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August 13, 2013

Move and Learn Activities for Kids

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My kids learn best when they are active.  Getting up and moving motivates kids to practice new skills and helps them to better retain the information. Plus, it’s also lots of fun!  Hands on : as we grow and The Pleasantest Thing and I are teaming up to bring Move and Learn! activities each week as part of a new series. 

To kick things off we are sharing move and learn activities from all over the web for each age group and I am focusing on active ideas for kindergarten and primary school kids.

Big kids are asked to sit in school all day long and need activities to move and learn just as much as toddlers and preschoolers.  They are also expected to memorize things such as sight words and math facts and need fun ways to practice to stay engaged.

25+ Move and Learn Activities for Primary Kids!

Here are 25 ways for big kids to move and learn about reading and math!

Reading Activities

Question Ball Move and Learn Activity

1.  Walk the Word Phonics Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons

2.  Bean Bag Toss as a Sight Word Game from hands on: as we grow

3.  Reading Game with Legos from The Pleasantest Thing

4.  Sight Word Snowball Fight Activity for Kids! from Coffee Cups and Crayons

5.  Sight Word Dive from I Can Teach My Child

6.  Sight Word Ping Pong Balls from Melissa Culver’s School Daze

Word Family Game

7.  Word Family Rainfall from The Pleasantest Thing

8.  Find and Rhyme Gross Motor Rhyming Game from No Time for Flashcards

9.  Water Balloon Phonics from Mess for Less

10.  Sight Word Smash from I Can Teach My Child

11.  Sight Words Parking Lot from And Next Comes L

12.  Yard Clean Up Sight Word Game from No Time for Flashcards

13.  Sidewalk Chalk Spelling Hop from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational

14.  Word Family Slam from Toddler Approved

15.  Practice Questioning with a Question Ball from Coffee Cups and Crayons

Math Practice Activities

Gross Motor Math Fact Practice Game

1.  Fire Hose Math Fact Practice Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons

2.  Lego Math from The Pleasantest Thing

3.  6 Math Activities for Kids Using Math Using School Unit Blocks from hands on : as we grow

4.  Frog Jump Measurement and Gross Motor Activity from Coffee Cups and Crayons

5.  Add it Up! Gross Motor Addition Game from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

6.  Math Fact Flashcard Passport Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons

7.  Fraction Hopscotch from Capturing Classroom Ideas

Water Balloon Math Game

8.  Water Balloon Math Activity from No Time for Flashcards

9.  Stomp It!  Place Value Game from Creekside Learning

10.  Driveway Shuffleboard Math from Teach Mama

11.  Learning about Time with Outdoor Races from Preschool Powol Packets

12.  Number Splash from Coffee Cups and Crayons

Now make sure to check out this week’s other Move and Learn activities!  Then join the three of us next week for even more move and learn ideas!

Move and Learn Preschool Activities from hands on: as we grow

Move and Learn Toddler Activities from The Pleasantest Thing

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. tricia says

    August 18, 2013 at 10:02 am

    I think this is so true for some kids like my son! One of our teachers tailored his learning to incorporate movement and he thrived- I was glad that she recognized that some kids respond more to learning when they are doing and moving….

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      August 21, 2013 at 6:37 pm

      It is amazing how much kids can learn when their brains don’t have to work so hard trying to stay still!!!

      Reply
  2. Shayla says

    September 8, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    Hi There,

    I just wanted to say THANK YOU for adding my fraction hop scotch activity to your list of move and learn games 🙂

    I appreciate the shout out!!!

    Have a wonderful weekend

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      September 9, 2013 at 9:06 am

      Of course!!! It’s super fun!

      Reply

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