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What is T.A.G. The Academic Gym?
T.A.G. (The Academic Gym) is a multisensory phonological awareness and physical fitness program based on the science of reading. It uses Visual, Interactive, Tactile, and Auditory Learning strategies to help kids exercise their bodies and minds at the same time. Kids spell, box, write, and run as learning, fitness, and fun become one. T.A.G. infuses phonics into Physical Education and can be implemented as an in- or after-school R.T.I. program.
Schools no longer have to choose between physical and academic education because The Academic Gym helps students grow their bodies and minds at the same time. T.A.G. provides PD to help PE teachers combine phonics, fitness, and fun. Instructors use the ABC’S for the ABC’S: Advanced Brain & Body Conditioning Skills to Accelerate Brilliant Cognitive Skills. Kids will learn rapid recognition for reading skills by using rhythmic repetitions from athletic skills.
The Academic Gym for Schools
Would you like an innovative, exciting way to introduce the science of reading to struggling readers?
Then bring your students to the Academic Gym, where we change lives by teaching reading and spelling skills in exciting, effective, and unforgettable ways. T.A.G. uses multisensory, creative, scientific strategies to put F.U.N. into the fundamentals. Kids start to love learning as they experience the thrills of reading skills.
T.A.G. takes the fear out of learning to read so children can succeed.
T.A.G. exercises the body and the mind at the same time to make learning an unforgettable, exciting, emotionally fulfilling experience. Kids learn focus and confidence as they build their bodies and brains by using rhythmic athletic skills to master crucial reading skills.
Kids learn faster and remember more when learning stimulates all of their senses. Whole-body education affects the whole child and fills the child with excitement. Movement makes learning more effective. Exercise stimulates the brain. When the entire child is engaged in learning, then learning becomes an unforgettable social, emotional, and mental experience that kids are eager to do again. T.A.G. motivates kids to learn. It makes them eager to participate in the learning process as active students. The first step with struggling children is to remove the intimidation and fear of learning, which is an unconscious barrier to knowledge.
Kids love to do what they love to do. T.A.G. will help your child to love learning letters and sounds. It will make them eager to learn the science of reading, which can be dull.
If your child struggles to read, they are already intimidated by printed words. T.A.G. turns reading from a frightening experience into an exciting, thrilling and unforgettable learning experience. T.A.G. replaces the pain with gain.
Stop putting them into traditional tutoring programs or classrooms. T.A.G. uses active learning to help active kids.