Download or read book Learning Through Movement in the K 6 Classroom written by Kelly Mancini Becker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a creative and practical guide for K-6 teachers on how to effectively integrate movement into the curriculum to increase student engagement, deepen learning, improve retention, and get kids moving during the school day. Chapters offer concrete ideas for integrating creative movement and theater into subjects such as math, science, literacy, and social studies. Drawing on two decades of experience, Dr. Becker outlines key skills, offers rich examples, and provides adaptable and flexible classroom tested lesson plans that align with Common Core Standards, the NGSS, C3 Social Studies Standards, and the National Core Arts Standards. Activities are grounded in arts integration, which is steadily gaining interest in school reform as an effective teaching strategy that increases student outcomes academically and socially—particularly effective for students who have traditionally been marginalized. This book will benefit practicing educators who want to invigorate their practice, preservice teachers who want to expand their toolkit, and school leaders looking to employ policies that support movement and arts during the school day. Jump in and get your kids Learning Through Movement and see how active and engaging learning can be!
Download or read book Learning Through Movement in the K 6 Classroom written by Kelly Mancini Becker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a creative and practical guide for K-6 teachers on how to effectively integrate movement into the curriculum to increase student engagement, deepen learning, improve retention, and get kids moving during the school day. Chapters offer concrete ideas for integrating creative movement and theater into subjects such as math, science, literacy, and social studies. Drawing on two decades of experience, Dr. Becker outlines key skills, offers rich examples, and provides adaptable and flexible classroom tested lesson plans that align with Common Core Standards, the NGSS, C3 Social Studies Standards, and the National Core Arts Standards. Activities are grounded in arts integration, which is steadily gaining interest in school reform as an effective teaching strategy that increases student outcomes academically and socially—particularly effective for students who have traditionally been marginalized. This book will benefit practicing educators who want to invigorate their practice, preservice teachers who want to expand their toolkit, and school leaders looking to employ policies that support movement and arts during the school day. Jump in and get your kids Learning Through Movement and see how active and engaging learning can be!
Download or read book The Kinesthetic Classroom written by Traci Lengel and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here is a resource that is based on sound research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology and filled with practical suggestions on how to incorporate movement into all kinds of learning activities at every grade level. The Kinesthetic Classroom is a must-have book for every educator who wants to improve student motivation and achievement." —David A. Sousa, Educational Consultant Author of How the Brain Learns Discover the link between physical activity and academic success! Current research shows that regular physical activity helps children and teenagers perform better in school. Taking physical activity beyond gym class and recess, this inspiring book shows how to integrate movement as part of classroom teaching and learning. Drawing on cutting-edge educational research, the authors describe how regular physical movement improves attention span and helps the brain master new information. Readers will learn how to use short activity breaks to refocus students and how to enhance the academic curriculum through movement-based games. This resource includes: User-friendly information on how physical activity influences the brain Hundreds of movement activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom, including many requiring two minutes or less Discussion of how movement can contribute to classroom management and community Case studies showing how combining physical activity and academics contributes to student achievement With an emphasis on teaching the whole child, this guide shows how movement can improve students′ mental and physical well-being and contribute to their joy in learning.
Download or read book Learning on Your Feet written by Melody Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this much-needed book, you’ll learn how incorporating physical activity into the classroom can improve students’ engagement, achievement, and overall wellness. Students typically spend most of the day sitting at their desks, and many don’t have recess or PE, yet research shows that regular exercise helps stimulate brain function and improve skills such as reading, critical thinking, organization, and focus. Authors Brad Johnson and Melody Jones, who have consulted with schools across the globe on fitness issues, offer a variety of games and activities you can use to integrate exercise into any class or subject area. You’ll learn how to: Create an "active classroom" with active workstations and fitness areas to keep students alert and engaged throughout the day; Gradually introduce physical activities into your everyday classroom routine; Use interactive technology to teach your students about health and fitness; Try out a variety of activities and exercises to reduce stress, help students focus, promote teamwork, build core strength and balance, and more; Make STEM classes more exciting with hands-on activities, projects, and real-world problems, all while getting your students up and moving. These activities are easy to implement and are designed to improve one’s physical and mental capabilities, as well as increase enjoyment of learning for happier, healthier, higher-achieving students.
