Movement Workshop

I attended a movement integration workshop this semester. I learned how to incorporate movement and dance into any classroom, at any grade level. I learned a lot about first making students comfortable with moving and the space that they are in. I have taken many things back to the classroom with me that I learned from this workshop and use them while I am subbing, and will continue to use them in my future teaching career. I have had my students spell their spelling words with different parts of their bodies, like with their elbow, foot, or shoulder. I have also had the students walk around the room pretending to be in a different substance. For example, while subbing in fifth grade they were learning about light rays and how they move slower through water. I had the students stands up and walk normally then had them pretend they were walking in water that was up to their shoulders. I asked them what happens when they walk through water, you slow down, just like light rays in water. Movement is something I am now not afraid to use in the classroom. It is a lot of fun!