Exercise helps kids with ADHD organize and improve classwork and homework, manage mood swings, make and keep friends, and optimize their brains for learning.

Watch the brief video below to see how a third-grader with ADHD uses simple syllables to decode a multisyllabic word he had never seen before. Then, watch how he struggles (and overcomes) to spell the word without looking back at it even once.

Does your child have symptoms of ADHD? If you have a child or student that is constantly fidgety, inattentive, impulsive, and unfocused in a manner that's inappropriate for their age or development, they may have ADHD--especially if it runs in their family. If you think that your child or student might have ADHD, you should know about the natural chemicals (or neurotransmitters) that can misfire in the brain.

This student with ADHD went from failing all his classes to passing them all because he used movement-based literacy at T.A.G. The Academic Gym.

At T.A.G. The Academic Gym, we used movement-based learning to help kids with ADHD. Notice how this student is always moving. Now his constant need for movement might be considered a distraction in a standard classroom, but at T.A.G. we use his need to move to his advantage.

If your child has ADHD, they don’t need to “try harder”—they need a system that works with their brain, not against it. The Academic Gym®’s VITAL-K™ Reading Coaching Program does just that. It transforms reading from a struggle into a strength—one jump, clap, and syllable at a time.