Movement Medley

Community Safety and Travel Training is important for all children but especially for children and teens with special needs. Students with disabilities are often less likely to participate in independent community travel compared to their peers without disabilities, due to several factors : Physical Barriers: Public transportation systems may not be fully accessible or equipped to accommodate individuals with disabilities, such as lacking ramps, elevators, or accessible seating.Safety Concerns:

Teaching Community Safety is important for all children but especially for children with special needs. These Community Safety Mazes focus on identifying signs & symbols, identifying hazards, and recognizing the best paths when traveling in the community. The activity sheets are designed to foster discussion and reinforce travel safety in a fun and meaningful way for children of all ages.

Community Safety and Travel Training is important for all children but especially for children with special needs.These I-Spy Worksheets review community/street signs, focus on identifying landmarks, identifying best practices when lost, and recognizing danger. The activity sheets are designed to foster discussion and reinforce travel safety in a fun and meaningful way for children of all ages.

These activity sheets review community travel signs, community travel symbols, important questions to prepare for travel, and a community scavenger hunt. These life skills are valuable for all children, including children and teens with disabilities. Students with disabilities are often less likely to participate in independent community travel compared to their peers without disabilities, due to several factors : Physical Barriers: Public transportation systems may not be fully accessible or

Playing "I Spy" games offers several benefits, including: improved observation skills and cognitive development, enhanced problem-solving abilities, strengthened memory skills, improved visual perceptual skills, boosted attention, concentration, and focus. These I Spy Worksheets also familiarize students with community signs necessary for travel training.

Playing "I Spy" games with children offers several benefits, including: improved observation skills and cognitive development, enhanced problem-solving abilities, strengthened memory skills, improved visual perceptual skills, boosted attention, concentration, and focus. These I Spy Worksheets also familiarize students with exercises and various physical activities. This is an ideal activity for “movement specialists” like PE teachers, APE teachers, school-based physical therapists, and occupatio

If you love color by number activities and would like to incorporate a movement break as well, these handouts are the perfect solution. These activity sheets will allow your students to unlock and discover inspirational quotes from seven influential women in history: Maya Angelou, Indira Gandhi, Dr. Mae Jemison, Margaret Fuller, Mary McLeod Bethune, Dolly Parton, and Lena Horne. First, the students have to find the letter that matches the exercise, and then perform that exercise. Students can p

These "Fitness Word Scramble" Handouts offer a movement break, while incorporating vocabulary, spelling, concentration, and problem-solving skills. A total of 5 handouts which focus on 30 different types of exercise, including jumping, dribbling, squatting, lunging, etc. 2 - Handouts focus on exercises that can be performed while standing in place or while moving around an open space 1 - Handout focuses on exercises that can be performed while seated. 1 - Handout focuses on exercises that can

This chart will help educators easily add a movement break to any reading activity. After reading a passage, have students recall 3 words from the text, then use the chart to complete the matching exercises. This is a great activity to help elementary students recall details from text. This movement activity can be done individually or as a group.

Everyone loves a day at the park! Here is an easy way to incorporate some academic skills into your playground exploration. These 5 worksheets will focus on various skills. Observing your environment & counting (ideally for Pre-K, K, & 1st)Observing living things & their size (ideally for Pre-K, K, & 1st)Finding shapes & comparing size (ideally for Pre-K, K, & 1st)Identifying items that start or end with specific letters (ideally for PreK, K & 1st)Filling-in the verb to complete a sentence,

These 2 - All About ME Handouts can be used by school-based PTs, OTs, and PE teachers to gather information about their students' sensory preferences, play preferences, and movement preferences. Specifically, -Hand dominance -Perceived muscle strength -Preferred playground equipment -Preferred sensory activities -Preferred sport -Preferred color

Playing "I Spy" games offers several benefits, including: improved observation skills and cognitive development, enhanced problem-solving abilities, strengthened memory skills, improved visual perceptual skills, boosted attention, concentration, and focus. These activity sheets are based on the animal characters that appear in my book, Playground Zoo. This activity encourages movement for children with varying physical abilities, and reinforces the themes of the book; imagination, inclusion, an

These four-color markers can be used in conjunction with all of our Brain Building Movement Activities, if you don't have poly spots, bean bags, cones, or colored rugs. **As of 10/1/2025, Brain building activities are available on my YouTube page : Movement Medley with Dr.B https://youtube.com/@movementmedleywithdr.b9509?si=hUBeMZ65zL5TH9-k Simply print them out and place them around the room if you are working on locomotor movements or place them on the floor as targets for your bean bag toss