Curated OER
Fire and Ice
Students play a game of tag using soft balls to tag each other with. Music is incorporated in this instructional activity, which is designed to engage students in vigorous physical activity.
Curated OER
Having Beary Much Fun with Core Knowledge
Students participate in a teddy bear themed unit to improve their social and reading skills along with other core knowledge subjects. In this social and reading skills lesson, students complete 8 units of activities to learn about social...
Curated OER
Toad Tag
Students who are chosen as taggers move throughout the area tagging others using a locomotor pattern of choice like walking, hopping, skipping, etc. When tagged, a spell has been cast upon them, turning them into a toad or frog.
Curated OER
Verbage!
Students play a game wherein they act out verbs and adverbs in a sentence. They read a sentence, define the verb to a partner and move from one end of the play area to the other doing the action in the sentence. They grab another...
ThoughtCo
Thought Co.: Proxemics: Help Children Understand Personal Space
Numerous strategies are provided to help students understand the concept of personal space.
Other
Your Therapy Source: Personal Space Bubble What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
This resource discusses how to directly instruct the concept of personal space.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Hinges I, Hinges Ii
In this lesson, literacy-based cards will spur participation as students use small motor skills, personal space, and boundary awareness. Color cards and number cards will also be used to cue the children to move in specific ways.
Understood For All
Understood: How to Help Your Child Understand Body Language
This article provides tips on how teach children to pick up on social cues.