Enhancing Children’s Learning through Spatial Skills Development

Several studies have demonstrated the significant role of spatial skills in learning, particularly in STEM disciplines, where bodily experiences can shape cognitive processes, potentially encouraging the design of learning scenarios based on sensorimotor interactions and gestures. Consolidating research efforts to understand the dynamic relationship between spatial skills and embodied learning in children, this article aims to emphasize the importance of adopting an embodied approach to improve spatial skills in a learning context. In addition, recent knowledge and experimental results of this educational approach will be considered.