Thursday, February 19, 2015
Get Active
Think back to when you were in elementary school. Sitting down for hours, listening to the teacher give the lesson or doing classwork and assignments. Was that fun? Did you enjoy just sitting for long periods of time? Of course not! You were a kid. You wanted to be up and running around, having fun. No one likes to be glued to their chair all day long. Students in the classroom should have the opportunity to get up from their seats and be able to move around and still be able to learn something new. When students get to move and do something physically they learn and remember things better as to just sitting at their desks. It's important to incorporate this into some of the activities we do with our students. Come up with learning activities that give them a chance to get all their wiggles out and still get something valuable out of the lesson activity.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree with you, students need to be active and learning. make school fun and enjoyable for everyone. there are so much we can do to make teaching fun and exciting. I remember being stuck in the classroom just sitting there board out of my mind because that is all we would do until recess. We should all strive to do and be better at teaching to make it more interactive and enjoyable for all.
ReplyDeletei agree with you (and Chris) that students pay attention less and are less likely to enjoy and remember a lesson if it completely book and seat work. When its an activity, and emotions are involved it becomes a memory which lasts much longer than a stagnant worksheet.
ReplyDelete