Are you ready for 12 free scarf movement activities?  Scarf movement activities are great for kids any time of year but April showers brings spring wiggles, giggles and lot’s of other blossoms in children. So I’ve come up with 12 free scarf activities you can use any time of year. I don’t know about you, but I’ve found it’s easier to connect learning through scarf movement instead of trying to dig out the weeds in my classroom garden. 

Whether you haven’t used scarves in your classroom, or you’re looking for some fresh ideas, you’ll want to keep reading to get the ideas and download the 12 free scarf movement activities.

WHY 12 SCARF MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES?

Imagine 12 scarf movement activities you can use in your classroom for the entire school year.

As a matter of fact, scarves can be used in so many fun ways to enhance your creative movement activities and make your lessons more interactive.

Honestly, scarves can be used in any classroom with children up to sixth grade. Music, P.E., Drama, Preschool, Elementary Classroom, Special Needs, Reading and other specialty classrooms will benefit from using scarves.

The activities are perfect for preschool, home school, music classroom, music and movement classes, literacy lessons, special needs, and regular education classrooms.

To clarify- there’s more than 12 activities, I’ve categorized them into “types” of activities.  There’s several activities for each category.

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12 SCARF ACTIVITIES

#1 CONNECT LEARNING MUSIC CONCEPTS

SCHOOL TIME SCARF ACTIVITY

School Time Scarf Activity with cute school themed graphics. Explore high, low, fast, slow, across and around in this fun video activity.

#2 CONNECT DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT ACTIONS

FARM ANIMALS SCARF ACTIVITY

Help children practice and become aware of directional movement like up, down, across, under, through, around as well as connect farm animal names and things around the farm with scarf movements.

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#3 SCARF MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE FUN!

Even more important, kids think of scarves more as “playing” than “working”. And honestly, I like to move around too!

I don’t know about you, but there are days when I’m dragging myself to school and not had a chance to warm up and stretch myself.

Did you know that moving is the first defense again tiredness?

(yawn)

Have fun wiggling, spinning, tossing and swirling with dinosaurs in this scarf movement activity.

#4 PROVIDE FOCUS FOR WIGGLES

I’ve tried it- and it’s true!

Here are my reasons why scarf activities are important to incorporate into your music, movement and literacy activities.

• Big movements with arms and legs encourages the development of gross motor skills.
• Following the scarf cues helps students learn to follow directions.
• Cross body movement encourages good reading skills.
• Directed arm and body motions develops the ability to form letters and shapes and understand directional concepts.
• Creative movement encourages artistic learning and to think in a more challenging and creative manner.

SUPER HERO SCARF ACTIVITY

Scarf movement can do more than just burn out wiggles! They can empower kids to feel good about their bodies too!

#5 HELP DEVELOP GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

Zoom through your movement activities with this fun space themed video.

Since your students will be moving a lot during these kinds of activities, it will give you a chance to help them work those fine and gross, big muscle groups too!

#6 CONNECT LEARNING ABOUT ANIMALS

ANIMALS SCARF ACTIVITY

Take a trip to the forest and the jungle and move with bears, tigers, elephants and other animals. Connect learning with a story book like “The Three Bears”.

Check out this other blog post with music examples and lesson ideas for using scarves for movement activities.

THE FREE RESOURCE INCLUDES THESE MOVEMENT CARDS:

Look at the list of movement cards you’ll get in the freebie:  Wiggle, Toss, Drop, Swish, High, Low, Fast, Slow, Short, Long, Side to Side, Zig-Zag, Circle, Across

Altogether, you’ll get 14 movement cards to go with the 12 types of scarf movement activities.

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#7 ARCTIC ANIMAL SCARF ACTIVITY

Scarf activities for each month of the school year! (Edition 2) Our computer friendly students, active students, music and PE students need movement activities with scarves.

Each of these resources has a video too! You can interact and manage your students easily using the video, presentation and flash card activities.

Everything you need is in this BUNDLE of Scarf Activities using Directional and Movements. Videos and Slides.

#8 HELPS DEVELOP FINE MOTOR SKILLS

FALL FOOD SCARF ACTIVITY

Grasping and holding the scarf will strengthen little fingers too as the children move with the scarf. Help children learn about fall foods in this creative video.

#9 HEIGHTEN SPATIAL AWARENESS

HALLOWEEN SCARF MOVEMENT

Scarf movement heightens spatial awareness by encouraging children to explore the space around them as they move the scarf through different directions, levels, and patterns.

The slow, flowing motion of scarves allows for intentional, exaggerated movements, helping them understand concepts like proximity, distance, and spatial boundaries.

This means we’ll be making BIG MOVEMENTS.

#10 ENCOURAGE BILATERAL MOVEMENT

WINTER SCARF MOVEMENT

Scarf movement encourages bilateral movement by involving both hands in coordinated and mirrored actions, such as tossing and catching or sweeping scarves in unison.

Activities like crossing the midline or alternating hand movements help develop coordination between the left and right sides of the body. Such an important movement for many reasons.

Did you know that these motions strengthen neural connections between hemispheres, improving overall motor control and balance? They do! Let’s move with scarves in winter time too.

#11 ENCOURAGE READING SKILLS

On the one hand, free dance is great for wiggles, on the other- cross body movement and connecting movement with directions, right-left and up and down, really does help children read better.

Studies show that music activities have a strong impact on learning skills.

They encourage eye hand coordination and left to right directional eye movement.

OCEAN FRIENDS SCARF ACTIVITY

#12 TEACH SELF-REGULATION

Children can learn when to be active and when to calm down through the experience of a scarf movement activity that provides the opportunities to move fast and move slow. Encourage breathing and resting between movements to help children gain an understanding of self-regulation.

THE SCARF MOVEMENT SONG

WAYS TO USE SCARVES

Connect Students Together

Costumes

Tell a story

Learn a Song Tell a Story

Play with Bean Bags

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