Active bodies, active brains : building thinking skills through physical activity

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Title:

Author:

Clancy, Mary Ellen, 1951-

ISBN:

9780736050968

Personal Author:

Clancy, Mary Ellen, 1951-

Publication Information:

Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics, c2006.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Introduction to brain-compatible instruction -- Teaching thinking through physical activity -- Easiest -- Easy -- Moderately complex -- Most complex.

Abstract:

"Active Bodies, Active Brains provides you with 66 activities and games - and it shows you how to easily modify and extend those to create numerous additional games. Indeed, by applying the techniques in this book, you can create an endless supply of brain-compatible physical activities while helping your students build cognitive, health-related fitness, and physical skills."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Physical education for children.

Critical thinking in children.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037755.html

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Summary

Active Bodies, Active Brains offers a wealth of physical activities to help kids develop physical, social, and cognitive skills. Based on cutting-edge research in brain compatibility, these games and activities help children

-increase their ability to focus;

-integrate their movement with thinking, thus enhancing development of neural pathways;

-improve memory;

-open up more areas of the brain to participate in learning;

-reduce stress and enhance positive feelings to increase their learning; and

-include physical activity in their daily lives.

Active Bodies, Active Brains provides you with 66 activities and games--and it shows you how to easily modify and extend those to create numerous additional games. Indeed, by applying the techniques in this book, you can create an endless supply of brain-compatible physical activities while helping your participants build cognition, health-related fitness, and physical skills.

Based on current brain-based practices, including Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Active Bodies, Active Brains includes 66 cross-curricular critical-thinking activities that are aligned with national physical education standards. Because the activities call for common equipment and supplies that you most likely already have, your costs and prep time will be low. That prep time is further reduced by an activity finder that helps you find the appropriate activity at a glance.

In each activity, kids are put in situations where they have to think critically--they learn how to think while they have fun moving. This movement-learning relationship is bolstered by research showing that movement enhances comprehension.

Choose from numerous ways to both prompt learning and add variety. In addition to adapting games, you'll find ideas on the following:

-Sequencing the activity differently

-Considering the task from differing points of view

-Identifying the reasoning used

-Asking kids to think about their thinking processes

-Figuring out what information is relevant to the task at hand

Many teachers find they have less activity time because of the No Child Left Behind legislation, and the reduced activity time doesn't help kids learn. With its high-quality activities that are easy to facilitate, Active Bodies, Active Brains is the perfect antidote for reduced activity time. Infused with brain-compatible strategies and critical-thinking challenges, this book will help students transfer the physical and thinking skills practiced and learned to other physical activities. And they'll become more physically skilled--and mentally adept--in the process.