Jessica Fredricks Polk County Fine Arts Why Activate with Rhythm Rhythm engages both halves of the brain Students learn faster retain longer Channel natural energy into learning energy Put the Beat In Your Feet ID: 742970
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STEAM: Activate with Rhythm!
Jessica
Fredricks
Polk County Fine ArtsSlide2
Why Activate with Rhythm?
Rhythm engages both halves of the brainStudents learn faster, retain longerChannel natural energy into learning energySlide3
Put the Beat In Your Feet!
Ability to maintain a steady beat is indicative of reading readiness (also skipping)Intermediate extension: Singles/DoublesSlide4
What is STEAM?
STEAM habits of mindOpen-ended questions“what else could this be?”Slide5
I Like to Sing!
Enhancing phonemic awareness, fluencyClassifying words (science skill)Training brains for algebra (substitution = math)Creating within parameters (engineering)Expanding movement vocabularyDeveloping steady beat (reading readiness)Slide6
Brain Dance!
The more you move, the more efficiently your brain functions, because exercise:Grows new brain cellsProduces BDNF, “fertilizer” for the brainIncreases memory retrievalImproves moodFun, develops deep listening,but also about patternsSlide7
Iceberg
What people see you do
What you actually doSlide8
Rhythm Activators! (prek-2)
AnimalsNumbersLettersSensing a 4-beat phraseExtensions for numbers and lettersAlgebraic thinking, classifying words, engineeringSlide9
Tiptoe Feet!
Social skills: ability to wait patientlyThe rhythm of different movementsSpatial awareness, kinesthetic body senseClassifying words (science skill)Language of substitution (algebraic thinking)Listen: (error detection) what’s different?Create: how else could we move?Want them to create, not just innovate Slide10
Hey Betty Martin!
Do you know Betty Martin? Who do you know?Language of substitution = algebraic thinkingClassification of words = science skillWhen to move, when not to move = life skillEngineering = creating within parametersSlide11
Look High, Look Low
Training brains for algebra (substitution)Creating within parameters (engineering)Expanding movement vocabularyDeveloping steady beat (reading readiness)Classifying words (science skill)Slide12
Engineering Design ProcessSlide13
Engineering Rhythms!
ListenAsk: what can I contribute to support the group while at the same time leaving space for others to contribute?Have a rhythmic conversation (talk/listen)There are no mistakesConstant state of reflection/evaluationSlide14
“I’ve come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.” -Haim GinottSlide15
Reflection
What have we learned today?How can you use this in your work?What is your biggest learning?Slide16
Teaching Resources
Activate with Rhythm! Play Well With Othersby Jessica Fredricks, available atwww.PlayWellWithOthers.org
STEAM-Powered!
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ill be published by Rhythm Trek
in March 2016Slide17
Thank you for being here!
Jessica FredricksPolk County Fine Arts863-585-5595Jessica.fredricks@polk-fl.netRhythmTrek@yahoo.comwww.PlayWellWithOthers.org