Helping kinesthetic students!

 Has it been 6 months since I started working in beautiful Matsumoto?!

Well, today I wanted to share an activity I did with my students (twins!) who are kinesthetic learners! They cannot sit still and if they do, eyes heavy! I learned it the hard way the first few months here!

The twins have school in the morning, football practice right after, and straight for English classes, no wonder they are exhausted! So changed it up this week! We played Twister (advisable to be only done for students from the same household only, sadly we are still in a pandemic!)

On a dark cold Tuesday, boy these kids were sleepy! A great day to conduct this activity! We assigned a colour and body part with a part of a sentence! We were learning chores and advert of frequency! So why not combine them! 

Red = always                                     Right hand = after school

Green = never                                    Left hand = before school

Blue = sometimes                              Right hand = after school

Yellow = usually                               Left hand = before school

Students are required to make a sentence following where their body parts land! 

Example : (Left hand on blue: I sometimes wash the car before school)

And the other student will ask: What are your chores?

Trust me, students were falling down easily and they had a blast! They practiced and made use of their target language well! The rest of the lesson went smoothly as students were perfectly energised and no more falling asleep!