Emotion
in motion - Outcome B (K-3)-8
Activity has an incredible
impact on emotional state. Your students can recognize this, and
experience the benefit of physical activity on their emotional state.
The
Emotion part
Here
is one idea for assessing emotion so later you can associate it
with motion.
Give everyone a piece of paper divided into two columns (Before
and After). Have them use a phrase or draw a picture that represents
how they feel right now (happy, sad, mad / tired / bored.) Put the
paper aside for now.
The
Motion part
Students
will move randomly around a gymnasium to music. Upon signal (eg.,
when the music stops), they will freeze on a line. The teacher then
designates a strength activity followed by a movement activity according
to the colour of line each student is on. Here are a few examples.
If they are standing
on green line they perform an
inch worm action, then they start skipping.
If they are standing
on blue line they walk like
a seal, then hop like a rabbit or toad.
If
they are standing on pink line
they walk like an alligator, then leap like a deer.
If they are standing
on red line they balance on
one foot like a stork, then do two-foot jumps like a kangaroo.
When
the music starts again, the student continues moving in a locomotor
pattern determined by the teacher, (eg., hopping, leaping, running,
sliding, galloping.) Every time the music stops, the student finds
a new colour of line and does the activities the teacher indicates.
Back
to the Emotion
Now
have them look at their picture or phrase again, and fill in the
"after" column with a new picture or phrase.
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Ask
them what the difference is between the before and after pictures.
Do they feel different? Do they feel better or worse? Why do
they think that? Ask them what they think they could do the
next time they are feeling bad to make themselves feel better?
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