| Brain
Gym®
is a program of physical activities that enhance learning ability.
Brain
Gym®
consists of 26 easy and enjoyable targeted activities that bring about
rapid and often dramatic improvements in concentration, memory, reading,
writing, organizing, listening, physical coordination, and more.
 Brain
Gym®
develops the
brain's neural pathways the way nature does: through movement.
Brain
Gym® is
built upon 80 years of research by specialists in physical movement,
education, and child development. The specific research that lead to
Brain
Gym® was
started in 1969 by Paul Dennison, Ph.D. Dr. Dennison, who was then
Director of California's 8 Valley Remedial Group Learning Centers, was
looking for ways to help children and adults who had been identified as
"learning disabled." His research led him to the study of kinesiology,
the science of body movement and its relationship to
brain
function.
 At the
time, it was already well established that coordinated physical movement
is necessary to
brain development. Babies and young children naturally perform
what experts in early childhood education call developmental
movements. These movements develop the neural connections in the
brain,
which are essential to learning.
Dr. Dennison discovered ways to adapt and sequence these movements so
they could be effective for older children and adults. The result is a
system of targeted activities that enhance performance in all areas –
intellectual, creative, athletic, and interpersonal.
Endorsed by the National Learning Foundation
Brain
Gym® has
been taught worldwide in thousands of public and private schools. It has
been shown to be effective in published studies, and it is being
incorporated into a growing number of corporate, institutional, and
athletic training programs.
Since 1990,
Brain Gym®
has been selected annually by the National Learning Foundation as one of
today's leading technologies for education.
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