Download or read book Moving INTO the Classroom written by Stacia C Miller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook focuses on research in movement integration and the benefits of physical activity to the child’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. It includes research on and suggestions for integrating movement into English-language arts, mathematics, science and social studies for lower and upper elementary students. Though the textbook is specifically aimed at elementary-level teachers, secondary teachers and pre-service teachers can modify the activities to fit their lessons as well.
Download or read book Teaching the Three Rs Through Movement Experiences written by Anne Green Gilbert and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2002 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching Through Movement written by Stacey Shoecraft and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on classroom experience, this easy to read book is perfect for the busy teacher who wants to laugh a little while learning the quickest way to incorporate movement in the classroom. She infuses humor while providing simple and quick examples that can make anyone feel successful! Stacey is an Action Based Learning Certified Trainer, with the first kinesthetic classroom in the nation. Her goal is to change today's classroom into one that incorporates movement to enhance learning for all students.
Download or read book Action Packed Classrooms K 5 written by Cathie Summerford and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use movement and music to stimulate children’s ability to absorb and retain new information! Focusing on using movement and music to energize young students and boost their learning, this research-based book offers strategies for basic energizers, clear objectives for standards-aligned instruction, and a student/teacher/principal agreement to commit to active learning. Showing how exciting and fun learning can be, this new edition: Includes new chapters on planning and organizing lessons Offers sample activities in math, social studies, science, language arts, health, and physical education Provides tools for assessing the effectiveness of activities Presents updated brain research
Download or read book Learning on Your Feet written by Brad Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students often learn better on their feet than in their seats, and this powerful book helps you make the most of that in the classroom. Authors Brad Johnson and Melody Jones show that with COVID-19 leading to more inactivity, more schools cutting PE, and the rise in sedentary obesity, it’s more important than ever for kids to get moving. Throughout the book, Johnson and Jones offer practical strategies on how to transform the physical classroom, how to manage the classroom with movement, and how to integrate fitness and technology. They break down research on how movement can help stimulate brain function and improve skills such as critical thinking, organization, focus, engagement, and achievement. They also offer a variety of movement-based activities for English-language arts (ELA); social studies; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and more. This updated second edition includes even more exercises and activities that can be used daily and incorporated into the content areas. No matter what grade level or subject you teach, you’ll find easy to implement activities you can use immediately to increase your students’ energy and enjoyment of learning.
Download or read book 85 Engaging Movement Activities written by Phyllis S. Weikart and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities in this book will keep your K-6 students jogging, hopping, swaying, rocking, marching, patting, making pathways, and moving in all kinds of ways as they learn. Classroom teachers, as well as specialty teachers in physical education, music, and recreation, will find this book to be a rich source of ideas for challenging and enjoyable movement experiences. The experiences are planned around key curriculum concepts in movement and music as well as in academic curriculum areas such as math and reading. And because these experiences develop students, basic timing, language abilities, vocabulary, concentration, planning skills, and capabilities for cooperative decision making and leadership, teachers will see learning effects that stretch across the curriculum. An easy-to-follow plan is given for each activity.
Download or read book Action Packed Classrooms written by Cathie Summerford and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2005-03-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly a publication of The Brain Store Discover more than 150 easy, effective ways to integrate movement activities into your academic curriculum to keep kids focused, excited, enthusiastic, and ready to learn.
Download or read book Elementary Classroom Teachers as Movement Educators written by Susan K. Kovar and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary Classroom Teachers as Movement Educators is a practical guide written specifically for the elementary classroom teacher (not for the physical educator). It is designed to inform future elementary classroom teachers, as movement educators, about the discipline of physical education and the role they can play in producing physically active and healthy children. The text covers the variety of situations in which elementary classroom teachers may find themselves with respect to the physical education time of their students, from supporting a physical education teacher to managing a physical education program on their own. It provides a strong introduction to fundamental physical education concepts as well as hundreds of sample activities and lessons.
