Addendum to Ten Tips: Infants/Children/Cold Weather/Outdoors

January 28, 2009

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The 11th Tip:

11. This week, Pediatrics: the Journal of the Academy of Pediatrics reports a study showing that children aged 8 and 9 who are given time to exercise during the school day behave better and learn faster than children who do not exercise. Time taken away from classroom learning for exercising has a positive effect on learning! While this study does not state where the children exercised, other studies show the advantages of exercising outdoors.

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