Active Bodies, Active Brains: Building Thinking Skills Through Physical Activity

by Mary Ellen Clancy (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $6.69

  Train kids brains with games! This text for classroom teachers, PE teachers, after-school and recreation leaders aims to improve child development by involving children in fun tasks. It offers a wealth of physical activities to help children develop physical, social and thinking skills. Based on cutting-edge research in brain compatibility, these games and activities help children: increase their ability to focus, integrate their movement with thinking, thereby developing neural pathways, improve memory, open up more areas of the brain to participate in learning, reduce stress and enhance positive feelings to increase their learning and include physical activity in their daily lives.