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- Goal Setting on the Move: Students pair up, and move around the classroom discussing goals they would set for themselves.
- Drama and Role-Plays: Build role playing into the lessons and topics being discussed in class.
- Energizers: Have students move around the room and engage in activities that require physical movement, as well as critical thinking.
- Quick Games: Use ball-toss for vocabulary development and storytelling. Have students rewrite lyrics to songs and then perform it with choreography.
- Stretching: Provide brief moments for students to get up and stretch to improve oxygen levels and take a brain break.

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Fit Lit: How Movement Impacts Learning

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Even the simplest of movements, can activate and stretch our minds to encourage more focused learning.

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- Daily stretching
- Walks
- Dance
- Drama
- Seat-changing
- Energizers
- Physical Education

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Old and New Understandings of the Mind-Body Relationship
(Jenson, 2005, p.65)

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Students sitting in their seats without moving does not provide ideal conditions for learning.

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Students sitting in their seats without moving does not provide ideal conditions for learning.

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"Many special needs learners are stuck in counter-productive mental states, and movement is a quick way to change them" (Jenson, 2005, p.65).

"Movements, such as those involved in playing active games, will activate the brain across a wide variety of area" (Jenson, 2005, p.65).