If one student's paper plate falls to the floor, she must freeze until someone gives it back. Once an environment for movement activities has been established, teachers can look for ways to incorporate movement into content areas. For spelling and vocabulary development, for example, teachers can place vocabulary or letter cards on the floor in front of students. Skip to the letter s. To reinforce grammar, ask students to move around the room following an instruction, such as skip.
Teachers can repeat the exercise using several different adverbs.
Storytelling lends itself perfectly to movement activities, Quinn observes. Teachers should select a story all students know. Then, divide the students into groups and assign characters from the story to students within each group. The first group begins to act out the story. When a signal is given, the first group stops and the next group picks up where the last group left off.