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Teaching English Through
Kinesthetic ActivitiesKNU Teacher Training 2013
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Explicit learning is labeled learning what students read, write, and
talk about. Learning the capitals of the countries in the world is an
example of labeled learning.
Implicit learning includes, hands on learning, role-play, trial-and-
error, life experiences, drama games, and active learning.
Researchers believe that implicit learning is much more reliable than
old-style classroom explicit learning, with an emphasis on readingtextbooks and memorizing facts.
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In Quebec, Canada, a study of 546 primary school children was conducted to
determine if there was a casual link between recreational activity and cognition.
Children were given one hour a day of physical education while the control group
had none. The experimental group significantly outperformed the control group.
The results seem to suggest that physical education is responsible for improvedself-concept, enhanced academics, and enjoying school more.
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Other data suggests physical
education lowers stress, improves
circulation, and increases cell
growth and growth hormones.
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Spelling Aerobics
The class spells a word out loud, moving their hands to different positions
depending on the shape of the letter.
The kids stretch their hands down to their toes for the low-hanging letters that fall below
the line when written (g, j, p, q, y); they put their hands on their hips for the letters that
are written in the middle of the lines (a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z); they extend
their hands over their head for letters written above the line (b, d, f, h, k, l, t).
Follow Your Nose
Start by telling the kids to get a notebook and pencil to write down their observations.
The students close their eyes and follow the smells in the air with their nose.
They record their observations in a notebook after following the smells. This activity
promotes memory and writing abilities.
It is especially effective on class field trips to places with interesting smells,like a park or
a bakery. Assign this game as homework by asking students to follow their noses at their
home.
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Improvisational Freeze Tag
Kids can practice classroom concepts for any subject by talking about them in
improvisational freeze tag.
Start the game with two players acting out a scene based on a concept being
studied in the class.
At any time during the scene, a new player yells Freeze and replaces one of the
actors to start a new scene. Both players start the new scene by justifying their
positions and acting out another concept from the class.
Action Songs
Action songs let students act out the material they are learning while reciting it in song.
This activity is especially suitable for younger learners to learn basic material, such as
vocabulary words.
Action songs require students to act out the words they are singing, which helps reinforce
the meaning to kinesthetic learners.
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Vote with your feet
Clear a space in the classroom. Designate one area for "No" answers, one areafor "Yes" answers, and one area for "Maybe/not sure." Ask students a question,or have a student ask a question. Students then move to the area that representstheir feelings. The teacher can select students to explain why they chose thatanswer, or students can discuss with other students from the same group ordifferent groups why they chose how they did.
Grab bag
The teacher brings a bag with various objects inside. One student reaches insidethe bag and feels the objects, and attempts to describe what he/she feels to theother students. They then try to guess the object.
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Vocabulary slap
Write vocabulary words randomly on the board. Divide the class into two teams. Each team will send one student at
a time to the board. Give a fly swatter to each student. Read the definition, and the first student to slap the
corresponding word gets a point for their team. This is also good for learning phonics and sound/spelling
correlations. If the class is large, divide into groups who sit around a table. They can write the words on individual
slips of paper, or on a mini-whiteboard.
Back drawing
Student A sits facing away from their partner (Student B), who draws letters on Student A's back (either individual
letters or entire words). This is a great activity for learning and reviewing the alphabet or reviewing vocabulary.
Running dictation
Break up a text into small chunks, or use individual sentences based on a topic you have been studying. Tape sheets
with the sentences or words in the hallway or across the class. Students work in pairs, with one person as the
"reporter" and another as the "writer." The reporter runs to the sheet, memorizes as much as he/she can, and tells it
to the writer, who writes it on a sheet of paper. They may go back and forth as many times as needed. However, they
may NOT shout from in front of the sheet. The first pair to CORRECTLY complete either their sentence, or the
whole set, (including spelling and punctuation) wins.
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Pass the squeeze
Clear a space in the classroom. Students stand in a circle, holding hands. The teacher squeezes the hand
of the person next to them, who then passes on the squeeze to the next person. It continues around the
circle unless somebody squeezes the same hand that was just squeezed, in which case the direction
changes. At any time, the teacher can say "Stop" and have the student who has the squeeze answer aquestion. This is a good warm-up and review activity.
Rearranging Students
Students must line up based on a non-physical trait (such as birth date, number of siblings, etc). In order
to do so, they must talk to each other to figure out the correct order. After, they can make comparative
sentences to describe the line.
Refrigerator Magnets
In this game, each student is given a notecard with a punctuation mark or word on it. Students mustrearrange themselves to make a sentence. Alternatively, one student does not receive a card and must
rearrange the other students to make a sentence. (It's recommended that teachers pre-plan sentences.)
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Gesture for vocabulary words
When learning vocabulary, have the students decide as a class on a gesture thataccompanies the word. Then, any time they say that word in a review activity, theymust use the accompanying gesture. Research has shown that this is highly effectivein retaining vocabulary.
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Audible punctuation
This is a great activity for focusing on punctuation in writing. Have students decidetogether on a gesture and a sound for each punctuation mark. Then, have them
punctuate sentences (relative clauses, direct speech, etcetera) and read them out loudusing the sound and gesture for each punctuation mark. Or, for learning/reviewingthe names of the marks, the teacher may simply say the name and the students drawthe gesture and make the sound.
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