Personal Development, Summer Holiday Activities, Philosophy Of Education, Environmental Education, Nature Education
young children, play and risk
young children, play and risk - - Pinned by #PediaStaff. Visit http://ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins
How Memory Works Study Skills, Study Tips, Study Plan, Study Habits, Memory Words, Working Memory, School Psychology, Memory Psychology, Freud Psychology
How Memory Works: an Infographic - Brainscape Blog
How Memory Works
Rich resource for medical and public education k12 shared knowledge.  Neurology and instruction....and they used to say neuroscience didn't have anything to do with education~ Teacher Workshops, Classroom Resources, Social Studies Education, Public Education, Teaching Reading, Teaching Tools, Teaching Ideas, Educational Videos
Rich resource for medical and public education k12 shared knowledge. Neurology and instruction....and they used to say neuroscience didn't have anything to do with education~
50 Brain Facts Every Educator Should Know Learning Tips, Memorization Techniques, Brain Facts, Cerebral, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Yoga
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50 Brain Facts Every Educator Should Know
12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education and many other articles about the brain and learning.  Great resource! Brain Gym, Brain Science, Brain Based Teaching, Teachers Toolbox, Higher Order Thinking, Nerve Cell, Traumatic Brain Injury
12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education
12 Findings on Mind, Brain & Education and many other articles about the brain and learning. Great resource!
Great article. discusses the importance of play Sensory Integration Therapy, Rear Facing Car Seat, Mitochondrial Disease, Human Milk, Down Syndrome Kids, Childhood Obesity, Early Childhood, Poverty Children, Atelier
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds
Great article. discusses the importance of play