Download or read book Energizers 88 Quick Movement Activities That Refresh and Refocus K 6 written by Susan Lattanzi Roser and published by Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To learn well, children need to move! A few minutes of playful moving, laughing, chanting, or singing promote more—and more productive—learning. The energizers in this book are easy to teach and learn. You can use them: Anywhere: Inside or outside the classroom, with children circled up, at their desks or tables, or waiting in line energizers work everywhere! Anytime: Between long instructional blocks, as Morning Meeting activities, when children need to calm down, and when they need to perk up energizers work throughout the school day! With any grade level, K-6: For quick selection, the energizers in this book are labeled by grade level but we've included variations and suggestions to help you adapt them to fit your group.
Download or read book Integrating Creative Movement and Theater Across the K 6 Curriculum written by Kelly Mancini Becker and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a creative and practical guide for K-6 teachers on how to effectively integrate creative movement and the performing arts into the curriculum to increase student engagement, deepen learning, improve retention, and get kids moving during the school day. Chapters offer concrete ideas for integrating creative movement and theater into subjects such as math, science, literacy, and social studies. Drawing on two decades of experience, Dr. Becker outlines key skills, offers rich examples, and provides adaptable and flexible classroom tested lesson plans that align with Common Core Standards, the NGSS, C3 Social Studies Standards, and the National Core Arts Standards. Activities are grounded in arts integration, which is steadily gaining interest in school reform as an effective teaching strategy that increases student outcomes academically and socially; particularly effective for students who have traditionally been marginalized. This book will benefit practicing educators who want to invigorate their practice, pre-service teachers who want to expand their toolkit, as well as school leaders looking to employ policies that support movement and arts during the school day. Jump in and get your kids Moving Through the School Day and see how active and engaging learning can be!"--
Download or read book Learning on Your Feet written by Brad Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students often learn better on their feet than in their seats, and this powerful book helps you make the most of that in the classroom. Authors Brad Johnson and Melody Jones show that with COVID-19 leading to more inactivity, more schools cutting PE, and the rise in sedentary obesity, it's more important than ever for kids to get moving. Throughout the book, Johnson and Jones offer practical strategies on how to transform the physical classroom, how to manage the classroom with movement, and how to integrate fitness and technology. They break down research on how movement can help stimulate brain function and improve skills such as critical thinking, organization, focus, engagement, and achievement. They also offer a variety of movement-based activities for English-language arts (ELA); social studies; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); and more. This updated second edition includes even more exercises and activities that can be used daily and incorporated into the content areas. No matter what grade level or subject you teach, you'll find easy to implement activities you can use immediately to increase your students' energy and enjoyment of learning.
Download or read book Physical Education Lesson Plans for Classroom Teachers Grades 4 6 written by Aeras Publishing and published by Aeras Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesson plan books for classroom teachers to be able to provide a whole year, complete program of physical education for each grade level, K-6. All activities are standard based and follow a sequence so classroom teachers can follow the progression without having to spend a lot of time trying to decide what to teach next. Each game, skill, or fitness activity is labeled for its appropriate grade level, and the standard it meets, so the teacher is confident in providing a program his/her students will enjoy. It's all been done for the classroom teacher. All he/she has to do is follow the book. In print book format, and ebook format, two editions are available. K-3rd Grade, and Grades 4-6. About the author Carol Jahan is a physical education specialist with over 20 years experience teaching this complete program of physical education for grades K-6. She has developed and taught these programs and helps classroom teachers by providing lesson plans that are easy to follow and teach. She has written these lesson plan books for classroom teachers to follow, and also add their own activities through the school year, to provide a complete program of physical education for their grade level.
Download or read book Elementary Classroom Teachers as Movement Educators written by Susan K. Kovar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written specifically for the elementary classroom teacher (not for the physical educator), this practical guide is designed to inform future elementary classroom teachers, as movement educators, about the discipline of physical education and the role they can play in producing physically active and healthy children. The text covers the variety of situations in which elementary classroom teachers may find themselves involved in physical education, from supporting a physical education teacher to managing a physical education program on their own. It provides a strong introduction to fundamental physical education concepts, as well as hundreds of sample activities and lessons.
