Kinesthetic Classroom

Get ready to put learning in motion! EMC² Learning’s Kinesthetic Classroom is packed with engaging, movement-based activities designed to get students up, active, and fully immersed in their learning—without ever forcing participation in ways that feel uncomfortable. These resources go beyond simple icebreakers and warm-ups, seamlessly weaving cooperative, good-natured physical activity into the heart of your lessons. Whether students are moving about the classroom to solve a challenge, navigating a hands-on review, or collaborating on a high-energy task, this collection helps tap into the power of active learning for every learner, every day. And with fresh ideas always on the way, there’s never been a better time to get up and get learning!

KINESTHETIC COLLECTIONS:

Emc2 Resources

Clothespin Bumper Cars

What happens when you take a staple of an old-school baby shower game and put it in play into your student-centered classroom? In a word: absolute chaos! But in the best way possible. Clip into this colorful collection of Clothespin Bumper Car game variants to ditch those “gotcha” tests once and for all.

Egg Dash Challenge

The Egg Dash Challenge is one of the fastest ways to get students of any age up and out of their seats. Inspired by the original #EggDashChallenge that first appeared in the pages of EDrenaline Rush in 2019 and the hundreds of spinoffs that have taken place since, this collection is guaranteed to crack your classes up.

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Each resource in this collection is totally unique to itself, and can easily be used as a replacement or a single day’s lecture or multiple classes in a row.

Big Sheet Keepaway

The Mission: bust out the oversized anchor chart paper and set competing squads of students to work making giant lists of all kinds of ideas. The catch: each team’s findings are top secret! So how will they keep this classified information from their eagle-eyed rivals?

Big Sheet Keepaway Multi-Zones

This is a follow up to the popular Big Sheet Keepaway (linked in this activity as well) that will have your students working hard to recall information from this unit as well as others if you wish. Get ready to have a great time filled with some great work!

To Your Corners

To Your Corners is a fiendishly fun debate where students choose a corner, team up, and face off! As referee, you keep the action lively and fair. The team with the highest percentage of original members left standing wins. Step into the ring and let’s debate!

Compass Points – Navigating Understanding

Set sail for student-centered learning in your classroom! This variant of Compass Points is a great way to get students thinking through the pros and cons of an idea or decision as they make sense of something in your content. Give this 30 minute activity a try today!

Compass Points – Navigating Groups

Compass Points is a quick Plug-and-Play Protocol that will work in just about any class to help students reflect on their role in a group and what they bring to each team that they belong to in your school. This activity can also make a great advisory lesson! Game on.

Snowball Swap

Welcome to the Snowball Swap! There’s a chill in the air and a frosty breeze blowing through the sky. What better way to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year than with a good old fashioned snowball fight? Grab some blank sheets of paper and let’s play!

Debate Bounce Off

Debate Bounce Off is right on target for quick thinking, sharp reasoning, and strategic debate at any age! This fast-paced challenge blends persuasive speaking with hands-on gameplay, making it the perfect way to take aim (literally) while flexing your rhetorical prowess.

Monarch of the Mountain

Welcome to Monarch of the Mountain! The realm is in search of a wise and worthy ruler, and only the sharpest mind will claim the throne. Which scholar will rule the Seat of Wisdom, fending off challengers who test their knowledge with course-related questions?

Trench Warfare

Welcome to the battlefield, recruits! Trench Warfare is an immersive, high-energy tactical learning simulation that transforms your classroom into a World War I-inspired battlefield, where teams must navigate obstacles, solve challenges, and outmaneuver enemy detection.

Avalanche Alley

Brace yourself—there’s a blizzard rolling in, and only the quickest minds and sharpest strategies will survive! In Avalanche Alley, students must race against the clock, retrieving and solving content-based challenges while dodging incoming snowballs from their rivals.

Lava Rockers

The floor is lava, and only the sharpest minds and quickest feet will survive! Lava Rockers transforms your classroom into a high-energy, movement-based learning experience where students must strategically navigate the “lava” while solving content-related challenges.

Grudge Ball

Grudge Ball is an electrifying mix of strategy, teamwork, and skill that turns a review day into an all-out battle for dominance! In this fast-paced game, students answer questions to attack their opponents’ points while defending their own. Fair warning: it will get loud!

Mega Tic Tac Toe

Think you know Tic Tac Toe? Think again, because this zero prep review activity puts an exponential upgrade on one of the most famous games ever played. Nine simultaneous game boards. Three warring teams. One giant scoring grid. And a million strategic decisions await.