Free Place Value St. Patrick's Day Movement, Brain Breaks

by Lessons for Little Ones by Tina O'Block

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Subjects: stPatricksDay,firstDayOfSpring,placeValue

Grades: 13,1

Description: This fun St. Patrick's Day place value learning activity for numbers 10-20 gets students up and moving while learning! Effectively meet curriculum requirements AND incorporate movement into your routine. Meaningful motions make place value mastery fun and engaging! Our young learners are not wired to sit still for long periods of time, yet increasing academic demands often limit movement. Studies have shown that physical activity (even small movements) improves students’ focus, retention, memory, creativity, and mood. Therefore, I wanted to create a way for students to get up and move while learning, so I created resources that require students to show their answers to questions by doing movements/exercises instead of just saying or inputting their responses. This way, they are all participating, engaged, and using purposeful movements to help them learn and practice standards. Using purposeful movements during a lesson enhances students’ comprehension and retention and makes learning more fun! Each place value question has 2 answer choices with a specific movement/exercise for each. Students do the movement that is next to their answer choice. The cards are self-checking. Click on the movement to see if it is correct.