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Movement Resources
Recommended Books
Secret Code Actions: A Resource to Support Learning to Read and Spell the English Language
Young, N. (2016). (Teacher Edition and Parent Edition)
How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence
How You Think and Feel Beilock, Sian (2015) (Amazon.ca) (Amazon.com)
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Murphy Paul, Annie (2021) (Amazon.ca) (Amazon.com)
Enhancing Children’s Cognition With Physical Activity Games
Tomporowski, P., McCullick, B., & Pesce, C. (2015) (Amazon.ca) (Amazon.com)
Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought
Tversky, Barbara (2019) (Amazon.ca) (Amazon.com)
Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning
Macrine & Fugate (Editors) 2022 (Amazon.ca) (Amazon.com)
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Articles & Papers (By Nancy)
Articles & Papers (Additional)
This MUST READ article explains why weaving skill-based movement into instruction and practice may be valuable for some children: "A Narrative Review of School-Based Physical Activity for Enhancing Cognition and Learning: The Importance of Relevancy and Integration"
Effects of a classroom-based program on physical activity and on-task behaviour
Exercise and children’s intelligence, cognition, and academic achievement
How seeing and using gestures make ideas more memorable
Physical activity and sedentary time in relation to academic achievement in children
Strategies for classroom physical activity in schools (CDC)
The Canadian Pediatric Society physical activity guidelines
Using actions to enhance memory: effects of enactment, gestures, and exercise on human memory