{"id":3977,"date":"2026-01-30T12:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/?p=3977"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:20:56","slug":"student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Engagement Hacks (Using Movement, Music, Props, Games and More)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to to my CSCA Mini-Conference people (and anyone else clicking here). Click on the links for some ways to up your game and engage your students more. Let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all experiencing fragmented attention. Learn more about this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iMPWO1xUK54\" title=\"\">here <\/a>with Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Becky Good Inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1kQdYVjJQsvUd9XDpZq_VkZsP_TnTdVbV\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=100833190427711601767&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" title=\"\">Here is a self-audit<\/a> which is important to check to make sure we are creating engaging lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"3978\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more\/image-46\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?fit=1201%2C741&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1201,741\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?fit=780%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?resize=780%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?resize=1024%2C632&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?resize=768%2C474&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.png?w=1201&amp;ssl=1 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hooks\/Brain Warm Ups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of ideas K-12 for every day can be found here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edtomorrow.com\/today\/\">Today&#8217;s First Five Collection &#8211; Edtomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creative Ways for Students to Review the Lesson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7-word summary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNRcVufxJ-y\/?igsh=ZGNzejR5enhodHph\" title=\"\">Brain Dump Share <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elementary: <a href=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/need-a-song-for-your-lesson-or-brain-break\/\" title=\"Best Songs\/Music For Elementary Brain Breaks and Student Engagement\">Songs to tie into lessons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Movement<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more\/image-49\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?fit=807%2C1076&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"807,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3983\" style=\"width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png?w=807&amp;ssl=1 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cross the Line (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ai4YaM5EERtkkeX8TE579GUYRPd65GPI\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=100833190427711601767&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\" title=\"\">Here is an example from a lesson on respect)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scoot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put Motions to a Definition\/Chant or Song<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four Corners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon Says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Narratives\/Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Make it relevant to your life&#8230; the students want to know more about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Props<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"238\" data-attachment-id=\"3986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more\/image-50\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?fit=1330%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1330,406\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?fit=300%2C92&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?fit=780%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=780%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C313&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C92&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C234&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-4.png?w=1330&amp;ssl=1 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/fuvESh2\" title=\"\">Energy Stick<\/a> (use for cooperation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/3yow5qZ\" title=\"\">Hand Boiler<\/a> (the anger thermometer)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beach Ball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Puppets (this <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/gfRFv7E\" title=\"\">baby dinosaur<\/a> is pretty cute and can hide in his shell when he is shy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Musical Instrument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this amazing website with so many classroom games. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/thoseutahsisters\/games\" title=\"\">Those Utah Sisters&#8217; website <\/a>has tons of games explained with videos to help understand the rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to to my CSCA Mini-Conference people (and anyone else clicking here). Click on the links for some ways to up your game and engage your students more. Let me know if you have any questions. We are all experiencing fragmented attention. Learn more about this here with Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Becky Good <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/student-engagement-hacks-using-hooks-movement-stories-props-and-more\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[87],"tags":[95,97,96],"class_list":["post-3977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-engagement","tag-games","tag-props"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisakingcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/csca-u.jpg?fit=1518%2C792&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ubJK-129","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3989,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3977\/revisions\/3989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisakingcounselor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}