

Early findings suggest that engaging students in such activities has positive effects on their motivation, engagement, and learning, while also helping them become more physically active overall.

However, educational researchers have only recently begun to take a close look at the effects of integrating gesture, dance, and other kinds of movement into the everyday life of the classroom.

Intuitively, many teachers have always known that physical activity plays an important role in student learning. Integrating physical activity into elementary school lessons in reading, math, and other subjects can boost students’ academic learning, while also helping them meet goals for physical education.
