Categories: All - review - science - language - math

by Ashley Whitlinger 6 years ago

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Easy Movement Ideas

Easy Movement Ideas

Pennington, 2010

Lengal & Kuczala, 2010

MATH

Group clusters representing answers to addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.

Kinesthetic discovery of circumference and radius

Dance representing Order of Operations

LANGUAGE

Kinesthetic literary analysis and character charades

"Twister" game with vocabulary words, English or foreign language

Moving Editor: walk, pause, bend to demonstrate punctuation and mechanics

HOW CAN I USE MOVEMENT In MY CLASS?

Teaching Content

SCIENCE
Timed relay race representing neural network activity
Human tectonic plates and earthquakes
Physical representation of atomic structure

BRAIN BREAKS

Simple stretches/sun salutations
Hot Potato
Human Rock-Paper Scissors
2-minute dance party

REFERENCES

Reviewing Content

Hula hoop Venn diagram with notecards
Create a dance or song reviewing content
Relay review in groups using varying locomotive skills to get back to the board/desk
Tennis ball bounce review

Adjusting for Skill/Age

Simplify or complicate the rules to suit the group's needs
Allow group work or individual participation as is appropriate
Choose an appropriate object, i.e. a beach ball vs. a bean bag
Focus on participation or elimination
Vary the speed