Wasach Elementary teacher urges more classroom movement, cites parent nomination for "brain boost" award

Jaden Camp, a teacher at Wasach Elementary, said incorporating short, purposeful movement into classroom routines helps young students regain focus. "The more you can incorporate movement into what you're doing, the more that those kids are going to kind of readjust their attention span and get back into that focus," Camp said.

Camp said she was nominated by a parent for a "brain boost" award after using a variety of movement-based transitions — for example, moving from rug to desk and back — and promoting healthy habits in class. "In the classroom, we hand out fruits and veggies every week through the school," she said, adding that those visible practices helped prompt the nomination.

Camp described transition time as an ideal moment for movement: brief activities such as wiggling fingers, turning the head or doing a short spin that she said help students reset their attention. "They might not know it's movement. And I feel like even as teachers, we sometimes don't realize that that is movement," she said.

Camp framed these methods as practical, everyday strategies rather than extensive new programming. She emphasized small, repeatable actions that can be folded into existing classroom routines to help students re-engage with instruction.

Camp did not propose a formal policy or request district action in this record; she described classroom practices and a parent nomination as examples of what she called successful approaches to student attention and healthy habits.