Learning in Motion, Grade 1: Teaching Language Arts and Math Through Movement

by Mary Murray

Engage students in grade 1 while connecting physical activity, good health, and learning using Learning in Motion. Teach basic language arts and math skills with more than 40 activities that help students build physical and mental muscle. These age-appropriate activities cover reading, writing, speaking, listening, and math. The activities focus on concepts of print, syllables, rhyming words, long and short vowels, comprehension, main idea and details, capitalization, punctuation, nouns and verbs, descriptive language, skip counting, number lines, place value, time, and patterns. These activities support NCTE and NCTM standards while developing flexibility, strength, and endurance. This 80-page book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards and includes a parent letter and instructions for creating easy-to-use, low-cost activity equipment.

352 pages, ebook

First published December 10, 2012