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Class is back in session! As students and parents ease into another school year, families are navigating new daily routines. Parents have their work cut out for them during the busy back to school season, ensuring their kids’ academic success by preparing them healthy meals and helping with homework; all while balancing work, household and social obligations and trying to find opportunities for quality family time. It’s no small feat!
What if there were something you could do to give your children an academic advantage, improve their physical health and spend time together as a family? Great news: there IS something – trampoline jumping! There are many brain-boosting benefits to trampoline jumping. You may be surprised to learn that trampoline jumping supports cognitive functioning and can help improve students’ performance at school, but it is true! Below we explore 4 brain-boosting benefits of trampoline jumping
1. Increases risk assessment abilities
“According to Professor Schofield, activities that involve some risk (climbing, sliding, jumping, dodging obstacles, etc.) contribute substantially to the ability of the brain to manage emotions and assess risk.” Why is this important to note? The brain’s ability to assess risk and manage emotion are key factors that shape people’s behaviours and decision making. Trampoline jumping and other forms of active, unstructured play, can help children understand their physical limits. With heightened risk assessment abilities, children are less likely to engage in dangerous physical behaviours at school and on the playground.
2. Improves concentration
Trampoline jumping requires the jumper to manage multiple tasks simultaneously: balancing, bouncing, maintaining an upright position and anticipating the next move. This mental multi-tasking is a fun and effective way to practice the skill of concentration. How does this translate to academic excellence? Concentration can help kids achieve improved attention spans. This comes in handy during homework sessions – particularly if the child works in an environment that includes distractions. Improved concentration also means the ability to better engage with the material, and can lead to increased information retention. Moreover, the ability to concentrate is vital to problem solving and working efficiently, making it exceptionally important during tests and exams.
3. Contributes to spatial awareness
Spatial awareness involves understanding oneself in a space, and in relation to objects. It involves knowing concepts like placement (e.g., behind and over), speed and distance. Spatial awareness is important because it shapes our overall perception. A recent study showed that spatial play, such as trampolines and play tunnels, can encourage the development of cognitive skills in young children. Spatial awareness and spatial reasoning are critical parts of everyday life. It allows children to navigate crowded schoolyards and hallways, participate in athletic activities, like ball sports, and much more.
4. Preserves brain health
Trampoline jumping is a great way to give your body’s most vital organs – the heart and the brain – an effective workout. Trampoline jumping circulates blood black to the heart, sending a fresh supply of oxygen-rich blood to the brain. This improves brain health by controlling inflammation and expanding the size of the memory centre (source). Good brain health is essential for overall functioning and cognitive performance. It is particularly important when it comes to maintaining alertness and minimizing stress – two factors that deeply influence motivation, creativity and overall academic performance.
With so many brain-boosting benefits, why not start the schoolyear strong with a visit to Air Riderz? This is the most fun way to improve cognitive functioning and positively support your child’s academic performance.
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