SCHOOLS LOOK AT BENEFITS OF KIDS WALKING
I found some of the numbers from a 2008-2009 study to be interesting. The study found that kids who walked to school daily increased their average reading level by 26.5 percent. Kids who did not walk to school daily only averaged a 4.8 percent gain. That means there was about a twenty-two percent increase in student's reading level when some morning exercise took place. Impressive! When we can improve a child's reading ability AND give them the benefits of being in the great outdoors, it's a win-win situation!
What about Writing?
The study went on to note that there was not a direct correlation between the morning walk and student writing. That's where the Davis Dyslexia Correction program comes in to play.
Right up front I have to confess that perhaps it's unfair for me to compare an entire study from a whole elementary school to only one (1) of my clients. But here goes----
Recently a client's mother (her son, my nine year old client, is in the middle of a Dyslexia Correction program) told me how her son's school is totally amazed at the increase in her son's writing ability. What kind of improvement you may be asking? Here's what she said---
"The teachers say his writing has gone from very illegible to very legible! They are astonished!
And we're in the middle of a correction program.
The Davis Dyslexia Correction Program is a 30 hour program that can take place over a matter of days, not a matter of years as others might.
My young client does not walk to school daily, and he's yet to reach the point in the correction program where he's continuing our work at home with the Davis follow-up work.
He has learned how to get focused, which we call getting "On Point". Being on point means he has the ability to independently maintain his focus in his classroom.
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| Davis Alphabet Mastery with lowercase letters |
The picture to the left is my client's lowercase alphabet, the alphabet we're still working on. You'll notice a few things still out of order, that means we're still working on the triggers. A trigger can be compared to a glitch, a hook of sorts in the mind where an idea, a picture, an emotion...is causing us to make some kind of a mistake.
What does all of this mean? It means school districts are noticing changes to the way kids are reading when physical activity is involved.
It also means we're noticing improvements in a wide variety of ways when the Davis Program is involved!
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