“Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential
factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon
the impressions received from outside. Through
movement we come in contact with external reality,
and it is through these contacts that we eventually
acquire even abstract ideas.”
—Maria Montessori
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...to engage in
physical activities
that become
meaningful in
their lives.
The health and fitness of the body is a
major factor in students’ identity, which
directly affects their learning. Our wish
and responsibility to our students will be
to help them develop certain physical
skills that could become the foundation
for all future physical activity and
lifelong fitness.