Move Learning: A Big Ideas in BETA Project

What is MOVE Learning:  Tools to make learning fun!

This resource was created by Big Ideas in Beta, a Big Ideas Fest project, with acknowledgement to Amanda Dolan

MOVE Learning was a created to solve one, not so simple problem -- teachers are busy!  We wanted to create a place for teachers to quickly, and easily access high quality common core aligned lessons.  Here is what you will find as part of MOVE Learning:

• Teacher developed, common Core aligned lessons
• Incorporate kinesthetic activity
• Packaged in a K-8 bundle - scaffolding the learning from grade to grade
  
• Use available resources and plug ins to keep it free!

What teachers are saying!

"It gives a good idea and makes the teacher think outside the box in order to make sure that the students understand how rather than just doing what." Carla, Buffalo Heritage Academy Charter School

"After putting the lesson into motion, it seemed to be a pretty no brainer. However, space is not always available in every room so that may be one issue for teachers. I would tell other teachers this is a good experience for both you and the students. My students loved being a part of the process and on camera. It was interesting to see what it looked like in the end. I would recommend this to any teacher that is considering taking on the experience."  Katie, Buffalo Heritage Academy Charter School

Why should I use kinesthetic learning?

Kinesthetic learning is a type of learning that takes place through use of one’s body—through movement, touching, manipulating, or sensing. It is sometimes referred to as bodily kinesthetic or tactile/kinesthetic, or kinesthetic sensory learning. Kinesthetic learning takes place through moving, touching, sensing, or doing, and information is processed through the use of physical activities with large or small muscles, sensory perceptions, and demonstrating or modeling. Athletics, dancing, typing, acting (miming), and visual arts (such as sculpting and weaving) use kinesthetic learning.

A kinesthetic lesson is one which engages students in using their bodies in movement, touching, or sensing actives related to the lesson’s learning outcomes.

Several learning styles theories define and explain the importance of kinesthetic learning:

• Howard Gardner in Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences includes bodily-kinesthetic as one of his seven intelligences
• Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle Hodson in Discover Your Child’s Learning Style differentiate the tactile/kinesthetic mode—learning by moving, touching, and doing.
• Neil Fleming developed the VARK Learning Styles Inventory that defines four learning modalities—visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic sensory
• The Modality Strengths Model (Barbe, Swassing, and Milone) suggests that paying attention to channels of learning—visual, auditory, and kinesthetic—is more important in planning than in actual learner preference 
• Leslie Wilson suggests that modality strengths change over time. Students vary in modality strengths according to Wilson—30% visual, 30% mixed, 25% auditory

Ready to use Common Core Aligned Lessons:

Developed by a team of experienced teachers, below are scaffolded, common core aligned lessons.  Ultimately, each lesson will be accompanied by a short video demonstrating the activity, taking the guesswork out of implementation.

Kindergarten: Lesson Plan: Exploring Place Values Number Architects and Demolition Crews!

First Grade:  Lesson Plan: Ones & Tens Dinosaurs Stomp, Alligators Chomp

Second Grade: Lesson Plan: Exploring Place Value Race the Clock

Third Grade: Lesson Plan: Exploring Place Value, Race the Clock for Third Grade

Fourth Grade: Lesson Plan: 10X Bigger!

Fifth Grade:  Lesson Plan: The Decimal Point Slide

Sixth Grade: Scrambled Eggs I, Proportions and Equivalent Ratios

Seventh Grade:  Scrambled Eggs II, Human Ratios and Constructing Ratio Tables

Eighth Grade:  Lesson Plan:  Human Graphing with Proportions

Join the conversation

Share your experience within the MOVE Learning Community.  Share your tips, tools, and advice to bringing movement and fun into your classroom to effectively teach common core aligned materials.

INSERT BLOG or WIKI link.

Submit a Lesson

Email Melinda Mack mulak21@gmail.com if you are interested.

