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Want to be happier? Want your kid to be smarter AND happier? Go PLAY
Marsya Ancker, BA, E-RYT • June 26, 2020
"Go Play"...and bring your kids with you
Play, recess, and physical education improve the ability to handle stress by "training” the body.
Play, particularly play that stimulates the vestibular system (the part of the inner-ear responsible for our sense of balance and spatial orientation), activates areas of the brain critical to our ability to pay attention, turn our thoughts into actions, coordinate movement and respond to sensory data.
Play, particularly play that stimulates the vestibular system (the part of the inner-ear responsible for our sense of balance and spatial orientation), activates areas of the brain critical to our ability to pay attention, turn our thoughts into actions, coordinate movement and respond to sensory data.
Swinging, rolling, jumping, crawling, rocking, and tumbling (all of which stimulate the vestibular system) are, therefore, crucial not only for your child's physical development but also for their cognitive development and their mental health... and those needs don't change much as we get older.
Activities like running, jumping or playing tag help develop the experience needed to recover faster from the quick surges of adrenaline associated with both physically demanding activity and emotionally stressful environments. This increases your emotional resilience and lowers levels of chronic stress.
These things are also a LOT of fun, which is why it's no surprise that students who are engaged in daily physical education programs consistently show superior motor fitness, better academic performance and a better attitude toward school than students who do not participate in daily physical education. (Do you remember log-rolling down hills when you were a kid?! Who needs roller coasters!)
Happily, this leads to an obvious conclusion:
If you want to help your children develop to their fullest potential and live their happiest, best lives, tell them to “go play."
If you want to bring more joy, balance and “coping capacity” into YOUR life, “go play”!
Have an at home dance party, move your groove thing, jump up and down like a maniac, wave your hands in the air like you just don't care, roll down a hill, hold hands while you spin in a circle, get outside, play tag, do a cartwheel, jump for joy!
Have an at home dance party, move your groove thing, jump up and down like a maniac, wave your hands in the air like you just don't care, roll down a hill, hold hands while you spin in a circle, get outside, play tag, do a cartwheel, jump for joy!
Fifteen minutes a day can make a world of difference…
Wishing you a day filled with light, learning & joy!
Marsya~
To learn more, check out Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd Edition
by Eric Jensen
Partial Bibliography
Why & How Physical Activity Promotes Experience-Induced Brain Plasticity, by Kempermann et al, published by Frontiers In Neuroscience, 2010
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