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Listen here to this month's
Brain Gym activity with
Dr. MaryJo Wagner, The Learning Doctor.
Learn how to do Hook-ups, Pt. 1 for yourself
and your kids. It'll help you calm down,
focus, and relax.
Click here for a
Hook-ups picture
and
more details.
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A Newsletter that
Helps You Help Your Children
Brain-based Learning Resources
for Teachers, Parents and Anyone who Works
with Kids
Vol.
1. No. 3 mid-September 2006
The mid-month Brain Gym®
issue
published and edited by Dr. MaryJo Wagner
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Brain
Gym®:
A Brain-based Learning Strategy that Works
September 15, 2006 |
| Note from the Learning
Doctor:
Introducing the mid-month Brain Gym issue Workshop and TeleChat
Schedule:
Brain Gym Basics, Brain Gym 101, and a one-day Intro to
Brain Gym for Parents and Teachers
What is Brain Gym?
Brain Gym Activity: Hook-ups
for lowering stress and increasing focus
Using Brain Gym: A Teacher's Story
Brain Gym
Resource for You: Ask Dave
And Don't Forget:
Brain Gym Basics TeleChats Coming September
19
Please add
mjw@mjwagner.com to your white list or address book in your
e-mail program so you won't have trouble getting future issues
of Brain Boosters for Your Kids on the first of the month and
the Brain Gym issue in the middle of the month.
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Note from The Learning Doctor |
Hi:
Brain Gym is
such a powerful brain-based learning
strategy that I'm launching a mid-month
Brain Boosters newsletter which focuses on
Brain Gym. It's shorter than your "regular"
first of the month Brain Boosters.
Around the 15th
of each month, you'll get tips for using
Brain Gym. It's for folks who don't know a
thing about Brain Gym. And it's also
for teachers and parents who are already
using Brain Gym. Each month will include one
of the 26 Brain Gym activities or variations
on a Brain Gym movement.
At the
beginning of each month you'll still receive
your Brain Boosters for Your Kids newsletter
just as you got it in September. You'll get
articles, Brain Quizzes, Tips for Grownups,
Resources not to miss, and so forth.
You probably already know that Brain Gym
raises tests scores, improves reading and
math skills, even helps with behavior
challenges. Maybe you've wanted to take a
class but can't find the time in your
schedule or money in your budget.
Now there's a
solution. It's the Brain Gym Basics TeleChat.
No, it doesn't take the place of the 3-day
Brain Gym 101 or a one day teacher
in-service. But when you just can't get to a
class, you probably can get to a telephone.
That's right.
All you need is a phone to take Brain Gym
Basics. Starts September 19.
You'll learn enough Brain Gym to get
immediate results after just the first hour
of the TeleChats.
Register today.
Enrollment is limited.
Teachers, get a free audio recording of
one Brain Gym activity that you can use
in your class today and more information
about the Brain Gym Basics TeleChats at
www.brain-based-learning.com/BrainGymTeleChatforTeachers.htm
Parents, get a free audio recording
of one Brain Gym activity that
you can
use
at home with your kids, even your spouse,
and more
information about the Brain
Gym Basics TeleChats at
www.brain-based-learning.com/BrainGymTeleChatforParents.htm
Now check out this month's feature Brain Gym Activity: "Hook-ups, Pt. 1
for Lowering Stress and Increasing Focus."
And then read the story of how one teacher
used Hook-ups.
MaryJo
P.S. Teachers,
you can get graduate professional
development credit from the University of
Colorado for salary upgrade and
recertification with the Brain Gym Basics
TeleChats.
You don't have to live in Colorado to get
this credit.
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Workshop and
TeleChat Schedule |
Brain
Gym Basics TeleChats begin Sept. 19 at 6 pm
(Mountain time)
Information about the TeleChats for teachers
is at
www.brain-based-learning.com/BrainGymTeleChatforTeachers.htm
Information for
parents at
www.brain-based-learning.com/BrainGymTeleChatforParents.htm
Brain Gym
101, Kremmling, Colorado, October 20-22
Introduction to Brain Gym for Teachers
and Parents, Manitou Springs, CO, Nov. 4
Brain Gym 101, Fort Collins, Colorado (Oct.
or Nov. date to be announced)
To register for a Brain Gym class and get
more information, go to
www.BrainGymClasses.com.
