Determine Your Natural Body Type

Do your body a favor… respect your somatotype!

 

Distinguishing between Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph and honoring your body type is a huge component of wellness.  We can’t all be thin, or have the athletic build we strive for.  What body type are you?  Work within your body type to achieve perfection.  Wikipedia does a good job describing somatotypes.

 

Physically Ready to Learn

Tummy Time to concept-based dance and much more!

Spark Plug Dance website offers exceptional articles on body brain-boosting activities. Tummy time and movement ideas for newborns, toddler activities, and creative movement activities for all ages are offered – along with the research! What a rich resource for improving social, emotional and cognitive learning through body and brain physical engagement. Hats off to Teri Page and Rachel Carnes for being spark plugs for movement and dance!

Exercise Brain Wellness

Train Your Brain to Be Happier

Alvaro Fernandez writing for Sharp Brains starts his article with the understanding that our ‘mind’ or awareness emerges from the physical brain. Yes! That is why I continue to write “body brain” throughout this blog. The brain without the body is like the Pope without a church… or rain without the sky. From now on, say “body brain” ok? OK! Then pay particular attention to how your body is nurturing your brain to be happy.

What makes S.M.A.R.T. So Smart

Extensive research shows S.M.A.R.T. has proven effectiveness.

Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training is a program that has proven its effectiveness preparing young children to succeed academically. Dr. Lyelle Palmer and participating schools have conducted fastidious research, documenting the effects of neurostimulating S.M.A.R.T. activities preparing children to succeed in school. The results have been significant, showing vast improvements in reading, writing, math and other academic skills.

http://www.actg.org/images/newsletters/08fall.pdf features the S.M.A.R.T. program in A Chance to Grow newsletter.

For more information go to the http://www.actg.org/ website. If you haven't participated in S.M.A.R.T. training... plan to... it is the best. Then bring S.M.A.R.T to your schools and watch the learning gap disappear as body brain maturity is realized.

Jeff Haebig