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From YouTube: Parents Corner 10-01-2016 With Host Kathy Shaffer

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This month, Kathy speaks with Nicole Ryan, Move, Learn, Succeed about Integrating Physical Activity into Learning

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Hi I'm Jody rissy the host for food for thought later today, I'm joined by Erin Kennedy High, some from the Maryland State Department of Education Erin. How important our partnerships for the communities that we serve? Partnerships allow a variety of different players to work together to achieve a common goal that betters the entire community to watch. The full interview join me later today on food for thought.

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I'm Kathy Schaefer, and this is parents corner at a CPS TV each month we talk about a topic of interest to parents like us. This month we focus on understanding student learning styles, just like individual personality traits. All students have different and eight learning styles, some of the way students process information include visually, logistically interpersonally, verbally or kinesthetically student success can be enhanced when teachers and learning coaches recognize preferences and structure lessons accordingly in a classroom full of 20 some students, though a totally individualized approach, is just not feasible.

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There are ways that parents can identify styles to support their students at home. This includes making sure they are prepared for a classroom, curriculum and assisting with homework. After school we spoke with tutor and owner of move, learn, succeed, learning, studio, Nicole Ryan to discuss so Nicole. You are a tutor. Can you tell us a little bit about what that means, so.

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I work one-on-one with kids, usually K through 6 and I'll work on any subject anything they're struggling with whether it's homework or any subject, and we come to the gym for the fun environment and so that we can move around, which is the key component to the way I deliver. My instruction can.

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You tell us what the favorite part of your job is I.

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Love watching the kids when they get it so you're working on something and you've been practicing practicing, and then you give them like an example and their to solve and they're like oh and they get it. And then they, you know it's that learning process and it's those small wins that they get and you can just see their confidence growing and growing and growing and that's very exciting. For me what.

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Kind of things are you hearing from parents as they're searching you out for your tutoring services? Well, you know.

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It varies with subjects, it's always a different subject, but what the common theme is is that the kids are kind of internalizing it and saying I'm, really just bad at math or I'm, just really stupid, with reading and they're getting that feeling inside their hearts about learning that they're not good enough, and so they come here and we try and get them the small wins so that we can build that confidence and that they can build that you can learn anything.

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We just need to practice it and maybe I have to show it to you a different way than the way you're, seeing it somewhere else, and that's okay, because we're all different. So it's kind of that growth mindset that kids really struggle with their almost pass or fail in their mind. If they don't get it right away, they feel like they're, just failures and it's heartbreaking, but it's very common. It's a lot of pressure for them.

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If they can't see that we all fail in our learning process and that's how we succeed, then they're just going to keep thinking they're terrible so when they can, when they're allowed to fail. This is a very safe space for them. School is a very safe place for them to. If they feel like they can fail, and they know wait a minute. I can just try again, that's a very empowering feeling for them, so instilling that as they go through their years is very important in the classroom and wherever else they're encountering learning so.

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Do you find in your work that there's different types of student learning styles, and as parents, how can we watch our kids to identify what those styles might be too then help them with their homework?.

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Absolutely a ton of different learning styles, a lot of kids need, can just see it and they're fine. They can hear it and they're fine, but most kids need it a couple different ways: they need to hear it and see it and touch it and maybe even just explore and move around with it, and so that can be difficult in a classroom. So it's very you got to give kudos to the teachers who keep trying you know and they keep trying to reach every child.

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That way, it's pretty impressive, I would just watch them play, see how they play. I know one of my students. She loves to draw and read and she's very visual that way, and so for her, that's that's a strength, and so, if you can see their strengths in their play, you can translate that to how they learn and you can translate that to how you help them with their homework and stuff at home too. So.

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I know you must have some access to research that shows the connection between physical activity and move and better learning. Can you talk about that? A little bit absolutely.

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Yes, John rady does a ton of studies there's it's wonderful to read up on, but basically physical activity releases hormones that go to your brain, that literally Prime your brain for learning. He calls it. He calls it a miracle girl for the brain, the what's released, and so there are studies that show the connection that that priming gets your brain ready. There are also studies about the the joy factor and enjoying like laughing and what that enhances learning.

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Also so there's a lot of cool pieces that are pulled into play, which, if you go watch in the classroom, it's pretty incredible to see teachers just intuitively do it. They know it works. You know, and so it's pretty incredible so.

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As parents are at home doing homework with their kids, what should we expect in terms of attention span from them, and should we feel like it's okay to take those breaks if the kids need it so.

