Learning Division through Dance
Get up out of your seats and stretch your muscles! It’s time to learn division. When the kids have sat there just a bit too long and need a chance to move around, why not practice division? Have everyone stand up. Reach your hands up in the air and shake your right hand as you count to 8. Shake your hand eight times, then the other hand 8 times, then each foot and then say cut. Use your hand to cut the air in half. Then start with your right hand shaking it four times, other hand 4 times, then each leg ending with a cut. Now shake each one two times. A kinesthetic approach to learning division facts is a fun way to shake your sillies out while staying on task and learning.
After starting with 8 quite a few times, try 16. Later on try 12, 6, 3 or 20, 10, 5.
Be sure to check out Skip Count, Skip Count, Count by 2’s for more hands-on, kinesthetic activities for learning math.
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