Movement and Reading | NPT3
11/1/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Movement can help kids focus, and it can be used to help them count syllables.
Movement helps get the blood flowing to our brains. We can use movement to work on literacy awareness skills as well; in this case, playing with syllables. Ask kids to use a marching step to count syllables. Come up with a short list of words that have two or more syllables. This can become their vocabulary list.
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Movement and Reading | NPT3
11/1/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Movement helps get the blood flowing to our brains. We can use movement to work on literacy awareness skills as well; in this case, playing with syllables. Ask kids to use a marching step to count syllables. Come up with a short list of words that have two or more syllables. This can become their vocabulary list.
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Movement can be effective when used in literacy and can help kids become more fluent readers.
It helps with focus and a fun way to use our bodies to learn.
Today, my son Omar and I will be using movement to learn more about syllables.
The majority of words have more than one syllable, and they are important when learning to read as it's much easier to read a new word in chunks than to try to sound it out in one long string.
Are you ready?
Bicycle.
Bicycle.
First, I come up with a short list of words that have two or more syllables.
I ask my child to use a marching step to count syllables.
After each word, I ask my son how many steps he marches for each word, and we add it to the list.
Two marches mean the word has two syllables, and it's great to get our blood pumping and our minds working.
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