Core Fitness
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Core Fitness
serves as a Tier One Response to Intervention. It is a daily school wide fitness program
that includes - vestibular activation and core strengthening exercises
to enhance perceptual skills, bilateral coordination exercises for
right and left brain activation, and balance challenging exercises to
increase the ability to focus and attend. A wealth of
research is
available to support increased fitness levels and high academic
achievement. This program is a synthesis of the most effective
exercises to enhance learning.
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The Core Fitness and Modified Core
for the Classroom - DVDs:
- Increase student perceptual skills,
rhythmicity, and temporal-spatial skills for greater academic success
- Help boys and girls learn more effectively by
addressing their visual and vestibular system needs
- Increase student attention span and
ability to focus
- Increase student fitness levels as
evidenced by increased scores on the standardized *Fitness Gram
assessment
- Increase the body’s core
foundation skills to prevent injury
- Optimize the learning environment
and student well-being by integrating exercise into the daily
curriculum
Who
participates? All students and staff.
What
is it? A school-wide fitness program
with exercises that consists of six individual fitness tracks focusing
on breath control, core strengthening, bilateral coordination skills,
mid-range control, balance and focusing skills. The program
includes three hour staff development training, Core Fitness Manual,
and a school site license for two different exercise video
programs.
When
do we do it? 20 minutes
daily. The program can be implemented as one 20-minute
session or broken up throughout the day in six 3-4 minute
sessions.
Where
do we do it? In the classroom or in the gym. The
program has two separate exercise videos. One can be
performed in the gym or in the classroom that allows for space to
perform exercises on the floor.
The
second option offers exercises that have been modified to be performed
using the student’s desk in a crowded classroom.
Both have unique exercises that are
specifically designed for learning.
CORE FITNESS Program includes:
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Training:
Training is the most important element of CORE
FITNESS. A three- hour staff development workshop
will cover the body-brain connections, brain based research, core
fitness applications to learning, and instruction in the CORE FITNESS
exercises.
Application:
Application includes materials to apply the program school or district
wide. The materials include a site license for both exercise
videos: Core Fitness Volume One and Modified Core for the
Classroom.
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A comprehensive school CORE FITNESS
Manual (which includes theory, instructional materials,
exercises with pictures, specific physical education standards
addressed, and lesson plans that incorporate Core Fitness exercises in
the classroom and help students achieve their Fitness Gram goals for
flexibility and strength) is also included. *Elastic bands
are used in track five on both videos and are available at an
additional charge if needed.
Support
and Follow Up: A follow-up site visit can be
conducted to assure successful program implementation.
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