4 kinesthetic learning strategies to help your students learn through movement 👯🏻

Does this describe some of your students?

• Prefer to do rather than listen

• Have a hard time sitting still

• Love a hands-on approach

Then you may have kinesthetic learners!

A kinesthetic learner is someone who needs to be actively moving or doing something while they're learning.

Here are 3 kinesthetic learning strategies that can benefit students of all ages in the classroom.

Connecting math to movement helps students understand the concepts more quickly.

Rhythm in dance can be expressed as fractions and algebraic notation when we describe kicks and turns.

• Good for middle or high school students

• Create a simple dance of three kicks followed by a turn

• Write it down as: "3x+y where x = kick, y = turn"

Arm and body positions in dance can also be used to study geometry.

• Good for elementary students

• Allows for movement, which contributes to students' increased concentration and focus on learning

• Best used as flexible setting arrangements for kinesthetic learners that could be permanent depending on their learning needs

• Promotes active learning through participation

• Increases retention because of a high level of engagement

• Good for elementary and middle school

• Learn vocabulary through movement

• Use learning stations and drama to engage more deeply in topics from history and social studies

• Good for elementary school

• Use for:

  • sensory play

  • learning the alphabet

  • practicing spelling and vocabulary

Put kinesthetic learning strategies into practice in your classroom today!