Movement-Based Instruction Resources
This training is designed for all Educators (General or Special Education, Teacher Assistants, etc.), Related Service Providers, Administrators and other interested parties.
If you would like to host an MBI session, please have your administrator or EC Director complete the LEA Professional Development Request Form
MBI Resources
Materials for Professional Development Session
MBI Lesson Plans
- MBI Lesson Planning Worksheets – PreK (doc)
- MBI Lesson Plans Grade 1 (doc)
- MBI Lesson Plans – Grade 4 (doc)
- MBI Lesson Planning Worksheets – Middle School (doc)
Resources:
- NC Healthy Schools
- Energizers for Schools – Elementary and middle school energizers are classroom-based physical activities that help teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts.
- NC Healthy Active Student Policy
- Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
- Active Child Research
- Naperville Central High School’s Learning Readiness Physical Education Program, Naperville IL | article
- Sample NC teacher movement-based lesson plan
- Brain-based Lesson Plans
- The 7 Stage Brain Based Learning Lesson Planning
- Movement-based Lesson Plans from PE Central
- Movement and Learning Blog
- Math lessons with movement
- WonderTeacher – Tips for Classroom Movement (Pinterest)
- Minute to Win It games for breaks and indoor recess
- Hartmann-integrates movement with academic themes and catchy tunes
- Measuring student engagement in upper elementary through high school: a description of 21 instruments
- KU Center for Research on Learning
- Explicit Instruction
- Energizing Brain Breaks
- SeekFreaks
- 21 Kinesthetic Reading Activities to Get Students Up and Moving
Recommended Videos
Jill Vialet on the importance of play:
Just Dance 4 – Call Me Maybe (Dance Mash-Up)
Beyonce Let’s Move