Benefits for Kids
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Offers a way to connect to oneself and others
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Improves focus/concentration
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Improves balance and coordination
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Helps children to calm their bodies
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Increases strength and flexibility, and improves overall physical fitness
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Improves gross motor planning skills
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Improves proximal upper body strength, an underlying component of fine motor skills
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Improves socialization skills and boundary awareness
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Increases sensory integration
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Improves memory and reading retention
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Teaches sequencing (often challenging for learning disabled children)
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Improves speech via improved breathing and alignment
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Promotes creativity
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Coordinates with classroom curriculum to reinforce the learning process
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Offers tools to be taken into the world and used in various situations
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