Colors, Numbers, Letters, and NSEW

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Colors, Numbers,
Letters, NSEW
Meaningful Movement Mats
Improve School Success
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Number Adventure
Rhyming in Number Order
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Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
Go
to number 1 and run
to 2 and touch your shoe
to 3 and touch your knees
to 4 and stomp the floor
to 5 and do a hand jive
to 6 and do your best kicks
to 7 and reach up to heaven
to 8 and stand up straight
to 9 and wiggle your spine
to 0 and jump like a hero
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Variations:
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Try out of number order
Then state only the number to see if participants can recall the actions
2 rhyme with the number)
– (remind them that the action will
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Number Challenges & Variations
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Go to number 1 and twist like a washing machine
-try to twist fast
-now twist slow
-can you twist high
-how about low
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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 Balance
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Use 3 body parts to balance
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– one hand on 1
– one hand on 7
– one foot on 3
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Body Part & Number Balance
Ask participants to balance on specific numbers and body parts:
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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 After
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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
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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 –
Animal Moves
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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 –
Geo Says
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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 Boogie
See how fast you can move and place the body part
on the color.
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Place your tummy on brown
Place your thumb on pink
Place three fingers on white
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Echo with
Colors and Rhythm
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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
Colors and Rhythm
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To reinforce the understanding of music, different tempo’s
and rhythm, patterns may be used.
Repeat pattern 3 times.
yellow
yellow
purple
Half Notes
Whole Notes
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Echo with
Colors and Rhythm
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Try to put 4 patterns together.
pink
pink
pink
pink
Quarter Notes
red
red
red
red
Quarter Notes
yellow
yellow
purple
Half Notes
Whole Notes
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Primary Colors
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Ask participants to say their primary colors while moving
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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)
Colors - Purple
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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 Life
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Jump to the:
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Color of the sky on a clear day
…………………………………………….blue
Color of chocolate ice cream
…………………………………………….brown
Color of the sun
…………………………………………….yellow or orange
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Letter Adventure – Rhyming
In Alphabet Order
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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
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ABC
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GHI
JKL
MNO
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PQRS
TUV
WXYZ
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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 Action
Body Parts
Find the body part that begins with the first letter
and place that body part on that letter.
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Hand
Ear
Knee
Toe
Finger
Chin
Hip
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ABC
DEF
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GHI
JKL
MNO
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PQRS
TUV
WXYZ
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Letter Recognition –
Letter Mystery
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Analyze and solve the mystery of the letter –trace the letter
– different body parts may be used.
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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
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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
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Change It
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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.
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PQRS
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WXYZ
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“D"
“Z"
“R“
s-i-n-g
d-i-n-g
z-i-n-g
r-i-n-g
Sing
Ding
Zing
Ring
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Ch ch change it
Ch ch change it
Ch ch change it
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N, S, E, W - Jump
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Stand on 5 and face North
Jump ¼ turn and face East
Jump ½ turn and face West
Jump ¼ turn and face South
Jump ¾ turn and face East
Jump and face North
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