Motor Breaks Hallway
Ginger observed that students at
her school sometimes need help focusing on their schoolwork,
especially students in grades 3-5. Ginger worked with teachers and the
principal at her school to learn more about what causes children to be
inattentive. She learned that there are many reasons and factors that
cause inattentiveness in children, but one of the biggest reasons is
due to sensory overload. Allowing kids to take a break and focus on
something different calms their bodies and allows them to retain what
they’ve learned and remained more attentive in the classroom.
For her Silver Award project, Ginger created a Motor Break
Hallway; a colorful, exciting, fun, physical path with wall push-ups,
a yoga station, moon rock hop, balance-lines, and more for the kids at
her school to move and get their "wiggles" out. Ginger
themed her wall and included decals of planets, stars, space ships,
star-shaped mirrors, and motivational posters with positive
messages.
To measure the impact of her project, Ginger
asked teachers to monitor how many students in their classes were
using the hallway activities and then report back on their level of
attentiveness. One obstacle Ginger encountered with her project was
working around the schedules of the school staff. Trying to arrange
meetings and work sessions were not always easy, but Ginger advises to
stick to your project timeline as much as possible and plan
ahead.
Ginger says that she will use the leadership
skills she gained from her project in the future by being “fearless to
make small changes in communities that need help.”
Silver Award Girl Scout, Ginger Waters
03 Apr 2020
