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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 609231" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>It's well proven, on multiple fronts.</p><p>I know of a recovery school (school of last resort for troubled kids) where they have treadmills and exercise bikes in the classroom. Kids are welcome to move while the teacher is reading or giving instruction, or while they are reading, or they can burn off some calories and then return to their work. And... both attendance and marks have gone up as a result.</p><p>We've had teachers that found a way to get the kids moving any time the class started getting a bit out of hand - the theory being that the kids had "had enough" and needed to get moving... and these were usually GOOD teachers.</p><p>I know ADHD kids who have been taught to "march in place" while performing in choir.</p><p>One of the members on this site has a son who learned to wiggle his toes to aid his focus in situations where moving around was not an option (he was in armed forces training).</p><p> </p><p>As long as the kid doesn't have gross motor skills issues... this works. And it works whether they are fairly neurotypical, ADHD, or on the autism spectrum somewhere. In other words... it's one of those "safe to try for MOST kids" type of approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 609231, member: 11791"] It's well proven, on multiple fronts. I know of a recovery school (school of last resort for troubled kids) where they have treadmills and exercise bikes in the classroom. Kids are welcome to move while the teacher is reading or giving instruction, or while they are reading, or they can burn off some calories and then return to their work. And... both attendance and marks have gone up as a result. We've had teachers that found a way to get the kids moving any time the class started getting a bit out of hand - the theory being that the kids had "had enough" and needed to get moving... and these were usually GOOD teachers. I know ADHD kids who have been taught to "march in place" while performing in choir. One of the members on this site has a son who learned to wiggle his toes to aid his focus in situations where moving around was not an option (he was in armed forces training). As long as the kid doesn't have gross motor skills issues... this works. And it works whether they are fairly neurotypical, ADHD, or on the autism spectrum somewhere. In other words... it's one of those "safe to try for MOST kids" type of approach. [/QUOTE]
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