Movement in the Classroom

It is common knowledge that kids have an endless supply of energy and that their attention span may not be any longer than their age in minutes, as mentioned in the article Kinesthetic Learn... See More

It is common knowledge that kids have an endless supply of energy and that their attention span may not be any longer than their age in minutes, as mentioned in the article Kinesthetic Learning in Science. So as mentioned create a classroom where students do rather than listen. Get students up and moving, create games, learning centers, activities or just a fun and different way of answering questions like have students stand up, pat their heads and rub their tummies. Changing it up helps with being mundane and boring. This article provided several good ideas and resources for teachers to use in their classroom. Although, I teach kindergarten at the moment and in my classroom I have learning centers already in place that students rotate through on a daily basis. These examples could still be used in my class with a little adaptation. Instead of using Kahoot as individuals, since they don’t have their own electronic devices, I could have them in pairs or groups on the ipads answering questions. I have done group activities, but mostly they are the same activity in each group based on the lesson. So in using the ideas the article suggested, have something different at each table and rotate them through, this will give them more hands on and learning. I am planning to move to middle school to teach science in the next couple years, I will definitely use the ideas they present in this article. It is just as important in middle school as it is in kindergarten to keep students attention and have them engaged. This article was a great read and kept my attention throughout and was an easy read with lots of great information. I think that others would get some great information from this article. I plan to read the others they talked about to get more ideas for my classroom.