Top 10 ways to get your students moving during story telling time

1    Use gestures and movements to act out the story.
2    Incorporate physical actions in the story (e.g. jumping, crawling).
3    Use props to help illustrate the story.
4    Encourage the students to act out parts of the story.
5    Have the students form a line and act out a parade or march.
6    Have the students form a circle and pass a ball around while telling the story.
7   Encourage the students to create movements or gestures that go along with specific words or phrases in the story.
8    Use songs or dances to tell the story.
9    Use scavenger hunts or treasure hunts to find pieces of the story.
10    Encourage the students to create their own movements or gestures to go along with the story as it is being told.