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Bal-A-Vis-X: Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision/Exercises for Brain and Body Integration
From a Teacher: “My growing experience with Bal-A-Vis-X and Brain Gym has made clear to me that purposeful, mindful movement is as fundamental to all learning as rhythm is fundamental to coordination. Instructing an rhythmic child to practice, practice, practice!- whether a physical or academic skill-is simply a practice in frustration for everyone in the teaching-learning equation. Struggling students need something more. Bal-A-Vis-X addresses rhythm, balance, focus, vision tracking deficiencies, mid-line crossing in three dimensions and FUN-in essence, the building blocks of physical, academic and social learning.
Subtle balance disturbances can impair those fundamental brain processing structures that are critically involved in attention, memory, auditory perception, vision and visual processes, reading and speech, spatial orientation, coordination efficient movement, and proper sequencing of information. – Dr. Frank Belgau, University of Houston
Bal-A-Vis-X
Bouncing Ball To Learning
Purposeful Movement. Neuroscientists report that the cerebellum operates at a higher capacity during times of movement. Purposeful movement affects memory, creativity, and reaction time. – Dr. Linda Wilson, Behavioral Neuroscientist, University of Manitoba
Integrate Mind, Brain, and Body through movement.
Bal-A-Vis-X for Preschool Kids
Bags, Balls, and Brains “Crossing over the Midline”
Bilateral Movement is the coordinated movement of the opposite sides of the body and directs communication across the corpus callosum. Bilateral movement integrates binocular vision, binaural hearing, and stimulates the speech and language centers of the brain.
Crossing Midline Activities can help children listen and learn better!
By taking the time to do brain-building exercises and purposeful movement activities with you children you will help activate the right and left sides of the brain. Children can do this by crossing the mid-line through different movements.
Crossing Mid-line Activities for kids of all ages
Playing with rhythm scarves
Playing with blocks (stacking)
Dancing to music
Using a washcloth to bathe
Dusting or sweeping the house
Playing patty-cake
Playing with cars on a large path
Playing flashlight tag
Washing the car
Painting with a large paint roller
Cross Crawls (touching hand to opposite foot or knee)
Wipe off the table with a towel or washcloth using one hand
Stepping foot out to throw a water balloon
Draw a large, horizontal figure 8 on a chalk board or sidewalk
Water flowers with a garden hose using both hands
Bean bag toss while sitting criss cross applesauce
Playing tennis
Playing a game of simonssays
Ball pass relay races
Squiring a water gun at a target
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