Curriculum Announcement: All PLAYs and MOVEs Revamped!
Shake off the winter blues with PLAYs and MOVEs! NGPF just revamped all 40 of these fun activities. See what’s new, plus check out 2 new PLAY activities!
MOVE and PLAY activities are designed to keep students engaged through movement or a classroom game. You can find them on the Unit Pages.
What’s New?
The revamp focused on making these activities easier than ever to implement. Here are 3 key changes:
- The new summary box at the top of each PLAY and MOVE activity overviews everything you need to know.
- Streamlined materials simplify lesson prep. Every PLAY and MOVE activity has a teacher guide with a summary box, bullet-point directions, and ready-to-go student materials. Plus, we’ve added slide decks to more activities to help tie everything together
- Reformatted card decks are easier to cut out and organize. Cards are evenly sized for quick prep with a paper cutter and include labels for easy reuse
Types of MOVE Activities
MOVE activities come in all different shapes and sizes. We’ve classified them by “movement type,” so it's easy to get a gist of how students will move during the activity.
Here are some of the different movement types you’ll see:
Movement Type |
Example |
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Four Corners |
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Gallery Walk |
MOVE: Brainstorming the Perfect Scholarship Essay |
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Step Forward / Step Back |
MOVE: Your Account Balance |
| Line Up in Order Each student represents a data point. They try to line themselves up from least to greatest |
MOVE: The Net Price of College |
| Match & Categorize Students move to sort cards into the correct categories or pairings |
MOVE: Identifying Dark Patterns |
| Form a Group Students move to form groups in response to a series of prompts |
MOVE: Career Comparison |
| Scavenger Hunt Students follow a trail of questions. They progress as they find the answer to each one |
MOVE: Paycheck Scavenger Hunt |
| Round Robin Students move along a line to discuss prompts with different partners |
MOVE: Career Kick-Off |
| Along an Axis Students respond to prompts by finding their place along an axis |
MOVE: Inflation Over Time |
| Musical Chairs Students walk around a circle of chairs while music plays. When it stops, they race to sit down. But there’s a catch - they should only sit if the financial terms on the slide match |
MOVE: Credit Musical Chairs |
Bonus - 2 new PLAY Activities!
Check out these two new classroom games about saving and budgeting:
About the Author
Kathryn Dawson
Kathryn (she/her) is excited to join the NGPF team after 9 years of experience in education as a mentor, tutor, and special education teacher. She is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in policy analysis and management and has a master's degree in education from Brooklyn College. Kathryn is looking forward to bringing her passion for accessibility and educational justice into curriculum design at NGPF. During her free time, Kathryn loves embarking on cooking projects, walking around her Seattle neighborhood with her dog, or lounging in a hammock with a book.
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