Gaming up your classroom: Lessons in adding fun and movement to any lesson

Presenter: Lisa K. Forbes, PhD, LPC, RPT

By flipping the script on traditional education and waking up our classrooms with movement, laughter, and play, we can create engagement and deepen learning. Explore how simple shifts like using movement-based activities, collaborative games, instructor flexible/creative thinking, and playful rituals can lead to deeper engagement, stronger community, and “stickier” learning. Materials from this workshop also tap into the brain-body connection, dismantle rigid classroom norms that prohibit play, and discover that even small doses of playfulness can unlock big growth. 

First Literacy Workshop Slides Gaming Up Your Classroom