7. "Step It Up and Kickstart Your Brain"

I also want to tell you about “Step It Up and Kickstart Your Brain.” It is our physical fitness component, complete with a live-action certified personal trainer, and it’s where kids can win Nike® Gym Shoes every month. According to famed neurosurgeon, John Tew MD, “the newest research shows that as important as exercise is for your body, it’s even more important for your brain. Twenty (20) minutes of aerobic exercise stimulates growth of new synapses, facilitating the grasp of more complex material and adds new nerve cells which support recent memory acquisition.” This component demonstrates 16 specific exercises and allows the student or the teacher to record on the website the number of repetitions the students performed. These points are accumulated into a monthly total per participant from which the twelve highest scorers per grade are selected as winners of Nike® Gym Shoes for that month.

In addition, we provide you with a downloadable and printable "Step It Up and Kickstart Your Brain" Exercise Tracking Form, which can be used to enter the students’ "reps" so they can compete for the Nike® Gym Shoes. Downloadable and printable "Step It Up and Kickstart Your Brain" flyers are also available to share with parents and guardians the e-learning and games that their kids can also enjoy at home.

Exercise Tracking Form
“Step It Up and Kickstart Your Brain” flyer