Teaching With Infographics

Teaching children about exercising and the benefits of exercising is very important.  It also can be such a fun and interesting thing for them to learn about.  Therefore, I have chosen standard 1.NPA.3.1 to share a lesson idea and infographic on.  1.NPA.3.1 states that students will recognize the benefits of physical activity.  

The topic of this lesson is What Does Exercising Do For Me?  To begin, as an aspiring elementary education teacher I find value in teaching lessons that are fun, interactive, and interesting for my students.  What better way to do so then by using infographics.  Infographics are such a practical tool to use as an aid in a lesson because it provides such a great visual representation for students.  It breaks information down, giving students a better chance of being able to understand. 

For my lesson I created the infographic to the left titled, "What Does Exercising Do For Me?"  I chose to teach the standard this way because I wanted to make it relevant to the life of my students.  This is a standard taught in first grade therefore, I wanted to make the visual "short, sweet, and to the point".  

This infographic will be used in the teacher input part of the lesson.  In other words, it will be used to teach the content of the benefits of physical activity.  During the lesson, it will be shown via smartboard.  When the lesson is complete, I will print the infographic and hang it on the wall in the classroom for support.  This will allow students to reference it when needed.