Classrooms on the Move Instructional Guide

Name: Classrooms on the Move Instructional Guide
Brand: actionbasedlearning
SKU: KC-353
Price: 44.00 USD
Availability: InStock

KC-353

$44.00

Kinesthetic Furniture and flexible seating are leading the way to a new age of learning to optimize student performance. Traci Lengel, best-selling author, and Jenna Evans, classroom educational specialist, team up to combine over forty years of experience to deliver this detailed instructional guide for implementing alternative furniture into learning environments for students of all ages and abilities. This book provides suggestions for programs that are just getting started to ones that are ready to progress to the next level with minimal to considerable furniture choices. In this guide you will find:

Abundant research that supports this innovative direction
Ideas for acquiring furniture including classroom set-up and designs
Helpful hints for transitioning students and redefining the learning space
Strategies and techniques for classroom management regarding safety, usage, and organization
Recommendations for classroom applications and practices

This book introduces the concept of “Teaching with Pride” while utilizing Kinesthetic Furniture to: build community connections, refocus and develop the brain/body, increase academic achievement and enhance student’s physical well-being. This comprehensive resource is a must-have for those who are ready to redesign the modern-day classroom while taking learning to the next level!

By: Traci Lengel & Jenna Evans

Classrooms on the Move Instructional Guide - actionbasedlearning

Kinesthetic education is your answer to brain-friendly fun! Discover hundreds of practical, clearly explained movements and activities that rev up your teaching and spark optimal learning. This extensively researched 4-part framework of activities promotes an energized learning environment where mental and emotional growth is met with physical, social, and cognitive engagement. With little or no equipment and minimal planning time, this updated guide will help you:

Find tips and information to initiate, manage, and organize a kinesthetic classroom
Build a cohesive and safe learning environment that adapts to grade, fitness, and ability levels
Enhance neural connections with 90-second activities
Implement activities for use in teaching core academic content along with music, art, and health

By: Mike Kuczala & Traci Lengel

The Kinesthetic Classroom 2.0 Book - actionbasedlearning

Thinking on your Feet

KC-355

$79.00

200+ Lesson Plans by Jean Moize

Brain research supports the link of movement to learning. Experts are saying that physical activity boosts brain function. Thinking on Your Feet has over 200 lesson plans using kinesthetic teaching strategies to teach academic concepts in reading, writing, math, social studies, and science. The lessons are organized according to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, basic brain concepts, and national standards in each of the major subject areas. The advocacy information included supports the need for daily quality physical education in our schools. Brain research information and brain game activities give the teacher the basis of how to put learning into action in the gymnasium or classroom with students thinking on their feet!

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Thinking on your Feet - actionbasedlearning

Movement that Counts

KC-361

$79.00

Movement that Counts by Jean Moize

Action Based Learning Lessons for Elementary Math

Research shows us the strong link between movement and math achievement

+ Ability to focus for longer periods of time on difficult math problems (CDC)

+ Increased confidence & lower test taking anxiety (CDC)

+ Increased ability to problem solve (CDC)

+ Improved memory, recall & problem solving ability (CDC)

= Improved Math Scores (CDC)

By understanding the link between movement and math, ABL is able to apply this research to the classroom to provide student's an advantage in math. These are simple, proven methods delivered in a 1 page format for the educator to easily implement and help students anchor math concepts.

Each lesson uses purposeful movement layered with mathematics to ..

+ To reinforce math concepts & anchor learning in the classroom

+ To prepare the brain for learning new math concepts

+ To prepare the brain for testing

The lessons are designed to be paired with existing curriculum standards, and cover the following math concepts:

NUMBER RECOGNITION

NUMBER OPERATIONS
ODD AND EVEN
GREATER THAN> LESS THAN<
TELLING TIME
GEOMETRY
MEASUREMENT

FRACTIONS

DECIMAL/MONEY
PLACE VALUE
GRAPHS
ESTIMATION
MATH VOCABULARY