Motion creates Emotion and motivation for learning in Children

All motion creates emotion and the focus of this article is to highlight this point and its relevance to children learning and improving their literacy and numeracy through various learning strategies.   Movement is such an important thing and we all know that children are at their happiest when able to move. However, the logistics of teaching in school means they if they were moving around all the time it would be total chaos and there would be little or no improvement in their literacy or numeracy.    But what about in the home?   The expectation is again that children will sit quietly and get on with learning and homework. It is really important to realise that this expectation leads to a lack of motivation.   However, the parent at home has a great advantage over the formal setting of the school and that is that children can be encouraged take part in learning strategies that involve moving about. The resultant increased motivation to learn, and to do it for longer periods, greatly increases children’s literacy and numeracy.   The Learning Well and TimesTablesMaths.com have developed a number of systems that use movement as one of the keys to learning and tapping into the increased motivation that this brings.   The systems can be used for children learning maths, writing, speaking, absorbing facts of all sorts, and greatly increasing the rate of learning for both their literacy and numeracy.   One such system is the Memory Map. What’s that? Memory Mapping provides a very clear structure, is very easy to remember, and can be used to improve literacy in all its forms.   Children can produce a Memory Map and place it on a wall, an easel, or draw it on a chart and have a freedom to move which gets them working at peak literacy performance. Children love working in this way.   The Map uses speaking and movement as the key to improving literacy, enabling you to interact and provide feedback to your children learning.   Children can be walking up and down the room, play acting, anything that gets them using movement and the Memory Mapping technique to learn. So, the whole process becomes more like play and fun and so their motivation is raised and their literacy significantly enhanced.   You can create a superb learning environment in the home and outside and by using a combination of movement learning and memory techniques, you will be able to see a marked difference in your child’s behaviour, their ability to retain knowledge, and an improved literacy and numeracy performance in the classroom.