Moving Grows the Brain

Why Getting Students Moving is Key to Academic Success

Marla Szwast
The Homeschool Nook
4 min readAug 5, 2019

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Photo Credit — By Bessi — Source Pixabay

Research has shown that our brain structure is connected to the movement of our bodies. While getting enough oxygen to the brain is a really good reason to get your kids moving more, it is one small piece of the puzzle of benefits available to the brain when the body moves.

“It is our movements that

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Marla Szwast
The Homeschool Nook

A mom who writes, in the cracks of time, between educating, chauffeuring and feeding half a dozen kids. Top writer in Parenting.