Making Math Fun Through Movement

Mark Dennison shows how math lessons can get children moving. The guide explains how to combine mathematical content with physical activity and includes more than sixty movement-based games that reinforce math skills. It is aimed at classroom teachers, parents, daycare providers, and anyone who wants children to grow up both healthy and capable in math.

Dennison writes as a former physical education teacher who is now a school principal. He still sees inactive and overweight children every year, and he examines how standard schooling may be linked to the lack of physical activity in many children's lives. He also argues that building movement into lessons can be a more effective way to help children with disabilities learn and behave than giving them medication.

The book makes the case for keeping children physically healthy and for the way exercise can support their ability to learn math. It shows how to integrate physical activity throughout a math curriculum and provides complete lesson plans with physical activity designed to meet Common Core standards.

Across its lessons, exercises, and activities, the aim is to make learning enjoyable and to help children develop an appreciation for physical fitness.