Because of the cost and potential liabilities, we will not be providing child care. Conference includes discussion of the Brain Gym Integrating physical movement into the classroom routine can help activate students brains for a variety of learning tasks. And Justice For All Conference February 23-24 in Milwaukee. Karen Donahue, a 5th grade teacher in Gary, Indiana, and Marcia Ruth Parsons, a dance professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will discuss the relationship between physical activity and learning. Young bodies require movement and interaction with the environment to lay the psychophysical foundations for learning, according to a class prospectus prepared by Parsons.
Teachers can provide the kind of movement that supports learning in their classrooms.
This can be especially effective for students with disabilities or students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Parsons and Donahue will present simple classroom movements that integrate and activate the brain for a variety of learning tasks.