MOVRS
Brian Lang
The mission of the MOVRS podcast is to educate listeners on the importance of movement and play in the lives of children. Listen as we interview leaders in the fields of education, movement, and play from around the world.
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05/18/20 • 57 min
I had such an awesome conversation with Takaharu and Yui, and you can easily get a feel for the passion they have for what they do and trying to create the best environment possible for kids. They give us the 'why' behind many of the design elements of Fuji Kindergarten that I hadn't heard before, and I believe we can use many of those same principles in schools around the world, no matter the design.
I hope you enjoy listening this episode as much as I did, and if we have earned it, please consider subscribing and giving us a 5 star review! Thank you!
Bio:
Takaharu and Yui Tezuka have extensive experience designing spaces for children, such as Fuji Kindergarten, which was named the best school in the world by OECD(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and UNESCO. They recently received the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture from UNESCO. Takaharu`s TED Talk recorded 7th in the world for the number of views in 2015. While their activity is based on architectural design, they hold lectures all over the world, receiving offers from OECD. Their theory on children`s environment is published as the "Yellowbook" from Harvard University. ( Learn more at http://www.tezuka-arch.com/)
Timeline:
00:01:30 Takaharu and Yui's Story
00:07:15 Designing Fuji Kindergarten
00:15:00 School and Nature Interdependence
00:20:45 The Role of Sound in Education
00:30:40 Small Doses of Danger
00:37:00 Fuji Kindergarteners Move 4km a Day
00:44:15 Leaving a Legacy
00:49:00 Next Project - Junior High School
Website:
http://www.tezuka-arch.com/
Ted Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen
MOVRS:
Website - http://www.movrs.org
Instagram - wermovrs
04/06/20 • 70 min
Dr. Debbie Rhea is a full professor in Kinesiology and Associate Dean of Research and Health Sciences in HCNHS at Texas Christian University. She prepares K-12 physical education teachers and is fully invested in her newest research called LiiNK (Let’s inspire innovation ‘N kids) which examines whole child development through the addition of unstructured, outdoor play breaks and character development in the schools daily.
In this episode we draw on her decades of experience as an educator, and time overseas performing research in Finland. We talk about the importance of unstructured outdoor play, increased recess time, and the value of a character development program.
The Liink Project
Wrong Turns, Right Moves in Education
Debbie's 4 Steps to Change Schools:
- 4 Unstructured Play Breaks/Day, 15 Minutes Each
- Character Development Curriculum Taught Daily
- Pre-K-Grade 2 Half Days Only
- Developmental vs. Academic Achievement Assessment Models
Dr. Rhea's Favorite Books:
Timeline:
5:03 - Debbie's backstory
15:14 - Her experience in Finland
20:26 - 4 Steps to Change Schools
27:10 - Character Development
30:42 - Benefits of unstructured play
34:22 - No balls on the playground
41:29 - Ethics/religion class in Finland
51:01 - Liink Project details
MOVRS on Instagram
Angela Cannon-Crothers is the Environmental Education Coordinator at the Cumming Nature Center in Naples, NY, about an hour South of Rochester. Angie explains what a Forest School is, why learning in and about nature is so important, and how Forest School and outdoor education may be a great option for learning while maintaining social distance.
For more information about their Forest School and the other programs offered at the Cumming Nature Center, please click the links below:
Forest School: https://rmsc.org/cumming-nature-center/forest-school/item/739-cumming-nature-center-forest-school-1
Field Studies: https://rmsc.org/cumming-nature-center/forest-school/item/741-cumming-nature-center-field-studies-program
Walden: https://www.waldenprojectny.com/
Instagram:
@cummingnaturecenter
@rocrmsc
Episode Timeline:
1:45 - What is a Forest School?
7:15 - What do kids do while at school?
10:20 - Who is Forest School good for?
13:20 - What about Math, Science, and ELA?
17:15 - Example of typical day at Forest School
23:45 - Outdoor education for social distance learning
32:30 - Why Forest School?
38:00 - Angie's own school experience as a kid
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09/14/20 • 48 min
Dr. Kelly Starrett is a coach, physical therapist, two-time New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, speaker, and co-founder of The Ready State, the world's most comprehensive collection of guided movement, mechanics, and mobility instructional videos. The Ready State is the world's most comprehensive collection of guided movement, mechanics, and mobility instructional videos.
On top of co-founding The Ready State, Kelly and Juliet also started San Francisco CrossFit and StandUpKids together.
Kelly and his work have been featured on 60 Minutes, The View, The Joe Rogan Experience, CBS Sports, Outside Magazine, Men's Health, Men's Journal and dozens of other podcasts, magazines, and books — including Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Body and Tools of Titans.
Click here to access a FREE 14-day trial to his flagship program called Virtual Mobility Coach (which is like having a virtual Kelly Starrett in your pocket). TRS Virtual Mobility Coach provides users guided mobilization videos customized for your body and lifestyle, including a personal “pain prescription” to fix your aches and stiffness, guided pre and post-exercise mobilizations tailored for your training and sports schedule, and mobilizations for your “off” days to maintain your range-of-motion and reduce your risk of injury.