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You could probably expect the same number of minutes to their age, so seven-year-old about seven minutes, and then you should break it up a little bit and then come back to it. I think you'll get better learning and attention out of them. If you break it up, even if it takes you know five minutes extra you're still going to get better concentration and the actual work time will be left. You'll have less time we're there I want to do this. I can't do this. They're just keep moving and they'll push right through it.

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I would bet you'd even get a shorter time total with movement in it. What I do a lot for to break it up a little bit our 32nd challenges, so especially, if the child's particularly competitive anything like how many times can you throw the ball in the bucket? How many times can you throw the ball against the wall and catch it? How many burpees can you do in 30 seconds and then I can do it kind of in three chunks, so the next 30 seconds?

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Okay, now I, want you to try and beat your score from before. So we're worked for seven minutes, then our 32nd challenge work for seven minutes. Second 30 seconds challenge and then they're kind of their excited because they want to beat their other scores, are uber competitive and it's very it's very simple. It's nothing I mean sometimes I have them do a nerf gun against a target and see how many points they can get it's just too simple stuff to break it up, get them moving. Get them smiling, then get them back. Focused.

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So what about homework help? Do you have any strategies for parents that we can use to make the process easier and less stressful, for both the student and for the parents themselves? Absolutely I would.

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Say if your child is particularly active and they want to move around first of all, let them play for a little bit. First, let them get it out, but you can incorporate that if you're helping them, for example, with spelling- and you want them to practice their spelling words, you can make it a game. So anything they like doing my kids love a race. So if I erase them around the house first one back does three burpees, and then they read me three words three of their words and spell them.

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Then we race again, it breaks it up. It makes it fun they're laughing and it makes it go by a lot faster. If you get extra fun time with your kids, which is when I know sometimes I'm like pulling my hair out with homework, I would rather be laughing with them. So.

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Now that the weather is going to start churning and kids are going to be stuck inside, more I know a lot of what you encompass in your tutoring is movement? Do you have any sort of tips or tricks that we can do at home when we're embroiled in that after dinner homework process, with the kids to get them up and moving inside something as.

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Simple, as we take the game like tic-tac-toe super easy right, we write it on the board, but instead of just going near chair in my turn in between, we have to race across the room tag something come back and then it's your turn in your racing each other. So you don't even have to wait for each other to go so the first one bat gets to put another X or oh just soup, something super simple to normal things. You would do sitting down sometimes when my kids are really frustrated with their homework I'm.

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Just like okay I want you to get up I, want you to scream and go crazy. As you know, crazy dance around the house, something is easy that it just flips the switch and it gets you laughing and once that joy factor comes in, then that really assists learning, no matter what so.

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How do parents know when the struggle is just part of the natural learning process for the students, or it might be time to intervene and look for extra help for them? I.

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Would talk to their teachers and anybody they come in contact with this school and see if it's kind of a prevalent theme, a prevalent theme and then, if, if they're starting to develop, that mindset that they just terrible at school, that's a red flag, because that's a slippery slope for them and that's a hard mindset to get out of. So if all those pieces are coming together showing that struggle I would reach out. Even if, at that point it's not quite a skill issue. If you get them the help, they need to build that confidence.

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That might even be for that short time that might be the bridge. They need to turn it around. I would just start with talking with the teacher and see if there is anything that they can practice at home. That might help, and if that's not working, then I would just start reaching out and seeing which tutor fits. Your child's personality, the best I'm.

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Hi I'm Jodie Russi, the supervisor of food and nutrition services and the host of food for thought. Today, I come to you with exciting news about school meals. School meals offer students a healthy school breakfast and lunch this year we will continue to meet and exceed federal and state nutrition standards for school meals. Ensuring that all meals are well-balanced, provides students with the nutrition they need for academic success. Every day, students are offered unlimited choices of fruits and vegetables.

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I'm Jeannie Porter you Arundel, County, Public, Schools Department of Transportation is raising the level of awareness for the safety of your children as we transport them to and from school.

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When a school bus stops to load students as a driver, this is what you will see at 150 feet. The bus will activate hazard lights at a hundred feet. The bus driver will activate the amber light. They will start slowing down at 10 feet before the bus stops. They will turn on the red bus lights, their stop sign will come out and students will begin to load once all students are on board safely. The bus driver will turn off red light and move forward at this time. It is safe for the motorists to resume movement.

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