Using this Jumping Jack Song (MP3), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy beat.
These Circle Cut Outs will quickly give you templates for classroom decoration or student activities.
Using this Jumping Jacks Song (Original Music Video), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy exercise video.
This 9 pieces blank puzzle activity lets preschool through 3rd grade children draw a picture, cut out nine easy pieces, and build a puzzle to keep or give as a gift.
This Fitness Package Download provides you and your students with all of the Have Fun Teaching Fitness DVDs, CDs, and Reading Comprehension Workbook.
Using this Stretching Song (MP3), your students will cool down and stretch their muscles with perfect form along with the catchy beat.
These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.
This triangle cut outs activity has children sort 12 shape cards and cut out big triangles. Made for Preschool to 2nd Grade, with an answer key included for quick checking.
These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities
This barn cut out activity lets PreK to 3rd grade children color, cut, fold and glue a 3-D paper barn, roof and silo, then stand six farm animals beside it.
Using this42 Pieces Blank Puzzle, students put together puzzle pieces to create a larger picture to build critical thinking and problem solving skills.
This 20 pieces blank puzzle activity lets preschool to 3rd grade children draw, color and cut out their own puzzle, then solve it or give it as a homemade gift.
Art, music, movement and more
Specials are the classes kids count down to all week: art, music, PE and technology. In art, first graders cut, glue and name colors and shapes. In music, they keep a steady beat, sing simple songs and notice loud and soft. In PE, they practice skipping, hopping and following game rules. In tech, they learn to use a mouse and keyboard. These classes build coordination, listening and confidence, and they give kids who struggle in reading or math a place to shine.
You don't need a gym or an art room to give kids a taste of specials. These moves work in a regular classroom or at home.
Start the day with a stretching song. Kids reach, bend and breathe along with the music. It wakes everyone up, teaches body awareness, and gives you a calm transition after recess.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withStretching Song (MP3)SongsOpen it →Flip a sports flash card and let kids act out the sport for 20 seconds. Then talk about the equipment and the rules. It's vocabulary, movement and teamwork in one quick game.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withSports Flash CardsActivitiesOpen it →Give each child a few star cut-outs and ask them to make a picture. Some make a night sky, others a starfish or a flower. Cutting builds fine motor skills, and open-ended art lets every kid feel like an artist.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withStar Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Short bursts of music, movement and art keep first graders happy and focused.
VideosWhen energy dips, play the jumping jacks song and count along. Two minutes later everyone's ready to learn.
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VideosSing the red song, then race to find three red things in the room.
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ActivitiesKids draw a picture on a blank puzzle, cut it apart and swap with a friend.
Open 9 Pieces Blank Puzzle →Teacher favorites right now: Jumping Jack Song (MP3), Circle Cut Outs and Song About A Song.
Specials are classes outside the main subjects, usually art, music, PE and technology. Some schools also include library, Spanish or STEM. Kids usually go once or twice a week.
They build fine and gross motor skills, listening, creativity and teamwork. They also give kids a break from sitting and help them come back to reading and math ready to focus.
Sing songs and clap the beat, dance to music, and keep paper, crayons and scissors handy. Short, daily bits of art and music do more than one long project.
Most first graders can hop, skip, gallop, throw and catch a large ball, and follow simple game rules. Practicing these through play is plenty.
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