Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Guided Imagery and Pantomime
Objective: To use imagery and pantomime to help children experience resources in another ways.
Activity: Have children imagine and act out the following scenarios: 1. "You are a tiny seed far under the earth. The sun and water are helping you grow. You sprout out from the ground. You slowly grow into a tiny tree with only a few limbs. You continue growing into a big beautiful tree. Your branches are very big now and they reach way out and grow way out. Now a big storm comes and the wind blows your leaves and branches around. The rain pours down hard. Now the storm leaves and the sun comes out and you can relax and dry off. You are a big beautiful tree.
2. You are running a relay race at school. You are running hard and fast. Next, you go through an obstacle course. You have to crawl, jump, pull yourself across the monkey bars, and swim to complete the course. [Embellish this further]
3. You are a train going up a big hill. [Develop this, as done above]
