The educational consultant Oana Moraru draws attention to the huge need for movement in young children, especially in boys, and warns that the lack of physical activity can have serious consequences on their behavior in school.
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In a recent episode of the podcast hosted by Simona Gherghe, Oana Moraru, an educational consultant and a private school founder, has addressed a topic often ignored by parents and teachers: physical movement as an essential necessity for young children. She spoke openly about the negative effects that her lack can have on behavior, especially among boys in primary classes.
“4 hours a day. 4 hours a day of running, moving outdoors, climbing“Said Oana Moraru, stressing that this is the minimum amount of movement that a 4-7 year old needs daily.
According to her, the time spent in banks is often far too long for the real needs of children: “2-3 hours in preparatory, 1-2 hours further, grades 3, 4. Minimum. ” She said that the lack of movement inevitably leads to frustration, agitation and inappropriate behaviors, especially in the case of boys.
“In the preparatory classes and first classes, the big problem of the boys is that they cannot stay quiet in the bank. When they are arguing to stand, they begin to make sounds in the hour. I make the animal, the girls turn their eyes. He learns to become a clownn. A. Yes, it doesn’t suit you how I do, but you still pay attention to me. Don’t leave me with my body, I will do with the voice“, Explained Moraru, offering a clear image of the psychological mechanism that is created among constrained children to ignore the natural needs of the body.
Asked by Simona Gherghe if this behavior comes from the need for movement, Oana Moraru clearly replied: “Yes, and have to manifest it in the body”.
In order to prevent such behaviors and support the natural development of students, Oana Moraru recommends teachers to rethink the structure of classes. Static activities must be alternated with movement: “The only thing the teachers can do is to dose their activities in the hour, to be 5-7 minutes of writing, to be followed with movement, dance, soot, removed on the board. ”
She also fired an alarm about the possible long -term consequences: “If it does not move in the hour, you will have a long -term bomb in the long term”.
