Marcia Tate's visit was eye opening and right up my alley. The movement, music, role playing...everything. It was so nice to hear a respected professional extolling on the virtues of moving beyond the desk and worksheets to create an environment of true learning!
We have always used movement in my 2nd grade room as a way to shake out the cobwebs and refocus during transitions. Since Mrs. Tate's workshop, we have now incorporated movement into the core of our lessons as well. The dendrite hand and body movements sparked ideas on how to make the connections more relevant and locked in with our science and social studies lessons in particular since our time with those subjects is extremely limited. Beginning our study of animal life cycles, the students mime the 4 main characteristics of mammals: live birth=rocking a baby; fur=rubbing their hair; feed babies milk=sucking thumb; warm-blooded=fanning themselves. They love it and can quote the characteristics at a moment's notice!
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