Hannah Rhoades Kindergarten and 1st grade Action Based Learning Lab Lesson: The concepts in the lab

are based upon brain research that supports the link of movement and physical activity to increased academic performance. Students will rotate through the 6 stations in a 2 minute cycle after initial introduction. Two classes rotate through each period, giving each class approximately 20 minutes at the Learning Lab. Period ISBE/ NASPE Standards Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 (Stations/ Activity will rotate on 2 min cycle) ABC Jump Rope Forward Balance Word and Pathways Numbers Roll Beam Number Map Learning Ladders Students Jumping Forward Higher Recite the will trace a while Roll Cues: balance number or letter by reciting the Knees up, beam; heel color and walking on addition Hands on to toe shape the mat; problem Mat, Chin while while can you answers to Chest, walking walking write your Head forward the rungs name by through of the walking Legs ladder the letters? Activity 6

8:10-8:50 1, 4, 5 1st

Obstacles

8:55-9:35 1, 4, 5 K

Carefully crawl through the obstacles to avoid touching any equipment

Safety: Students will be reminded to take turns at each station and to walk from station to station to avoid collisions. No station should be rushed; they will take their time to perform each action correctly at a walking pace. The teacher will walk throughout the stations to ensure students are performing them correctly and assist them when struggling with words, numbers, shapes, or other issues. The ABC Pathways Mat is a tool used to facilitate the learning of the symbols representing the letters and numbers. The student traverses the pattern on the mat using various locomotor movements to visualize letters and numbers by engaging whole brain learning while practicing the stroke of each letter kinesthetically.

The Action Based Learning Ladders anchor academic concepts kinesthetically by combining cognitive brain functions with physical movement. Learning is reinforced when a student walks the ladder while practicing academic concepts. This method of learning is an example of the multimodal kinesthetic-cognitive approach. When the physical component is added to the learning process, the brain is challenged to concentrate more intently because it must focus on its cognitive and physical functions simultaneously. New learning requires more focus. With practice learning is anchored. Uses of the learning lab focus on: Building the framework for learning (movement, spatial awareness, bilateral movement) Integrating the senses (coordination of speaking and movement, for example) Vestibular development (dynamic balance, development of inner ear) Visual-motor control (peripheral vision, encoding symbols using the ABC mat) Visual tracking (tracking a moving object, eye-hand and eye-foot coordination) Higher Level Thinking with the Action Based Learning Ladder (balance and reinforcement of academic content)