Moving Minds: Integrating Physical Activity into Montessori Elementary

Movement isn't a break from learning-it's the bridge to it.In Moving Minds: Integrating Physical Activity into Montessori Elementary, Montessori assistant and movement specialist Gillian Corke shows educators, parents, and coaches how to weave purposeful movement into every facet of the 6-12 Montessori environment. Blending classic Montessori principles with cutting-edge neurobiology and real-world stories from classrooms, forests, and sports fields, this book offers a transformative approach to whole-child development.Inside You'll Discover: Brain-Body Connection-Why movement fuels executive function, emotional regulation, and social bonding.Movement-Integrated Design-How to prepare classrooms and outdoor spaces that invite gross-motor exploration alongside academic work.Inclusive Strategies-Tools for supporting diverse learners, empowering every child to thrive through sensory-rich activities.Social-Emotional Growth-Cooperative games, group rituals, and reflective movement practices that build empathy, trust, and community.Home Extensions-Practical ideas for families to turn everyday routines into opportunities for balancing, stretching, and posing.Overcoming Barriers-Solutions for space limits, cultural resistance, and adult discomfort, so movement becomes integral, not incidental.Ready-to-Use Templates-Weekly schedules and lesson-plan worksheets to jump-start your own adaptations.Whether you lead a mixed-age elementary classroom, coach community sports, or guide families at home, Moving Minds will equip you to: Begin designing environments where children choose movement as naturally as they choose workPlan lessons that honor the body's intelligence without disrupting Montessori work cyclesCollaborate effectively with coaches, therapists, and reflex-integration practitionersEmpower all learners-especially neurodiverse children-to find focus, confidence, and connection through motionMoving Minds is more than a manual-it's an invitation to reimagine education as an embodied, joyful, and profoundly human journey. Empower the body. Integrate the brain. Honor the child.

• | Author: Gillian Corke
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: May 23, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00068 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798285042105