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Pam PowersDirector, Educational ServicesNASPE Teacher of the YearGolden Apple Teacher of the Year
LearnLearnMovingMovingbyby
The brain-body connectionThe brain-body connection
Do you have Olympic fever?
Stand up and wave your flag when you
see a favorite athlete or event!
Draw a sideways figure eight
Fab Five
Gabby Douglas
Michael Phelps
David Boudia
Carmelita Jeter
Allyson Felix
USA Men's Basketball
USA Women's Soccer
Ryan Lochte
Hope Solo
Oscar Pistorius
Let's Hook Up!
Make your body into a Make your body into a pretzelpretzel
Hands Up!Chorus:Chorus:
Hands up and downHands up and downHands up and downHands up and down
Hands to heartHands to heartReach outReach out
Hands to heartHands to heartReach outReach out
RepeatRepeatReach up right to left slow for four, Reach up right to left slow for four,
eight fasteight fastVerseVerse
Double push right Double push right Double push leftDouble push left
Repeat through verseRepeat through verse
Children learn by moving...
Help them to learn using movement.
Watch me! Watch me!
From an early age, children begin to connect their brain with their body...
And even into their young adulthood...
The 7 Continents
Teaches mirroring
Brain-body connection
Music and movement
To the tune ofAre you sleeping?
North America: Left hand up to corner 3
Europe: Right hand to nose 7
Asia: Right hand up to corner 2
Africa: draw circle around waist 4
South America: Left hand down to corner 5
Australia: Right hand down to corner 6
Antarctica: Touch toes 1
Instill a desire for lifelong movement...
We don't stop playing We don't stop playing because we grow because we grow old...we grow old old...we grow old because we stop because we stop
playing.playing.
~George Bernard Shaw
What are you wearing?
Listening activity
Students begin by moving their chair away from table
Tap the table or lap to the beat-if direction does not apply, student taps
Chorus:
Right hand out, palm up, left hand out, palm up
Push palms to ceiling four times
Repeat
Verse
After students stand, roll hands around each other, reverse
On slide kazoo, sit down
Superagers:
Seniors between the age of 80 and 90 with the brain of a 50 year
old.
The brain goes to sleep after sitting for
more than 17 minutes.
Walter the Waltzing Worm
I just needed to know I could...
Dr. Mel Levine
No labeling
Demystify
The Hokey CokeySeated at table or in a circle
Slide chair back
Body part order:
Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, whole body
Chorus
Stand up and walk around chair
Clap hands 8 times
Wave hands in air right to left
Knees bend, arms up, punch the air 3 times up
You are what you eat...
So keep your brain happy
Keep moving at any age...
Thank you for all you do!