Colors, Numbers, Colors, Numbers, Letters, NSEWLetters, NSEW

Meaningful Movement Meaningful Movement MatsMats

Improve School SuccessImprove School Success

- Move to Learn -- Move to Learn -

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Number Adventure Number Adventure Rhyming in Number OrderRhyming in Number Order

Go to number 1 and run Go to 2 and touch your shoe Go to 3 and touch your knees Go to 4 and stomp the floor Go to 5 and do a hand jive Go to 6 and do your best kicks Go to 7 and reach up to heaven Go to 8 and stand up straight Go to 9 and wiggle your spine Go to 0 and jump like a hero

Variations:Variations: Try out of number orderTry out of number order Then state only the number to see if participants can recall the actions Then state only the number to see if participants can recall the actions

– (remind them that the action will rhyme with the number)(remind them that the action will rhyme with the number)

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Number -Number -Challenges & VariationsChallenges & Variations Go to number 1 and twist like a washing machine -try to twist fast -now twist slow -can you twist high -how about low

Go to number 7 and bend and straighten your arm

–can you bend and straighten one leg –try the other leg –bend and straighten at your waist

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Body Part & Number BalanceBody Part & Number Balance

Use 3 body parts to balanceUse 3 body parts to balance

– one hand on 1one hand on 1– one hand on 7one hand on 7– one foot on 3one foot on 3

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Body Part & Number Body Part & Number BalanceBalance

Ask participants to balance on specific numbers and body parts:

Place one hand on 3, one hand on 1, one foot on 7 Place one hand on 3, one hand on 5, and one foot on 7

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Before, Middle, and AfterBefore, Middle, and After

Run on the number that comes before 1 Run on the number that comes before 8 Run on the number that comes before 10

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Color Adventure Color Adventure

Go to green and squat down low Go to blue and wiggle and shake Go to purple and sway back and forth

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Color Recognition – Color Recognition – Animal MovesAnimal Moves

Flap like a chicken around the mat …………………………….and find the color

red Gallop around the mat like a horse ……………………………. and find the color

orange

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Color Recognition –Color Recognition –Geo SaysGeo Says

Leader / Teacher is “Geo” and will lead game.

Example: “Geo Says” go to the color red and touch your knees “Geo Says” go to the color yellow and jump on two feet “Geo Says” go to the color orange and stomp your feet Go to number blue and reach your hands up high

If a participant moves when “Geo” did not say to move – they must jump each number to continue in the game.

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Body Part & Color BoogieBody Part & Color Boogie

See how fast you can move and place the body part on the color.

Place your tummy on brown Place your thumb on pink Place three fingers on whitewhite

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Echo with Echo with Colors and RhythmColors and Rhythm

To reinforce the understanding of music, different tempo’s and rhythm, patterns may be used.

Repeat pattern 3 times.

pink pink pink pink Quarter Notes

red red red red Quarter Notes

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Echo with Echo with Colors and RhythmColors and Rhythm

To reinforce the understanding of music, different tempo’s and rhythm, patterns may be used.

Repeat pattern 3 times.

yellow yellow Half Notes

purple Whole Notes

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Echo with Echo with Colors and RhythmColors and RhythmTry to put 4 patterns together.

pink pink pink pink Quarter Notes

red red red red Quarter Notes

yellow yellow Half Notes

purple Whole Notes

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Primary Colors Primary Colors

Ask participants to say their primary colors while moving

Jump on your Primary Colors -Red, Blue, Yellow

Try a different order - Jump on your Primary Colors - Blue, Red, Yellow

How about – Jump on your Primary Colors – Blue, Red, Yellow

Balance on 3 body parts on Blue, Red, Yellow Balance on 3 different body parts on Blue, Red, Yellow

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Secondary (Intermediate) Secondary (Intermediate) Colors - Colors - PurplePurple Explain that when you blend two colors together

you get different colors. Ask participants to say the primary colors they are mixing and put one foot on each, then show the new color that is made.

Jump with one foot on Red and the other on Blue – If you mix them you get – Jump to Purple

Put one foot in Red and the other in Blue – place both hands in Purple

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Colors in LifeColors in Life

Jump to the:Jump to the:

Color of the sky on a clear day Color of the sky on a clear day …………………………………………………………………………………………..blue Color of chocolate ice cream Color of chocolate ice cream …………………………………………………………………………………………..brown Color of the sun Color of the sun …………………………………………………………………………………………..yellow or or

orange

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Letter Adventure – Letter Adventure – RhymingRhymingIn Alphabet OrderIn Alphabet Order Participants move and perform actions as

a letter is called.

Go to A and begin to play Go to B and stand tall like a tree Go to C and scratch the flea

Go to D and touch your knee Go to E and count to three Go to F and look to the left

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First Letter ActionFirst Letter ActionBody PartsBody Parts

Find the body part that begins with the first letter and place that body part on that letter.

Hand EEarar KKneenee TToeoe FFingeringer CChinhin HHipip

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Letter Recognition –Letter Recognition –Letter MysteryLetter Mystery

Analyze and solve the mystery of the letter –trace the letter – different body parts may be used.

A letter that has 2 lines with one point at the bottom

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A letter with 2 curves in it’s line ……………………………………………………………………

……..(S) A letter that has 3 lines – 2 lines with a point at the

top and a line that goes across to join the 2 lines ……………………………………………………………………

……..(A)

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Change ItChange It

Change the first letter in the rhyme.  The word will change every time.

I N G is the next rhyme to do.  The first letter is "S" for you. 

s-i-n-g Sing Ch ch change it

“D" d-i-n-g Ding Ch ch change it “Z" z-i-n-g Zing Ch ch change it “R“ r-i-n-g Ring

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N, S, E, W - Jump N, S, E, W - Jump

Stand on 5 and face NorthStand on 5 and face North Jump ¼ turn and face EastJump ¼ turn and face East Jump ½ turn and face WestJump ½ turn and face West Jump ¼ turn and face SouthJump ¼ turn and face South Jump ¾ turn and face EastJump ¾ turn and face East Jump and face NorthJump and face North