Movement for brain enhancement
CLASSES in
Palo Alto and Los Altos


Check out these classes
for NEW members.
See right for info & schedule.
SATURDAYS at 10 - 11:30 am
4 weeks. Begins May 31
Ball Patterns (Level 1)
at
The Center at 435 in Palo Alto

MONDAYS at 8:30 - 9:30 am
(Level 1) at
The Center at 435 in Palo Alto

THURSDAYS  at 10:30 am
(Level A for seniors/less mobile)
Los Altos United Methodist Church

Ongoing intermediate classes.
See right for info & schedule.
All at The Center at 435 in Palo Alto
MONDAYS at 9:30 - 11 am (Level 3)
FRIDAYS at 8:30 - 9:30 (Level 2)
 



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Images show Brain Gym® movements, bags and balls basic patterns for less mobile adults, standing exercises for active adults, advanced patterns, and photos working with middle schoolers.
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Benefits of the program

Bags, Balls and Brains Classes for
Educators and Parents
Read PDF report of results from
middleschool class, Spring, 2006.

Bags Balls and Brains
Classes for Seniors


Student Testimonials
Senior participant
In the classroom


Shirley Kelley and Linda Faste
Class Instructors
   Bios

Shirley Kelley's Page
Linda Faste

Contact:
Email Shirley Kelley
Email Linda Faste

4 balls handled while on balance board

Participants can learn to handle multiple objects simultaneously. Once there is mastery of basic skills, sensory integration is further stimulated by executing specific pattern sequences while standing on a variable difficulty balance board.

Bags, Balls, and Brains group balls exerciseBags, Balls, and Brains is a sensory motor program which enhances visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, and fine motor skills. It is a whole brain learning approach, utilizing a simultaneous multi-sensory system, which creatively combines movements primarily from the learning approaches of Brain Gym®, Belgau Learning Breakthrough Program and Bal-A-Vis-X®.

Brain Gym is a learning readiness program. Belgau Learning Breakthrough Program and Bal-A-Vis-X (herein called Bags and Balls) are strongly rooted in rhythm, require full body coordination, improve brain organization and processing for higher levels of functioning and cognitive ability, and enhance vestibular, tactile, kinesthetic, visual and auditory skills.

All of these movement activities benefit participants physically, emotionally and mentally. Both the BrainInstructors Linda Faste and Shirley Kelley Gym Movements and the Balls and Bags Activities have been proven to increase mental fitness, social awareness, physical coordination, and the self-esteem of everyone involved.

Both Shirley Kelley and Linda Faste have extensive backgrounds and experience in the fields of education and movement. Between the two of them they have worked with two-year-old children all the way through ninety-two-year-old adults. They deftly weave together all of their multi-faceted past trainings and experiences.

They are currently teaching the following Bags, Balls, and Brains classes in the San Francisco Peninsula area: The Center at 435 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto and at the Los Altos United Methodist Church.

NEW OFFERING - BEGINNERS WELCOME!
Saturdays, May 31 - June 28, 10-11:30 am (Four Weeks, no class June 21)
PDF flyer
             NEW STUDENTS WELCOME
Level 1 Ball Patterns
          The Center at 435, 435 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA
Cost $75 plus $5 materials fee. Register with skelley41@earthlink.net. Pay at first class.

Thursdays, April 17 - May 29, 10:30 - 11:30 am (Six Weeks, no class May 15) PDF flyer
NEW STUDENTS WELCOME
Level A for Less Mobile Adults 

Los Altos United Methodist Church
655 Magdalena Avenue, Los Altos, CA 

Cost $60, plus $5 materials fee. Presented by Senior New Ways.
For information, contact Linda Faste. Pay at first class by cash or check.

Mondays, April 14 - June 23, 8:30-9:30 am (Ten Weeks, no class May 26) PDF flyer
              NEW STUDENTS WELCOME
          Level 1 Basics and Ongoing
          The Center at 435, 435 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA
Cost $175 plus $5 materials fee. Contact skelley41@earthlink.net. Pay at first class.

Fridays, April 18 - June 27, 8:30-9:30 am (Ten Weeks, no class May 16) PDF flyer
             Level 2 Ongoing
          The Center at 435, 435 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA
Cost $185 plus $10 materials fee. Contact skelley41@earthlink.net. Pay at first class.

Mondays, April 14 - June 23, 9:30-11:00 am (Ten Weeks, no class May 26) PDF flyer
             Level 3 Intermediate / Advanced Ongoing
          The Center at 435, 435 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA
Cost $185 plus $10 materials fee. Contact skelley41@earthlink.net. Pay at first class.

In addition to the Bags, Balls, and Brains classes listed above, Shirley and Linda  implemented a program in a Palo Alto middle school which was supported by a grant from Palo Alto Partners in Education. Read pdf report of the program's results.

Email Linda Faste or Shirley Kelley for more information about current classes or sponsoring classes in your area or at your place of business.



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Photography, slideshow, and website by Carol Wright