Back to School Scarf Movement Activity

BACK TO SCHOOL SCARF ACTIVITY

Kick off your back to school activities with this school themed scarf activity. Children in Preschool through 3rd grade will love waving their scarves around at the beginning of the school year.

And, it’s important to give students opportunities to play, move, and express through movement. 

Not only will they get a brain break, but scarf movement activities can help you build classroom community.

For the shy child, or student who hasn’t played with scarves before, it will be an easy opportunity for them to join in with everyone.  There’s no talking or singing involved and it feels like play time. 

Involving everyone in the activity helps the children bond together. This will help them work together and make music together later on in the year.

Scarf activities are an engaging way to help students make important social, emotional and physical connections.

This school time scarf movement activity makes a wonderful activity for the first few weeks of school. 

WHY SCARF ACTIVITIES WORK

Children love to move with scarves and music. 

Give them a scarf and watch as they learn how to move high and low, fast and slow and around.  

Moving in different ways helps children learn to read and keeps their brain connections growing strong.

You’ll help your students make those important social and emotional connections as they move freely with scarves.  The class playing together is just as important as them “working” together.

Scarves can be a great team building activity.

The resource has materials to help you help your children with scarf movement. And ideas for activities too.

This scarf activity video with music will keep your active students moving in the right direction. 

The video has music and all of the actions.

The presentation has slides for each action, and scarf rules to review with the students.

You can use the pictures to teach the actions and then play the video.

There’s a free choice section too.  You may want to have the children show you their favorite move during free choice time.

Here’s just a few of the reasons why scarf movement is a powerful activity.

• Develop Gross and Fine Motor Skills
• Develop skills to control and learn about the body
• Explore how the body moves.
• Experience movement with music.
• Experience showing how music feels.
• Cross-Body Brain Connections
• Team Building

Click here to get the SCHOOL TIME SCARF ACTIVITY

SCARF MOVEMENT PROPS

If you need some scarves, I recommend Bear Paw Creek Movement Props.

You can also find scarves on Amazon too!

If you are homeschooling, then you can use a bandana, tissue paper, ribbon wand or fabric. 

WHO CAN USE THIS ACTIVITY?

Use this activity in music class, preschool, special needs classes, music and movement classes and in your play time or homeschool activities. 

Scarf activities are a great brain break and give students a chance to exercise. 

Students can stand in their own space or dance around their living rooms while exercising gross and fine motor muscles. 

• Scarf Activity Video with movements and music
• Teaching presentation of each action (12 actions)
• Students Rules and Space Directions
• Teaching Directions

WHY USE THIS RESOURCE?

• Scarf activities are perfect for the P.E., Music, Special Education, Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers. Scarf movement activities increase Reading skills because they help students with tracking, concept identification, visualization, and sequencing.
• Movement is a powerful learning tool, particularly for students who are bodily-kinesthetically inclined.
• Perfect for exercising and developing gross motor skills.

USE THIS RESOURCE:

• Brain Breaks
• Music Class activities
• P.E. Classes
• Reward Days
• Rainy Days
• Parties

HOMESCHOOL APPLICATIONS

Children love to wave scarves around. Use a towel, bandana, scarf, tissue wrapping paper, washcloth- even a tissue in this activity. 

You will love having the rules and directions as well as the specific movements for optimal gross motor action!

Movement activities encourage brain connections and help children in so many ways!

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Imagine a classroom full of happy and engaged students swirling scarves around. And they’ll go home and say how much “fun” music class was for them.

You can use these scarf activities any time of year, but they make a great back to school activity too.

I’m hoping that these back-to-school scarf activities are helpful. Let’s MOVE and LEARN with Music!

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