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Moving to Learn: Insights for English Language Learners

Moving to Learn: Insights for English Language Learners

Movement-based learning strategies were linked to improved vocabulary learning and retention, greater engagement and increased motivation.

Traditional Children’s Games: A Key to Boosting Motor Skills?

Traditional Children’s Games: A Key to Boosting Motor Skills?

Students who participated in these traditional children's games showed greater improvement in gross motor performance.

Movement, Art, and Social Interaction: Keys to Lasting Learning?

Movement, Art, and Social Interaction: Keys to Lasting Learning?

Researchers identified self-regulation and rhythmic movement, among others, as key drivers of the future of primary education curriculum.

Five Active Learning Strategies to Boost Early Math Skills

Five Active Learning Strategies to Boost Early Math Skills

Early learners improved spatial awareness, counting, number sense, and basic geometric shapes with these embodied congnition strategies.

Movement-Based Learning: A Game Changer for Kindergarten

Movement-Based Learning: A Game Changer for Kindergarten

How integrating a movement-based platform into their core curriculum transformed these kindergarten classrooms.

Creating a "Can-Do" Kindergartener: Risky Play, Outdoor Play and Screen Time

Creating a "Can-Do" Kindergartener: Risky Play, Outdoor Play and Screen Time

How children's early screen time, outdoor play, and risky play experiences relate to developmental vulnerability in kindergarten.

Hydraulic Brain: Body Motion Linked to Fluid Movement in the Brain

Hydraulic Brain: Body Motion Linked to Fluid Movement in the Brain

Scientists discover a hidden brain “cleaning effect” triggered by movement

Exercise vs. Junk Food: New Insights into Gut-Brain Signaling

Exercise vs. Junk Food: New Insights into Gut-Brain Signaling

New study challenges current views into how diet, exercise, and mental health are connected at a biological level.

Scientists Just Found the Brain’s Secret GPS System

Scientists Just Found the Brain’s Secret GPS System

Researchers discovered two brain regions that work as a “neural compass," keeping people oriented in virtual city navigation

Live Dance Sparks Brainwave Synchrony

Live Dance Sparks Brainwave Synchrony

New study suggests that the magic of live performance art may be reflected in our brains.

Dust Off Your Trainers and Boost Your Working Memory

Dust Off Your Trainers and Boost Your Working Memory

Insights into the working memory of athletes and non-athletes across different types of sports and performance levels.

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum.

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum.

Part researchers, part detectives, two Harvard professors deepen our understanding of long-term motor skill memories.