Literacy: What’s Movement Got to Do with It?

By Dr. Aili PogustAugust 12, 2012February 28, 2020 Body and Brain, Counselors, Differentiating Instruction, Educators, Learning, Non-traditional learners, Parents activity and behavior, attention and focus, Dr. Aili Pogust contributing author, impact of movement on learning, impact of movement on literacy, literacy and movement, movement and behavior, movement and safety, movement and teaching, practical ways to incorporate movement into teaching, reading and physical activity 1 Comment

How Movement Helps the Brain The year I taught fifth grade found me on the second floor of a school building erected in the 1920’s. There was only one third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade on that floor, and there were four us of who taught up there. We were used to