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In Israel a lot of the schools start with 20 minutes of body movement (at least near me). The kids become active. It’s not as big a deal if they are a little l
by jraby3 3y ago
In Israel a lot of the schools start with 20 minutes of body movement (at least near me).
The kids become active. It’s not as big a deal if they are a little late. And my daughter (but not my son) hates missing it.
- grugagag 3y agoThats fantastic!
- andrewnicolalde 3y agoThat makes a lot of sense, and I think it’s something that would have helped me during high school.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoI wonder if there has been any studies done showing correlation between walking/biking to school and school success. Walking a mile takes about 20 minutes and personally I find that walking to work sets me up for success way better than driving does.
- aio2 3y agoPhysical activity has shown to improve mental health, which as a result improves learning.
- lambdaba 3y agoIndeed there have been, I can't recall the exact study, but I found a meta-analysis here: [Physical Activity and Academic Performance in School-Age Children: A Systematic Review ](https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6616 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6616).
- keybored 3y agoWhen I was a kid those who lived in walking distance walked or biked. Those who didn’t was bused. It was just about geography. Rural area though.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoI had to walk a half mile to catch the bus. Worst of both worlds, at least from my perspective as a kid.
- wil421 3y agoIt was the same for me in a suburban area. We walked or biked to middle and high school until I got a car. My parents lived close to my middle school and a bus didn’t come to our neighborhood.
- HumblyTossed 3y agoMy SO and I foster so we have to take training so many hours per year to keep our license. One year we were able to take classes with some teachers and one of the classes was about alternative teaching that included a lot of motion. Kids would have balls to sit on, small trampolines, etc in the class. There was a lot of motion during the day. I recall the teachers being both excited and sad; they thought the ideas were worth consideration, but they knew nothing like this would happen at their schools.