If your school district is increasing its investments in social-emotional learning (SEL) for the upcoming school year, you may be looking for effective SEL interventions for use in the classroom or throughout the rest of the school.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is a critical aspect of educating today’s children and a key component can be health and physical activity based programs.
Teaching SEL through health and physical activity based programs helps students navigate many of the challenges they face on a day to day basis. It promotes increased academic scores and positive social behavior, while reducing behavioral issues, substance abuse and emotional disorders.
Exergaming has been proven to enhance academic performance by building new brain cells and neurological connections that increase learning, memory, and critical thinking.
Exergaming also encourages family participation, bonding, and social integration among peers. Physical activity is the natural way to prevent the negative consequences of stress, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, and other behavioral issues.
School can be the first place a kid learns about fitness. It’s vital that kids begin to engage in fitness at an early age. By providing active games for kids, they will be healthier and learn to develop a lifetime love of fitness. Kids who workout consistently or engage in fitness will turn into healthy adults who like to work out, especially when they engage in activities through Exergame Fitness. Exergaming has been proven to enhance academic performance by building new brain cells and neurological connections that increase learning, memory, and critical thinking.
One way to see significant improvement in results when trying to create a positive classroom atmosphere is by planning exercise based lessons that naturally work with SEL competencies within the PE classroom, and or Exergame Labs; rather than simply adding an SEL strategies at the last minute.
Creating a space that is a student-centered environment, where children apply these ideas within activities helps deepen understanding and increases the chance of retaining the information.
