Learning on Their Feet: A Sourcebook for Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum K-8

Learning on Their Feet: A Sourcebook for Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum K-8 by Glynn, Carol. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780965657488.

Hey Kids... Get out of your seat and LEARN ON YOUR FEET! Research shows students grasp concepts and remember more when they get out of their seats and move through a lesson. Yet many students and teachers still sit behind heavy desks, increasingly weighed down by the latest state standards. If only teachers had a practical resource for teaching mandated curriculum in a dynamic way that involves all their students and creates a joyous, inclusive classroom environment, while at the same time nailing those state standards. Now they do. "Learning on Their Feet: a Sourcebook for Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum K-8" is the first comprehensive resource on teaching body-based learning in four curriculum areas: Social Studies, Science, Math and Language Arts. As user-friendly as it is all encompassing, this dynamic sourcebook will give teachers K-8 a slew of practical lessons to lead their students out of their seats and into their smart bodies of knowledge. Lessons Include: * Finding your own comfort zone as a kinesthetic teacher * Teaching the basic skills, like Math facts and History dates the fun way . * Dynamic activities that level the playing field for all students * Writing and performing funny plays that use student research * Learning about the American Revolution from the inside out * Conceptualizing place value through drama * Exploring the Rain Forest ecosystem through living statues * Chant Dancing your way through the life cycle of the butterfly * Personifying Gods and Goddesses via game shows * Acting out the parts of a tree * Dramatizing photosynthesis, digestion, and the circulatory system * Holding tall tale exaggeration contests * Acting out any story, concept, or event with a manageable structure * Becoming Dr. Vocabulary, and discovering new words in extraordinary places * Helping a sleeping Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence * Play "Passing the Bill" game while learning about the democratic process * Improvising your way into persuasive writing * Personifying any object or person to help comprehend its point of view * Learning about writing transitions by playing transition ball and much, much more!