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Upcoming Events at the Math & Movement Learning Center

Join us in Ithaca, NY for hands-on, movement-based professional development designed to help educators boost student engagement, confidence, and achievement.

Upcoming Events at the Math & Movement Learning Center

Join us in Ithaca, NY for hands-on, movement-based professional development designed to help educators boost student engagement, confidence, and achievement.

All events take place at the Math & Movement Learning Center: 40 Catherwood Road, Ithaca, New York 14850

In-Person Events

The following events require applications but are free to attend thanks to scholarships provided by the National Math Foundation. Please note the scholarship do not cover any travel or lodging expenses.

2-Day Intensive Kinesthetic Learning Professional Development

Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13    |    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Join us for an in-depth, movement-based learning experience to transform your math and ELA instruction. Discover trauma-informed, SEL-aligned strategies that build academic confidence and lasting understanding. 20 teachers will be selected to attend with scholarships funded by the National Math Foundation.

Focus: K-5 Math and Literacy

Why Movement-Based Learning?

Students learn faster and retain more when movement is involved

Helps engage struggling learners, including those with ADHD and learning differences

Provides stress relief and focus for students who have experienced trauma

Hear from Our Workshop Attendees

"Thanks for the opportunity to attend this number sense PD day! It was a great experience for me! Suzy is such a dynamic presenter! Her enthusiasm for what she is doing is second to none! I look forward to taking the ideas she presented and using them with my students! Thank you again!"
Kelly Z.
Math Specialist K-2
"This training was so helpful and pertinent to my school community. It has allowed me to be very reflective on my teaching practices. I am looking forward to all the practical things I can start in my classroom right away! I am excited to incorporate these ideas into distance learning, classroom learning, and family connections."
Lisa
First Grade Math Teacher
"The training was one of the best I have ever attended. As a Physical Education teacher, I work with students of all grade levels and everything I learned can be incorporated into my classes. I will also be able to share with my colleagues in the classroom so that we can utilize some of the training across our entire school district."
Colleen
Pe Teacher
"Thank you so much for today, it was amazing! I will be sure to come back. Even being two and a half hours away, it was well worth it."
Melanie U.
First Grade Teacher

Math & Movement is a kinesthetic, multi-sensory approach to teaching math that incorporates physical exercise, stretching, cross-body movements, and yoga.

Our program leads students through researched-based and classroom-tested exercises that result in mathematical competency and confidence.

Meet the Presenter

Suzy Koontz, Founder, Creator, and CEO of Math and Movement, has spent over 25 years helping students achieve academic success. Suzy has created over 200 kinesthetic teaching tools adopted by schools nationwide and authored over 20 books. As a national presenter and keynote speaker for schools and conferences, Suzy shares heartwarming stories of how movement can increase teacher and student self-confidence and transform the way students learn and retain knowledge. Suzy is the co-author of an upcoming ASCD book on active learning. She has presented nationally at ESEA, ASCD, NCTM, NCSM, and NSLA, and was filmed for the documentaries Can Movement-Based Learning Improve Math Mindset? and Summer Math: How Movement-Based Learning Enriches Summer Learning Programs. 

In April 2023, Suzy led a two-week, movement-based learning program at a Title I school in Sarasota, Florida. She engaged one classroom of low-performing, third-grade students in the Math & Movement movement-based learning activities and filmed the process for the documentary, Can Movement-Based Learning Shift Math Mindset? Students began the program with low self-confidence, behavior and attendance issues, negative attitudes towards math, and low math scores. The intervention led to an immense increase in positive attitudes towards math and a sizable increase in math knowledge. There was a positive change in the students’ math mindsets, a shift in the entire school’s perspective on the teaching and learning of mathematics, and a positive shift in the learning environment, one where students began to collaborate and support one another. 

In July 2024, Suzy filmed for the Summer Learning documentary in Johnsburg, NY. Suzy and her team have worked with schools in 46 states across the country. They have implemented movement-based learning programs in some of the largest school districts across the country, including San Francisco Unified School District, New York City School District, Rochester City School District, Katy Independent School District, and more. 

During 2020-2021, Suzy completed a series of 1st-5th-grade state-aligned curriculum books (Hop to Success) that support student success. Each book has 20 problems for each state standard. In order to further develop student fluency and problem-solving ability, Suzy created the Jump and Learn series and Multiplication and Division in the Real World. Additionally, Suzy and her team have created a kinesthetic teaching program that is researched-based and is aligned with state standards. She actively leads professional development workshops for teachers and administrators and school programs for students. Suzy’s vision is for movement and play-based learning to be incorporated during the school day, in after-school programming and in summer learning programs.

Suzy is the vice president and one of the founding board members of the National Math Foundation (NMF), a 501(c)3 whose mission is to foster exercise, healthy eating, and learning through movement as a means to develop a community of math-literate members. The NMF is collaborating with organizations across the country in math and literacy-focused research projects with the goal of better understanding the efficacy of movement and physical activity on developing math and reading fluency.

Suzy’s work has been featured on television, radio, and print. 

The Math & Movement Learning Center opened in Spring 2025 as a dedicated space for hands-on, movement-based learning and professional development. Located in Ithaca, NY, the center offers interactive trainings, workshops, and resources designed to support educators and inspire students through active strategies.

Our space is located at the Shops at Ithaca Mall: 40 Catherwood Road, Ithaca, New York 14850.

We recommend parking at the opposite side of the mall from Target, near Best Buy. The Learning Center is located in the mall next to Ithaca Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

For those traveling from out of town, here are some of our hotel recommendations in Ithaca:


Courtyard Ithaca Airport/University
29 Thornwood Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 330-1000
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Hotel Ithaca
222 S Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 272-1000
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Ithaca
36 Cinema Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Hampton Inn Ithaca
337 Elmira Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 277-5500
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