Engaging Classroom Activities

During the last two days of class I have really enjoyed the activities we have done. Getting up and moving during a four hour long class really makes a difference in my ability to learn. I can see myself applying this to my future classroom because, although I won't be teaching four hour long classes, my students will not have an attention span as long as a college student's. By having my students move around during class, physically doing the learning, I believe it engages their brains in different ways than doing worksheets or listening to a lecture. It is also a way to help better teach kinesthetic learns in my classroom. Projects such as the Spilt Milk book, the I Spy book and the Rosie's Walk book activities really give students the ability to bring creativity into their work.