Summary Of The Article 'Kids Who Can' T Sit Still

In the article “Kids Who Can’t Sit Still” the author discusses how movement can be beneficial to learning. The story starts out in a Minnesota school, where one teacher is doing something revolutionary. When children can fidget or move in some way, they can focus better on mental tasks, studies show. It’s also very empowering Ms. Brown, the teacher, says; ‘“... students feel much more in control. They feel like it’s their option, and they don’t have to sit perfectly still and feel confined.” The more mental occupation a task requires, the more we feel a need to move. Studies like this give good evidence toward the question that people have long asked: why do children fidget while doing schoolwork but not while, say, watching a movie? It’s simply