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Teaching English Through

Kinesthetic ActivitiesKNU Teacher Training 2013

Monday, January 21, 13


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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.

Teaching English ThroughKinesthetic Activities



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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.


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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