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Benefits of adding exercise to your homeschooling curriculum


It is a known fact that physical activity does not just keep the body fit but also helps in getting healthier brains. There are thousands of good effects of exercise on the brain, not just for adults, but also for children. 
 
Below is how making exercise a daily part of your homeschooling Canada routine can help your children become smart:

  1. The flow of blood. Exercise tends to increase blood flow into the brain.  Blood helps in delivering glucose and oxygen that the brain requires for sharp mental focus and alertness.  Due to this, exercise makes learning easier for children.
  2. Development of brain cells. Exercise helps in building new brain cells in a brain region known as dentate gyrus, which is connected to memory.  Exercise also helps in stimulating nerve growth. Those who exercise on a regular basis have enhanced short-term memory, show quicker reaction time, and have higher creativity level.
  3. Openness to learning. Exercise also helps in building up the level of BDNF in the brain.  BDNF causes the nerve cells of the brain to branch out, combine together and communicate, which leads to the child’s openness to learning.
  4. Cognitive abilities. Exercise also affects the actual function and shape of the child’s brain. Children who are fit score better in cognitive challenges.
  5. Enhanced brain functionality. A study also found out that fit children have larger hippocampi. To do complicated thinking, basal ganglia and hippocampus regions interact with the human brain functionally and structurally.
  6. Enhanced learning capabilities. Exercise enhances a child’s learning capabilities. As per a research, after exercise, people learn words 20% faster in comparison to how much they learn before they exercise.
  7. Exercise enhances creativity. A 3o minute treadmill session improves cognitive flexibility, the brain’s ability to produce creative, original thoughts and shift thinking.
  8. Activities involving jumping and balance such as, jumping rope fortifies the vestibular system that creates mental alertness and spatial awareness.  This offers children a framework for academic skills and reading.
Exercise has the ability to increase the flexibility, strength, and endurance of the child. It increases confidence and helps the child go through physical challenges of childhood such as, carry heavy books, and bend over to tie their shoes.
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