The Science to Support it

Aerobic Exercise

Aerobic exercise increases the blood flow through the prefrontal cortex stimulating the growth of more blood vessels allowing it to function more effectively.
The prefrontal cortex is where executive function takes place. Executive function is a set of cognitive processes that allow us to efficiently perform the skills listed below.

Aerobic exercise increases the levels of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in the Hippocampus (The main learning center of the brain).
(BDNF) is the mother of all growth factors that are produced when doing aerobic exercise. It is like Miracle Grow for the brain!
The Growth Factors (proteins) as a team give the synapses the tools they need to take in information, process it, associate it, remember it and put it into context.

Sensory Integration/Sensorimotor Activity

Sensory integration is the process that occurs in the central nervous system which involves receiving sensory information and turning it into appropriate functional responses.
There are eight senses: Olfaction (smell), Gustation (taste), Audition (hearing), Somatosensory (touch), Vision (sight), Vestibular (Moving Balance), Proprioception (cognitive motor planning/body space awareness), Interoception (internal awareness).
Everything we learn is received and integrated through our sensory neurons. When our neurological response to sensory input is effective our brains begin to process in a well-organized, integrated manner allowing us to better focus, behave appropriately and learn effectively.
Sensory integration activities promote communication between sensory neurons located in the prefrontal cortex, the left and right hemisphere and the motor cortex.
With repetition, these neurons will build stronger connections and begin to communicate more efficiently which allows the prefrontal cortex to integrate sensory input more efficiently.

Cross-Lateral Movement – Crossing the midline of the body both physically and visually

Functional Disconnection Syndrome is a condition where there is a functional breakdown in the neurological pathways of the body causing the brain and its neural network to lack the needed connection between hemispheres to function effectively.
Cross-lateral movement activities force both hemispheres to work together at the same time and connect neurons so they can communicate more efficiently.
Continued repetition of cross-lateral exercises strengthens those connections so that the signal between the neurons becomes stronger! The stronger they are the more efficiently they communicate.
Because learning takes place in numerous parts of the brain it is important that these lines of communication are efficient!
Neurons that fire together - wire together. Like social networking, introducing and making neurons communicate through enhanced physical activity will result in multiple connections to increase the effectiveness of neural processing.