MO-35 (Grades K-5)
Move to Learn, Learn to Move
Carol Hanson, West Salem Elementary, West Salem, WI
cmh518@centurytel.net
  

This fun-filled workshop will give the participants a chance to learn over 200 age-appropriate games or activities for elementary children. Many of the games will integrate classroom concepts into movement activities.

The focus of this workshop is that learning and movement are fun, and games can be a valuable instructional practice! Easily used by P.E. teachers, contained classroom teachers, multiage teachers, and paraprofessionals, participants will learn to:

• integrate movement activities into content objectives

• experience new and innovative ways to teach activities and games

• minimize problem behaviors, while creating and maintaining a positive environment through energizing activities

• provide feedback and enhance learning in ways that reinforce desired outcomes