Or take a Brain Gym class
FREE. For more
information, go to
http://www.braingymclasses.com/FreeBrainGym.htm
It's not too early to
plan ahead for next summer. Come on out to
Colorado for your vacation and take in a
Brain Gym class while you're here
Brain Gym
101, Evergreen, Colorado, June 25-27, 2007
Brain Gym 101, Basalt, Colorado, July 16-18,
2007
Brain Gym 101, Estes Park, Colorado, July
24-26, 2007
Brain Gym 101, Castle Rock, Colorado, August
7-9
Get more information on these classes and
ideas for fun things to do in Colorado during the summer at
www.BrainGymClasses.com
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Brain
Gym is a program of 26 easy physical movements that
help
children, parents, and teachers learn anything faster and more
easily.
Using the
movements produces measurable gains in
physical skills, learning skills, and academic performance.
Brain Gym is
based on what developmental experts and
neuroscientists have known for more than 80 years: that
physical movement activates the brain and enhances
learning.
Using the movements
produces measurable gains in physical skills,
learning skills, and academic performance. Using the
movements produces measurable gains in physical
skills, learning skills, and academic performance.
The Brain Gym
movements are specific to individual tasks such as
improving reading, decreasing test anxiety, helping
manage ADD/ADHD behavior, and lowering golf scores,
to name just a few.
Teachers and
parents in more 90 countries now use Brain Gym
effectively to help children (and adults) of all
abilities reach their potential and benefit from
rapid and lasting changes in focus, comprehension,
and communication.
Click For more information about
Brain Gym, a
list of classes, and instructors and consultants
world-wide. Click for
Brain Gym Research. Click to
purchase Brain
Gym books and materials, |
Hook-ups, Pt. 1
One of 26 Brain Gym®
Movements
How to do Hook-ups, Pt. 1:
Cross your left ankle over your right.
Extend
your arms and cross your left wrist
over your right. Bring your palms together
and
interlace your fingers. Now bring your
hands up toward your chin. Sit
quietly for a
minute with your eyes closed and your tongue
on the roof of
your mouth.
You may have to
help little children do this if it's
difficult for them at first.
What Hook-ups does:
Relaxes the central nervous system. Connects
the electrical circuitry of the body.
Crosses the center mid-line to activate both
left and right hemispheres of the brain.
Helps us become emotionally centered and
grounded.
When to use Hook-ups for yourself:
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When
you feel stressed out, overwhelmed, or
confused.
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Anytime you just want to calm down and
relax
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When something is upsetting you.
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If
it's hard to make a decision.
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Before settling down to work at a task
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When
you want to focus and concentrate
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If
you're feeling sad or angry
When
to do Hook-ups with kids: basically the
same list as above including
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During
timeouts
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When
kids are arguing
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Before and during tests
Too
much noise and confusion in the
classroom or at home
Temper tantrums
Crying jags
If
kids can't focus on the task at hand
and are distracted by everything
around them
When
they're driving you crazy
The next time you or
your kids or you entire class need to settle
down, relax, and concentrate, try Hook-ups.
Just takes a minute or two.
You'll learn Hook-ups, Pt. 2 next month.
Hook-ups graphic produced by Hearts at
Play, Inc. for Edu-Kinesthetics,
Inc.
Instead of using Brain Gym to improve academic performance or physical
skills,
Daven Reinhardt, a teacher on the Apache Indian Reservation in Dulce, New
Mexico, just wanted his first grade P.E. kids to settle down.
Some
kids were rowdy. Others cried all the time.
Hard to play a game if half the
class is hitting and fighting while others are sobbing.
He began by simply introducing Hook-ups. Hook-ups when they came
in the room and hook-ups when they left to calm them down.
Much to his surprise, after a couple of weeks, it started working. The
fighting subsided as did the tears. And slowly he introduced a few
other Brain Gym activities as well
One
little girl stopped sobbing to the teacher
every time her feelings
were hurt. She was learning how to deal with her emotions.
As
Daven said, "Oh, they aren't little angels
now, but their behavior has dramatically
changed."
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Brain Gym Resource for You |
Dave Saunders, a licensed Brain Gym
instructor and consultant, hosts the Brain Gym
discussion board where you can ask questions about
Brain Gym and how to use it in specific situations.
It's also a good place just to get information about
Brain Gym and it's many uses. Click here to
Ask
Dave
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