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Level 1, Lesson 1: Where Are We Today?
Topic 1: Overview
Topic 2: What to expect & What is Big Body Play?
Topic 3: The State of Our Health Today
Topic 4: What is Going on?
Topic 5: How Does Play Impact Kids?
Topic 6: The Connection Between Movement and Learning
Topic 7: Wrap-Up, A Story from Kindergarten
Level 1 Lesson 1: Reading assignments & References
Level 1, Lesson 1 Foundations Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 2: Literacy, What's Physical About It?
Topic 1: Review and Introduction
Topic 2: Parents and Schools
Topic 3: Defining Physical Literacy
Topic 4: Children Love to Move
Topic 5: Putting It All Together
Topic 6: Adult Role Models and Conclusion
Topic 7: Reading Material & References
Level 1, Lesson 2: Literacy, What's Physical About It? Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 3: Did You Bring Your Six-Pack? Core Strength and a Child's Success
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 1: Introduction
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 2: The Pivot to Play Learning Pyramid
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 3: What is the Core to a Child?
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 4: A Little History & Some Engineering
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 5: What Does Core Strength Look Like in Kids Today?
Level 1, Lesson 3, Topic 6: What Does This Mean For Classroom Success?
Level 1, Lesson 3 Topic 7: Wrap -Up
Level 1, Lesson 3: Reading Material and References
Level 1, Lesson 3: Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 4: Running on Empty: Aerobic Movement and the Brain
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Let's Start By Talking About the Brain
Topic 3: So How Does a Brain Develop?
Topic 4: What Happens to Children When They Exercise Aerobically?
Topic 5: Aerobic Movement, Behavior and Self-Control
Topic 6: What is Happening in the Brain When We Move Aerobically?
Topic 7: Reading Material and References
Level 1, Lesson 4 Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 5: Let's Spin Some Success with a Powerful Vestibular System
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What is the Vestibular System?
Topic 3: What Do a Well-Developed and a Poorly Developed Vestibular System look like?
Topic 4: How Does this Impact Classroom Success?
Topic 5: What Can Be Done to Support the Vestibular System
Topic 6: What More Can We Do?
Topic 7: Reading Material and References
Level 1, Lesson 5 Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 6: Jump, Push and Pull the Proprioceptive System into Our Tool Box
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is Proprioception? How Does It Work?
Topic 3: How Is It Transferred to the Classroom, Social Skills and Development?
Topic 4: How Do We Strengthen It?
Topic 5: Putting It All Together
Topic 6: Reading and References
Level 1, Lesson 6 Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 7: Tips and Tricks: Starting Your Business & Classroom Management
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Consider the Big Picture
Topic 3: It's Not All About the Games!
Topic 4: Modeling and Communication
Topic 5: Your Lesson Plans and How to Use Them
Topic 6: Safety and the Environment in Which You Will Conduct Your Program
Topic 7: Seeing is Believing & References
Level 1, Lesson 7 Quiz
Level 1, Lesson 8: Games to Support these Strengths & Skills
Level 1 Lesson Plans: Group 1
Level 1 Lesson Plans: Group 2
Level 1, Lesson 4 Quiz
In what section of the Pop, Hop & Rock™ Strengths and Skills system is aerobic movement located?
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Perceptual Motor Skills
Sensory Skills
Strengths
Other Skills
In what layer of the Pop, Hop & Rock™ Learning Pyramid is aerobic movement located?
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Prenatal Conditions
Primitive Reflexes
Perceptual Motor Skills
Motor Movement and Physical Strengths
The brain’s main source of fuel is
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Glucose and water
Oxygen and water
Glucose and oxygen
Blood and oxygen
The brain takes 25% of blood, glucose and oxygen
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Respirated by the lungs
Pumped by the legs
Provided by nutrition
Pumped by the heart
The sub cortex is the part of the brain that is
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The youngest
The most primitive
The most dense with neural wiring
The most advanced
The sub cortex is responsible for
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Reaction and agility
Vision and processing
Navigation and perceptual awareness
Impulse and emotion
The lobes of the cortex include
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Hippocampus and cerebellum
Temporal and parietal
Expressive language and reaction
Executive function and processing
The prefrontal cortex is where ________________ takes place
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Motor processing
Vision processing
Reflexive action
Executive functioning
The executive brain develops as we
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Move
Breathe
Mature
Process glucose
Among other things the executive brain is responsible for
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Self-control
Breathing
Memory
Emotion
The cerebellum is responsible for controlling the way the body moves through _______________ motor errors
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Neurogenesis of
Emotional response to
Sensory processing of
Continuous correction of
The hippocampus can generate new brain cells, called neurogenesis as a result of
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Physical activity, mental stimulation, nutrition and spirituality
Complex movement, sensory processing, emotion and hearing
Reflex, physical activity, self-control and executive brain function
Impulse, hearing, memory, spatial awareness and navigation
A baby’s brain makes new neural connections as a result of
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Being touched and held
Proper nutrition
Impulse
A new experience
A brain is ______ fully grown by age 3
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50%
80%
90%
100%
Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor is a chemical released by the brain during __________ that makes brain cells ready to grow, change and build new pathways.
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Motor movement
Miracle Gro Fertilizing
Brain growth a baby experiences
Aerobic movement
Brain research shows we ___________ movement cognitively before it takes place so we can ____________ it more effectively.
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Predict; control
Activate; regulate
Regulate; learn
Demonstrate; predict
Every bit of our learning must go through the __________ before it can be ____________ as a new skill and stored
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Hippocampus; tested
Frontal lobe; developed
Cerebellum; integrated
Cortex; freed
Neurotransmitters are released immediately during aerobic activity and immediately improve our
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Learning
Mood
Reactions
Anatomy
According to Dr. Suzuki, the second thing that happens with aerobic movement is our ____________ is sharpened
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Agility
Focus
Wit
Reception
According to Dr. Suzuki, the third thing that happens with aerobic movement is our _____________ is improved
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Cognitive thinking
Humor
Agility
Reaction time
But Dr. Suzuki found that long term change of the brain’s anatomy and function happens only when _________________ is practiced over a long period of time.
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Cognitive challenge
Regular aerobic movement
Minecraft
Repetitive movement