Teacher uses trampoline to aid learning
24/12/2009 A piano teacher in the US is helping her students to concentrate in lessons by letting them jump on a trampoline, reports the Daily Herald.
Beth Bauer, from Chicago, is involved in a programme at one of the city's community colleges which gives music lessons to children with developmental learning disabilities. She teaches children with conditions such as autism, Down's syndrome, fragile x syndrome, vision impairment and attention deficient hyperactivity disorder.
The newspaper reports that Ms Bauer keeps a trampoline in her classroom and allows the children to jump on it when they ask.
She told the newspaper: "There is some correlation between jumping and getting the brain back to focus."
There are some experts who believe that children with autism can benefit from jumping on a trampoline. The Autism Teaching Tools website states that trampolines can be used as a tool to aid counting, remember patterns and improve motor skills.
However, trampoline exercises are beneficial to all children as they improve overall fitness, balance and co ordination.
Beth Bauer, from Chicago, is involved in a programme at one of the city's community colleges which gives music lessons to children with developmental learning disabilities. She teaches children with conditions such as autism, Down's syndrome, fragile x syndrome, vision impairment and attention deficient hyperactivity disorder.
The newspaper reports that Ms Bauer keeps a trampoline in her classroom and allows the children to jump on it when they ask.
She told the newspaper: "There is some correlation between jumping and getting the brain back to focus."
There are some experts who believe that children with autism can benefit from jumping on a trampoline. The Autism Teaching Tools website states that trampolines can be used as a tool to aid counting, remember patterns and improve motor skills.
However, trampoline exercises are beneficial to all children as they improve overall fitness, balance and co ordination.
