Download - K ok greta 2011
K ... OK?
GRETA9 September 2011
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K= kinaesthetic
Kinaesthetic =
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Tactile
Psychomotor
Visceral
So why is K so important for learning?
NLP theory of sensory preferences
= VAKOG
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
= bodily-kinaesthetic
Our body is connected to our mind
Sensory SystemsV VISUAL
A AUDITORY
K KINAESTHETIC
O OLFACTORY
G GUSTATORY
Multiple Intelligences
• Linguistic• Logical-mathematical• Visual-spatial• Bodily-kinaesthetic• Musical• Interpersonal• Intrapersonal• Naturalist• Spiritual
The Mercedes Model
Internalprocessing
Externalbehaviour
Internalstate
FEELING THINKING
DOING
A turtle makes progress when .....
... it sticks its neck out!
Tactile ideas
• Feely bag• Cuisenaire rods and lego• Playing card games• Making things with plasticine ...• Making posters: cutting, sticking ...• Sewing, knitting ...• Writing, drawing, colouring, painting ...• Writing on each other’s back• Texting each other!• ... and using a koosh!
What is a koosh?
• It’s a ball of rubber spaghetti, or ...• ... a rubber ball with manners, or...• ... a tennis ball after therapy!
• It’s bounceless, ouchless, highly grabbable and, above all, very tactile.
• It was invented by Scott Stillinger in 1987.
• [The official koosh book]
Psychomotor ideas (= motion)
• Role-plays• Miming activities (including TPR)• Mingles• Changing places• Coming up to the board• Running dictations• Games like ‘Simon says ...’• Action songs• Hands up!
My Bonnie
My Bonnie lies over the oceanMy Bonnie lies over the seaMy Bonnie lies over the oceanOh bring back my Bonnie to me. Bring back, bring back,Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.Bring back, bring back,Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.
Some other pyschomotor ideas
Sprinkle your classes with ...
Standing up sessions
Simple stretches (including Pilates)
Short, silly (but serious) stressbusters
Some specific Brain Gym exercises
Visceral ideas = emotion
• Using music• Telling stories• Reading poems• Playing games• Laughing• Moving• Dancing• Singing• Acting out .....
Value stories and storytelling
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STORIES
All successful presenters and trainers tell stories because stories are ways of getting messages across that bypass the conscious mind, and therefore have more effect.
Telling appropriate stories will make your presentation or training more entertaining and more memorable.
‘Presenting Magically’ by Tad James and David Shephard.
Some thoughts on laughing
• We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. William James
• A day without laughter is a day wasted. Charlie Chaplin
• Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. Yakov Smirnoff
• And .....
Hearty laughter .....
..... is a good way to jog internally,
without having to go outdoors.
[Norman Cousins – Anatomy of an Illness]
Some Useful Books
Smart Moves Carla HannafordThe Magic of Metaphor Nick OwenChicken Soup for the Soul Jack Canfield et
alThe Leader’s Guide to Storytelling Stephen
DenningLaughter, the Best Medicine Robert HoldenPlus any books of stories!And ..... [email protected]
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