In the past, we've blogged about using kung fu moves in maths. We've also used similar in literacy. We have used it in a couple of different ways. One is to reinforce word types. The idea is to give the children a way of remembering what nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs are. Each word has its own move to remind children of its meaning:
noun - Place two finger on the forehead and then move them away in a an almost saluting way. This is British Sign Language for name.
adjective - Place thumb and forefinger above and below eyes and open eyes wide. Adjectives describe what things are like.
verb - Jogging or walking on the spot. Verbs describe how things move. Do also remind children of the verb to be.
adverb - Arms by your side and then swishing to the left quickly. Adverbs give more description about verbs.
We have used these for:
- a list of words and children show an action when a word is pointed to;
- reading a sentence and children show an action when they say words;
- children have also been see acting out the move to themselves as they work.
If you have any ideas for new moves, changes to moves or activities to use them with please add them to the comments below.
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