Age: 5-6+

Method: Designate the front of the classroom as the top of a page of paper and the back of the room as the bottom of a page of paper, and the sides of the room as the sides of the page of paper.

Students stand in a group on the left side of the room where the left-hand margin of the paper would be, facing the front of the room, (the top of the page).

Students then move toward the opposite side of the room with sideways slides remaining facing the front of the room all the time.

Then students turn to face the side of room (side of page) they just came from and walk back across the room.

Repeat as often as necessary to instill concept, perhaps as a regular reading or writing game.

Lessons
Kinesthetic Language Learning - Homepage
1. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Forming Shapes for Alphabet Letters
2. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Lesson Plans for Printing ‘b’ and ‘d’
3. Kinesthetic Language Learning - About Syllables
4. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Developing Concentration
5. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Game to Practice Reading and Writing Left to Right
6. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Sentence Diagramming
7. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Punctuation Exercises
8. Kinesthetic Language Learning - Learn Spelling by Typing

Related Links
Rhythmic Motor Skills for Preschoolers
Rhythmic Motor Skills for School Age Children
Math while Moving - Free Online Lessons Introduction

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Article and illustration Susan Kramer