Movement in the classroom

For many years, kids have been asked to sit still when they have been taught to read, write and do math – but today we know that bringing in movement over the course of the day can further kids’ learning, motivation and their well-being at school.

With an interactive floor from Active Floor, the students get an equal approach to auditive, visual and kinetic learning. Active Floor creates greater interactivity and makes it possible to strengthen the collaboration and communication in the classroom.

PLAY AND LEARNING AT NURSERY SCHOOL

Active Floor’s interactive games challenge kids’ motor skills and senses, and they support the kids’ joy in using their bodies. When you work with movement and gamification, you catch the students’ attention in a whole new way while you stay focussed on their general education.

Active Floor makes it possible…

• to make physical activity a natural part of the kids’ everyday life.
• to give the kids other kinds of sensory experiences.
• for the kids to develop their understanding of numbers, letters and symbols.

At the same time, you create the possibility of incorporating IT and learning in everyday life in a natural way – in a fun way.

Research shows that kids get well faster if they get out of the hospital bed and use their bodies. At the same time, it is important that their stay in hospital includes positive and entertaining experiences.
Use Active Floor in the treatment process
Active Floor can be used both directly and indirectly in the treatment process. In rehabilitation, Active Floor can be an entertaining element in the various exercises.
In addition to this, the interdisciplinary staff can use Active Floor indirectly in treatment, as using the floor provides a possibility to assess the patients in a setting which is isolated from the hospital bed.

Fill out the waiting time for the patients, their friends and relatives
Active Floor is developed to be used across all age groups. It is therefore ideally suited to fill out the waiting time that both patients and relatives might encounter during a hospital stay. At the same time, Active Floor can serve as a sanctuary for patients and relatives where they can join in social activities, meet other families across wards and share experiences.
Additionally, the games with subject-related content can function as teaching material for chronically ill kids who have difficulty following the education at their own schools.

You can find Active Floor in the paediatrics units of Danish hospitals. Here, the floor contributes to:

• make the kids’ stay at hospital pleasant and entertaining
• get patients to move and make sure that they are not physically passive
• provide nurses and doctors with a more nuanced clinical picture of patients

NEWS! Rehabilitation & Active Senior

Now ActiveFloor has developed the game concept further, so that it’s also targeted different kinds of rehabilitation: for instance, it can be introduced at care homes for people with dementia or at the Department of Neurology at hospital.

Countless studies show that our central nervous system and our immune system communicate directly with each other. This means that our feelings and our bodies aren’t two separate entities; in fact, they are bound together to a very high degree. When rehabilitation and physical movement are associated with positive feelings, the brain can better store and recall what you learn. This is why you will experience cognitive improvement over time if you’ve incorporated play and movement in your rehabilitation.

Share and inspire

Share games and ideas in Active Floor’s online community. Create teaching material that inspires and be inspired.

Make homework fun

Active Floor’s online platform allows students to develop games from home to play in class to influence their own learning.