Motor Fairy Tales (Fiabe Motorie®) gets kids moving across Italy. Physical activity fosters the development of executive function, cognitive flexibility, and problem solving. Motor Fairy Tales is designed to improve children’s physical activity. The Motor Fairy Tales method applies exercises aimed at the development of physical patterns. As the program progresses, children develop physically, emotionally and cognitively for a healthy well-being.The Motor Fairy Tales method applies exercises aimed at the development of physical patterns. ZWIFLY® is proud to have Motor Fairy Tales as an affiliate company. Students apply their knowledge of motor development, cognitive development, sport and business. Preparing for experiential learning opportunity, students read peer reviewed research papers, including:
Diamond, A., & Lee, K. (2011). Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old. Science, 333 (6045), 959–964.
Verburgh, L., Scherder, E. J., van Lange, P. A., & Oosterlaan, J. (2014). Executive functioning in highly talented soccer players. PloS one 9 (3), e91254.
““I recommend ZWIFLY® to students so that they are exposed to various fields. Reading the research literature and seeing it applied is a huge advantage. I
wish I had this experience as an undergraduate.”
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