He and I talked about how we can help kids develop sound movement mechanics when they're young, so that they are more likely to move well for a lifetime. Later in the episode, we focus on the importance of the feet, and how wearing the right sneakers, or no sneakers at all, can have dramatic positive effects on their entire body.
Don't forget to review/rate/follow/subscribe if you enjoyed the episode! Thank you!
Where to Find The Ready State/Kelly on Social:
Instagram - @thereadystate
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thereadystate/
Twitter - @thereadystate
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnnB4zDBqZHhQ4uLTAX8eYA
Stand Up Kids - https://standupkids.org/
MOVRS.org
@movrs.podcast
Episode Timeline:
1:30 - Who's Responsible?
12:00 - Stand Up Kids
18:30 - Reimagining School Structure
22:00 - Why Happens When Kids Sit Too Long?
27:30 - Teaching Movement Skills
32:15 - How Do We Assess Kids in Movement?
38:30 - The Importance of Our Feet
47:00 - TRS App for Kids
04/29/24 • 50 min
I'm pumped to start of this next season with a returning guest, Linda Åkeson McGurk. She was a big inspiration behind our move from NY to Sweden, and it's so cool to be able to talk to her again after now living in Sweden for almost 2 years. We talk about some of our shared experiences living in the US and Sweden, and spend a lot of time talk about her amazing new book, The Open-Air Life.
We hope you enjoy the episode, and please don't forgot to rate it and subscribe so you don't miss out on new content! Thank you!
http://www.movrs.org
http://www.instagram.com/movrskids
Linda Åkeson McGurk is a Swedish American writer and author of the parenting memoir There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge) which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2017 to critical acclaim. Her second book, The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Connect with Nature Every Day was published by Penguin Random House in 2022. McGurk and her books have been featured in several leading American magazines, newspapers and online sites, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Post, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Orion Magazine, Slate Magazine, TreeHugger, ScaryMommy and many more. Her own writings about Scandinavian parenting have appeared in publications across the world, including Time.com and Parents.com. McGurk is a passionate advocate for the Nordic outdoor tradition friluftsliv and believes that the best childhood memories are created outside, while jumping in puddles, digging in dirt, catching bugs and climbing trees. She is the founder of the blog Rain or Shine Mamma, a resource where parents and other caregivers find tips and inspiration for outdoor play every day, regardless of the weather.
09/21/20 • 49 min
Seth Almekinder is an elementary/middle school teacher at Naples Central School in NY. He taught for years in Poland and other various schools around the world, and this year will be leaving Naples to teach in Bangladesh. These experiences have helped Seth develop an excellent learning experience for his students in which they spend one full day outside each week doing place-based education. He explains how in the beginning of the year they start out with short local hikes, and by the end of the year his students are working up to 5-6 miles in a day.
Listen as Seth shares how he developed this program and how he implements it, and how despite spending a full day outside of the classroom learning, his students aren't missing out on learning opportunities and falling behind. These are the type of educators we love to highlight on MOVRS!
Thank you for listening and please rate/review/subscribe/follow!
Twitter - @SAlmekinder
Email - [email protected]
Episode Timeline:
5:00 - "Week Without Walls"
10:00 - Move to Learn
13:40 - Rigorous Academic Curriculum
22:30 - How to Start Place-Based Education at Your School
32:00 - Student Behavior Outside vs. Inside
43:50 - Teaching Internationally
07/09/24 • 75 min
Kelly and Juliet Starrett are the founders of The Ready State, and authors of the New York Times' Bestseller Built to Move. "This is the first body book written for exercisers and nonexercisers alike. It’s full of foundational wisdom for everyone from professional athletes to gym haters and everyone in between. Built to Move introduces readers to a set of simple principles and practices that are undemanding enough to work into any busy schedule, lead to greater ease of movement, better health, and a happier life doing whatever it is you love to do—and want to continue doing as long as you live. This book is your game plan for the long game."
This is my second time interviewing Kelly, first with Juliet, and I wish I could interview them one-hundred times more. They have an amazing perspective on fitness and health, and especially how that weaves into parenting. They are masters of their craft, designing simple and effective movements practices that are accessible to all. This book is one that should be in everyone's home, and incorporated into all of our lives.
We hope you enjoy the episode, and please don't forgot to rate it and subscribe so you don't miss out on new content! Thank you!
http://www.movrs.org
http://www.instagram.com/movrskids
10/12/20 • 55 min
Ever wonder if you could start your own Forest School? This is the perfect time to dive into it and offer students an alternative form of education! Listen as Jean shares how she started her first Forest School, and is now training future Forest School teachers from around the world. I hope you finish this episode feeling just as inspired as I did!