Resources:

Extra Reading on Kinesthetic Learning

• Howard Gardner in "Frames of Mind:  The Theory of Multiple Intelligences"
  
• Mariaemma Willis and Victoria Kindle Hodson in "Discover Your Child's Learning Style"
• Neil Fleming developed the VARK Learning Styles Inventory that defines four learning modalities -- visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic sensory.

Research Bibliography

Kinesthetic Learning Bibliography

Armstrong, Thomas. Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. 3d ed. Alexandria, VA: 2009. Print.

Barbe, Walter B, Raymond H. Swassing, and Michael N. Milone. Teaching Through Modality Strengths: Concepts and Practices. Columbus, Ohio: Zaner-Bloser, 1988. Print.

Baum, Susan, Julie Viens, and Barbara Slatin. Multiple Intelligences in the Elementary Classroom: A Teacher’s Toolkit. New York: Teacher’s College, 2005. Print.

Bergen, Doris. Play As a Medium for Learning and Development. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1988. Print.

Block, Cathy Collins, Sheri R. Parris, and Cinnamon S. Whiteley. "CPMs: A Kinesthetic Comprehension Strategy." Reading Teacher 61.6 (2008): 460-470. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Campbell. Bruce. Handbook of Differentated Instruction Using the Multiple Intelligences & More. Boston: Pearson, 2008. Print.

Connections: Life Cycle Kinesthetic Learning. Grand Junction, Colo: The Energy Office, 1993. Print.

Dunn, Rita, and Marie Carbo. "Modalities: An Open Letter to Walter Barbe, Michael Milone, and Raymond Swassing." Educational Leadership 38.5 (1981): 381. Academic Search Complete. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Etemad, Marguerite E. "The Role of Kinesthetics in Learning: The Importance of Active Engagement and the Connected Process of Reflection." (1994): ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Fleming, Neil D. Teaching and Learning Styles: Vark Strategies. Christchurch, N.Z: Neil Fleming, 2001. Print.

Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books, 1983. Print.

Griss, Susan, and Victoria Merecki. Minds in Motion: A Kinesthetic Approach to Teaching Elementary Curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998. Print.

Hoerr, Thomas R., Sally Boggeman, and Christine Wallach. Celebrating Every Learner: Activities and Strategies for Creating a Multiple Intelligences Classroom. New York: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Print.

Humphrey, James H. Motor Learning in Childhood Education: Curricular, Compensatory, Cognitive. Springfield, Ill., USA: C.C. Thomas, 1992. Print.

Jasmine, Julia. Multiple Intelligences Activities. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1996. Print.

------. Teaching with Multiple Intelligences. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1996. Print.

Lazear, David G., and Bloomington, IN. Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. Teaching For Multiple Intelligences. Fastback 342. 1992. ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Miller, Beth Ann. "Touch the Music! Learning Modalities in Elementary Music Class." General Music Today 15.2 (2002): 4-13. ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Miller, Pamela. "Learning Styles: The Multimedia of the Mind. Research Report." (2001): ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Sharp, John G., Rob Bowker, and Jenny Byrne. "VAK Or VAK-Uous? Towards the Trivialisation of Learning and the Death of Scholarship." Research Papers in Education 23.3 (2008): 293-314. ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Shoval, Ella. "Using Mindful Movement in Cooperative Learning While Learning about Angles." Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences 39.4 (2011): 453-466. ERIC. Web. 26 Apr. 2012.

Weikart, Phyllis S, and Elizabeth B. Carlton. Foundations in Elementary Education: Movement. Ypsilanti, Mich: High/Scope Press, 1995. Print.

Willis, Mariaemma, and Hodson V. Kindle. Discover Your Child's Learning Style. Rocklin, CA: Prima Pub, 1999. Print.

Wilson, Leslie O. Every Child, Whole Child: Classroom Activities for Unleashing Natural Abilities. Tucson, Ariz: Zephyr Press, 1994. Print.