Reading, writing, math and phonics, taught standing up. Low prep for you, and a way in for the kid who never puts a hand up.
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Moving & Learning builds movement into the lesson you already teach. Kids spell with their feet, do math on the court, act out a story. Movement isn't the reward after the work. It's the work.
Download activities for reading, writing, math and movement breaks, then run them with your class or your own kids.
Browse Teacher ResourcesGANP leads a movement-based session for Grades 1 to 8 in your classroom, gym or yard. Typically $6 to $9 per student, per hour (CAD), $250 minimum.
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Students who struggle to stay with a worksheet can move first, then say the word, solve the problem or write the line.
Teach the lesson that's already on your plan and build toward Ontario's daily movement minutes at the same time.
Most activities use chalk, cones, simple printables, or nothing at all. Pick one that fits the space and time you have.
Turn spelling and times tables into movement games that families can adapt to the space they have.
A GANP in-school session
In her Peel public school, Mrs. Jonakovski opens the day with a word-of-the-day Story Challenge. All 26 kids move, then they write.
“The kids get excited, they pay attention more, and we've had fewer disruptions since we started.”
Mrs. Jonakovski · 26 students, Grades 4 and 5 · Peel public school
One teacher's experience with the Story Challenge, one of several Moving & Learning activities.
A few lessons to start with. Print them, run them, no email needed. Two are free.
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Story one of five, free. Kids fill in the blanks, then act out the movements written into the story. Parts of speech and a workout in the same half hour.
“Good resource and easy to use. Students and I enjoyed using it.”Kate K. · Verified teacher review
Designed to support: Ontario Language · about 30 min · low prep
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A skating showdown, an arctic hockey tournament, a mountain climb. Kids fill in the blanks, act out the movements built into the action, then answer ten or more SEL questions on teamwork and sticking with it.
Designed to support: Ontario Language + SEL · 5 stories · low prep
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Ten ready-to-run games that turn operations and mental math into a game on the court. Chalk, cones, or pylons. Built-in variations stretch it to Grades 1 to 8.
Designed to support: Ontario Math + H&PE · 10 games · low prep
Get It · $10A printable 12-sided die kids cut, fold, and fill with their own moves. Roll it, do the move. Reusable after the first setup.
Designed to support: H&PE and DPA · any subject · reusable
Download FreeReading takes practice. So does throwing, balancing, jumping and feeling confident enough to join in.
Only 39% of Canadian kids aged 5 to 17 get the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a day.2024 ParticipACTION Report Card
Active outdoor play is associated with physical, social and mental-health benefits. Canada’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines also recognize that physical activity, limited sedentary time and sufficient sleep work together to support health.Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play · Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines
The best ones do two jobs at once: the class moves and keeps learning. Kids spell words with their feet, run to the answer in math, act out a story. Two to ten minutes. No gym time, no equipment beyond what’s already in the room.
Give the answer a place in the room and make them go to it. Numbers on the floor, letters on the wall, targets to hit. We write these as printable low-prep lessons for Grades 1 to 8 that line up with the Ontario curriculum. Print one, run it the same day.
You don’t have to choose. Ontario elementary schools owe students sustained daily physical activity during class time. These lessons count twice: kids get the movement minutes while they work on reading, phonics or math. Nothing gets cut to make room.
Yes. Our stories come with ten or more SEL questions for a teacher or parent to ask. How did the character feel. What would you have done. Who needed help and nobody noticed. The story gets kids moving, the questions get them talking. The five story bundle is on Teachers Pay Teachers, and we bring the stories into schools as part of a booked program.
Start with somebody else's. It is far easier for a kid to say why a character was scared than to say why they were. Our stories end with ten or more questions built for exactly that, written out for you. No training needed, you just read the next one. Story one is free, so you can read one tonight before you decide anything.
Let them move first, then work. Teachers tell us students come back calmer and stay with the lesson longer. One Peel teacher opens the day with a word-of-the-day Story Challenge and has had fewer disruptions since she started.
Short, daily and active beats long and painful. The Story Challenge gives you a word a day, a movement to go with it and a page to write on. About ten minutes. Same activities teachers use, and two are free.
No. Built for the room you already have: classroom, hallway, gym or schoolyard. Most need nothing but floor space. Print the page and run it.