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Awareness Through Movement benefits Children in the following ways:
- Experimental learning of anatomy, physiology, physics, mathematics and arts.
- Holistic leaning that integrates thinking, sensing, creativity and social interaction while learning.
- Creating a positive self image through movement awareness
- Embodiment of spatial concepts; for example, up/down, inside/outside, right/left, above/below.
- Learning scientific thinking. Each Awareness Through Movement lesson is an experimental laboratory experiment. Pupils learn how to create a hypothesis, test it and compare outcomes through their sensory motor experience.
- Children discover the importance of effient, coordinated movement for sports and everyday skills.
“Donna Ray has taught Awareness Through Movement to preschool to high school. . All the children have enjoyed and benefited from the sessions. Learning movement concepts such as up, down, inside, outside, right and left give confidence and security to everyone participating. Donna believes that this type of learning helps remove the self-doubt we experience when we don't know where we are in space. Donna sees that ATM leads to better listening skills, improved thought processes, more efficient movement and successful learning.”
“Awareness Through Movement may be yet another approach which, all parents, and especially the parents of children with special needs might like to investigate. "
Gayle Moyers, Educator and Director of the Moyers Center for Learning, Author of the auditory stimulation and training program called “Listening Ears
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