Kathleen Tilly, Author at Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:25:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Kathleen Tilly, Author at Teaching Kids News 32 32 Kids Focus Better When They Are Active (ESL and Grade 2 version) https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/02/02/kids-focus-better-when-they-are-active-esl-and-grade-2-version/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/02/02/kids-focus-better-when-they-are-active-esl-and-grade-2-version/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:16:15 +0000 http://teachkidsnews.com/?p=929 When kids move around a lot in class and on the playground, they do better on their school work.

Many teachers try to get their students moving so they learn better. One teacher in Toronto takes her Grade 7 kids outside where they move around trying to find different shapes on the playground. The teacher will also ask her kids to walk around the room to talk about all of the work on the walls – just like it was an art show. Then she will get them to write a poem about what they saw.

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