Action-Packed Classrooms, K-5: Using Movement to Educate and Invigorate Learners - Paperback

by Cathie Summerford (Author)

Use movement and music to stimulate children's ability to absorb and retain new information!

Focusing on using movement and music to energize young students and boost their learning, this research-based book offers strategies for basic energizers, clear objectives for standards-aligned instruction, and a student/teacher/principal agreement to commit to active learning. Showing how exciting and fun learning can be, this new edition:

• Includes new chapters on planning and organizing lessons
• Offers sample activities in math, social studies, science, language arts, health, and physical education
• Provides tools for assessing the effectiveness of activities
• Presents updated brain research