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Send Students’ Energy and Enthusiasm Through the Roof!
Send Students’ Energy and Enthusiasm Through the Roof!
Ideas by Kristen, Kindergarten Teacher, Green Valley, Arizona, Stephanie, 1st Grade Teacher, Palmyra, New York, and Susan, 3rd-5th Grade Teacher, Bend, Oregon:
Here’s a collection of ideas that really work to both calm and focus wiggle worms of all ages.
One great way to "take a break" and boost attention levels in Kindergarten is to flip on the CD player and encourage the kids to move and groove along to classic selections like, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" or "Itsy Bitsy Spider." These tunes never fail to get kids moving and prepared to move forward to the next activity - not to mention that the song lyrics and movements are a learning experience in and of themselves!
You might also try playing a game that supports reasoning skills and memories called, "Who's Hiding?" To play, just declare one student to be "IT" and send that student into the hallway while you choose another student to hide behind the cubbies. The student who is IT then comes back to the room and has to deduce who’s hiding.
You can also invite students to have fun multitasking as they bounce and catch a ball while practicing spelling skills and/or math drills. Older students can opt to challenge themselves even more by standing on a balance board while bouncing the ball as they "skill and drill."
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