Many of us take the ability to read for granted.
Because for those with dyslexia or another learning disorder, the struggle to read can be frustrating and create chaos in the classroom.
The Sandhills School in Columbia is flipping the script and the entire learning environment. The school is reimagining learning through the power of sporadic movement during the day. Rather than cutting recess and making kids sit and try harder, they are incorporating specific movement to help them focus and learn.
It’s a college preparatory school with just around 100 kids total who attend. Senneseth said when one of her teachers, Hannah Buckner, approached her with a personal passion for yoga and had the idea to try it with kids, she was all for it.
Buckner is a certified yoga instructor and said she has noticed an incredible difference both inside and outside the classroom. They also do a special first period of movement for the high schoolers as well, getting the blood pumping first thing in the morning in the school’s gym.
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