Bio:
Dr. Jean Lomino’s varied career includes being a classroom teacher, adjunct professor for the MSED in Outdoor Education at Southern Adventist University, Executive Director of Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center in Chattanooga, TN, and in 2015 she co-founded Wauhatchie School, the first forest kindergarten in the state. The school this year expanded to four campuses in Chattanooga with a combined enrollment of 140 students for the coming year. Wauhatchie in partnership with Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, is working with several Hamilton County public kindergartens to develop forest school programs at their school sites and to conduct forest kindergarten at Reflection Riding’s new family forest exploration site.
Dr. Lomino is the founder, director and lead trainer of the Forest School Teacher Institute, and since 2015 has trained over 150 forest kindergarten teachers from the US, Canada, China, Korea and South Africa. For two months she worked as a trainer/consultant with the teachers at No Boundaries Forest Kindergarten in Guangzhou, China. In 2018 she collaborated on research with Dr. Jiyoun Shin, Vice-Chair of the Korean Forest Kindergarten Association. Jean has presented at numerous conferences and workshops in the US and was a featured speaker at the International Symposium of Forest Kindergartens in Seoul, South Korea, June, 2019. She is currently writing a book about how children’s friendships with nature lead to earth stewardship.
Wauhatchie Forest School
@wauhatchieschool
Forest School Teacher Institute
@forestschool_teacherinstitute
MOVRS.org
@movrs.podcast
01/17/22 • 50 min
Linda McGurk is the author of the best-selling book "There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)". This book has changed my life in so many ways, opening my eyes to the value of spending time in nature, regardless of the weather. As a child, I spent all day every day outside, even in the winters growing up in Western New York. As an adult, I realized I lost that connection with nature, and this book was one of the main catalysts to me reconnecting with the outdoors again, and has transformed my teaching career and family life.
Linda and I focus in on several topics from her book including:
- Free range parenting
- Social trust
- The fear of falling kids falling behind in academics and athletics
- Friluftsliv (open air life)
- Nature and the immune system
Enjoy the episode!
07/13/20 • 62 min
Ben Landers is a K-12 certified Physical Education teacher and has been teaching K-5th PE since 2007. Ben started the website ThePEspecialist.com in 2014 in an effort to provide an amazing resource for teachers. He has a passion for kids and teaching quality physical education lessons that will empower students to be the best they can be. Being a PE teacher is such a great opportunity to have a positive impact on the kids that you teach, but his hope is to also impact more students by providing resources and ideas to teachers.
Listen to find out Ben's top 3 games, technology uses, and classroom management strategies. Also learn about Ben's passion for mentoring and how his faith influences the way he teaches. I had a great time talking with Ben and learning more about him, I hope you enjoy it!
Don't forget to subscribe/share/review this if you liked it, thank you!
Episode Timeline:
1:05 - Top 3 Favorite PE Games
7:10 - Top 3 Uses of Technology
11:00 - Top 3 Classroom Management Strategies
16:15 - How Ben got started in PE
25:30 - How Ben's faith influences his career
34:00 - Mentoring through Ezekiel Ministries
40:45 - Keeping this fun and engaging
44:00 - The importance of self-reflection
47:00 - Why are high school PE students disengaged in class?
55:00 - Book recommendation(s)
Books:
The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath
No Standing Around in My Gym by J.D. Hughes
Mentors:
J.D. Hughes - @jdhughes_pe2themax
Joey Feith - @phys_educator
Jarrod Robinson - @thepegeek
You can check out Ben's E-course's on PE Central at the links below:
- My Favorite Apps for Teaching Phys ED
- A complete overview of all my favorite apps used while teaching and a video tutorial showing you how to use each app step by step
- Phys Ed Hacks: Tips, Tricks and Strategies for Classroom Management in PE Class
- A complete overview of all of the management systems that will help you hold kids responsible and provide clear expectations and consequences for students - leaving you with more time and energy to TEACH!
Secondary Resources:
Physedagogy - https://physedagogy.com/
Nathan Hornes - https://www.iphys-ed.com/
- Dave Senecal https://twitter.com/pepalooza
- Matt Pomeroy https://twitter.com/Physed_Pomeroy
- Sarah Gietschier-Hartman
https://twitter.com/GHSaysRockChalk - Stephanie Sandino https://twitter.com/smsandino
- Jerry Honeycutt: https://twitter.com/honeycutt_pe
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FAQ
How many episodes does MOVRS have?
MOVRS currently has 42 episodes available.
What topics does MOVRS cover?
The podcast is about Education For Kids, Movement, Parenting, Kids & Family, School, Play, Podcasts, Education, Leaders, Kids and Children.
What is the most popular episode on MOVRS?
The episode title 'Elevating Basketball with Mitchell Kirsch | Ep. 37' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on MOVRS?
The average episode length on MOVRS is 47 minutes.
How often are episodes of MOVRS released?
Episodes of MOVRS are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of MOVRS?
The first episode of MOVRS was released on Apr 6, 2020.
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