Physical literacy is proven to positively impact on children’s literacy, emotions, behaviour, socialisation, attention and concentration.
Physical Literacy enhances the development of the brain and body and seems to have an impact on mental health, through the joy of movement, and through building self-confidence and self-esteem.
The importance of systematic movement and movement programmes in learning has been validated in both neurophysiology and educational research. Movement and movement programmes have been shown to help children with learning and behavioural difficulties. This is achieved by using activities and movement patterns to
The structure of the movements follows similar patterns to those naturally developed in very early childhood. These early childhood activities (crawling, climbing, balancing, and swinging) are vital for a child’s brain development and for integrating reflexes. However, in today’s world children are not playing as they used to and are much more sedentary.
Modern parenting practices have impacted on the innate need and love of movement in children, such that we are now seeing a generation of increasingly sedentary children. As a result, children are growing up lacking coordination, balance and hand-eye skills accompanied by health and weight issues.
The impact on a child’s learning may result in hidden underlying difficulties which are not immediately evident to parents and teachers, hence problems may be long standing before they come to be addressed.
SIMPLE movement programme addresses these issues, in a systematic, easy to roll out, manner. SIMPLE targets the entire class of children, early enough in their school lives, so that the children move towards achieving their own full potential.
The programme is easy for the teacher/coach and the children to follow. Through an animated, online programme, the children take part in 3 x 30 minute Physical Literacy classes per week, building developmental skills week by week in a fun and non-competitive manner.
The foundation of physical skills are built, like running, throwing, jumping, balancing and crawling, which gives a child the confidence and competence to enjoy partaking in many forms of sport and exercise throughout their life. The foundation of executive brain functions are built, like focused attention, working memory and switching from task to task with ease, which gives the child the confidence and competence to partake in classroom activities with ease.
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