29 Dec, 2014
Exercise before starting school may be the key to Finland’s excellent PISA results
Jyrki Reunamo, Docent and Doctor of Philosophy (Education) at the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences | University of Helsinki | 14.04.2014
“Children must be provided with ample opportunities for different types of physical activity and for learning basic physical skills before they start school,” Reunamo states. “Our results lead to practical measures, which can be very simple. For example, when teaching mathematics, children can count sand bags instead of using pencil and paper.”
