From the earliest reflexes to resilient learning — development unfolds through rhythm. Why We Rock Babies: Rhythm, Reflexes, and Brain Development In recent years, diagnoses of learning and behavioral difficulties have increased noticeably. Many elementary teachers report seeing early signs of learning challenges in their classrooms and ask how they can better support individual needs using tools available within the school day. My own curiosity deepened when I first encountered Brain...

What Two Mornings Can Change Foundations for the brain - Some easy-to-do Brain Gym® activities that help preschool children to be present, calm and become developmentally ready  for academic learning — through movement, play, and connection. These stories come from a small school in The EAstern Region of Saudi-Arabia, where I spent two mornings offering an introductory workshop to preschool teachers, sharing simple Brain Gym movements and their practical classroom application. The feedback we...

“Movement Is the Door to Learning”                                                                   Dr. Paul Dennison — What This Means, Scientifically When Paul E. Dennison, educational kinesiologist and co-founder of Brain Gym®, said “Movement is the door to learning,”  he probably was not offering a slogan or a motivational phrase. He might have been pointing to a fundamental developmental truth: learning depends on how well the brain can organize, integrate, and coordinate information,...