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Warm U rm Up • Practice in empathy • “Many children become bored, and children who are bored and unengaged in school may look for something else to do. I see the same result when grown-ups are bored and or unengaged in trainings….standing, tapping, knitting, talking, texting, and scrolling through screens.” - Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan, Cultivating the Genius of Black Children

Age genda • Warm-up • Why Movement and Math? • Movement and Bias in the Classroom • Movement Activity Examples • Group Activity Brainstorm and Share Out • Questions and Closing

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Why Combine Math and Movement? • It’s engaging! • Multiple learning styles • Fun factor • Math attitude • Improves learning • Kids don’t realize they are learning • Movement is math! • Spatial relationships

• Black preschoolers are 3.6 times more likely to receive one or more suspensions relative to White preschoolers. This is particularly concerning as Black children make up only 19% of preschool enrollment, but comprise 47% of preschoolers suspended one or more times. – Yale University Child Study Bia ias in in Center, 2016 • “But by the 3 rd grade, much of Black Movement ent Children’s natural exuberance has been replaced by frustration and resignation… Children develop this attitude when the teacher repeatedly stops them from talking and moving, limits what they can touch, examine, and requires them to be still and listen to the teacher talk.” - Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan, Cultivating the Genius of Black Children

• “When teachers have a stronger How Do You sense of what is needed by the Encourage learner in the room, they will be better equipped to engage those Movement in learners.” the • - Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan, Cultivating the Genius of Black Classroom? Children

• Movement of the day • Shape Yoga • Song/wiggle of the day Options t ons to • Exercise of the day • When children are wiggly, take Encourage time to address and shake it out Movement • Encourage all staff members to incorporate movement into their routines.

Body M y Math th • Body Math  Fingers! Game  Action Patterns  Body Measurement  Shape Yoga  Jump Rope

So Songs a s and d Movem emen ent • Favorite Math Song?  One Little Elephant  5 Little Monkeys  Sally the Camel  Appey Tappey Chappey Choo  We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Math concept (on your table) Work as a group Group oup Create your own game/activity Brains nstorm orm Keep it fun & include movement Materials on your tables

Game name: Math concept(s): # of players: Acti tivi vity y Age(s): Outline Materials needed: How to play: Math talk: Variations:

• Grou oup, please se sha share with h us us- • Game name: • Math concept(s): Share re • # of players: • Ages: Out Out • Materials needed: • How to play: • Math Talk: • Variations:

Questi estions? s? Hmm…?

Reso sources es • Link to Cultivating the Genius of Black Children by Debra Sullivan • https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cultivating_the_Genius_of_Black_C hildren/RDJsCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover • Link to Preschool Implicit Bias • https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/publications/Preschool%20Impli cit%20Bias%20Policy%20Brief_final_9_26_276766_5379_v1.pdf • Link to Why are so many preschoolers getting suspended article • https://center.uoregon.edu/StartingStrong/uploads/STARTINGSTRONG20 16/HANDOUTS/KEY_48539/InvestigatingWhySoManyBlackPreschoolers GetSuspendedandExpelledTheAtlantic.pdf •

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