May 2009 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the May 2009 issue of The Busy Educator's Newsletter edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.
This month I'm including a news broadcast from Canada's national broadcaster and websites on the impact of physical fitness on children's education. You will be surprised by the results teachers are finding by implementing physical exercise into their teaching day.
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- "BE AN INSPIRING TEACHER!"
- CALENDAR EVENTS
- BRAIN GAINS (TEACHERS, PARENTS, GR. 5-UNIVERISITY)
- CITY PARK RESULTS (TEACHERS)
- HOW EXERCISE PROMOTES LEARNING (TEACHERS)
- TEACHER ALLISON CAMERON ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS (TEACHERS)
- ADVENTURE IN ALASKA 2009 P.A.C.E. TREK (GR. 1-12, TEACHERS)
- SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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Calendar Events
Mother's Day May 10
Victoria Day (Canada) May 18
Memorial Day (USA) May 25
BRAIN GAINS (TEACHERS, PARENTS, GR. 5-UNIVERISITY)
 This website from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports on the remarkable and astonishing academic results of Saskatoon teacher Allison Cameron's Grade 8 students after she put them on treadmills during class. Find out about her experiment, her surprising results and more.
Click here for Allison Cameron and Brain Gains
CITY PARK SCHOOL RESULTS
Click here for a City Park School Results
HOW EXERCISE PROMOTES LEARNING (TEACHERS, PARENTS)
Read or watch (Runs 3:10) Dr. John Ratey, clin ical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, explains how sustained aerobic exercise promotes learning
TEACHER ALLISON CAMERON ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS (TEACHERS)
Allison's Answers
 April 24, 2009 (Runs 3:56 )Almost 300 of you had questions for Allison Cameron. We identified the major themes you wanted to know about, and Allison's answers are here to read
ADVENTURE IN ALASKA 2009 P.A.C.E. TREK (GR. 1-12, TEACHERS)
Fellow teacher Laura Candler http://www.lauracandler.com/ recommends this DVD: Kids' Fitness Made Fun
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 Energize Your Class!
Product Description
6 Fit Kids' Workouts are a blast for boys and girls from ages 8 to 13! They're four five-minue and two ten-minute workouts that are easy to learn and fun to do. Teachers across North America have used this DVD (originally called "The Classroom Workout") to re-energize, invigorate and motivate their students. They've found students are happier, smiling and more able to concentrate on their studies after a workout. The six workouts are: 1. Hip & Happening Kardio Funk, 2. Drum Beating, Foot Stomping African, 3. Shimmy, Shaking & Loving Latin, 4. Heart Pounding, Arms Pumping Aerobic Dance, 5. Getting Funky, 6. Afro Latin combo.
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