Kinesthetic affirmations. The most common type of physical affirmation is the type of celebration found particularly in sports, including high fives, hugs, hand- shakes, and pats on the back. Constantly integrate celebration into your class- room's learning rituals: this affirming attitude helps reinforce the joy of learning
An underused type of kinesthetic affirmation is called voting with your body. This is the if then action that the teacher asks of students: If you are this, then please do that. For example, "If you're ready for a break, please stand up, "If you learned something new, raise your hand and say yes "If you're ready to try something new, please move to your right." Use this technique sparingly for effect.
Internal kinesthetic affirmation can be learner or teacher generated, in terms of asking questions that elicit positive feelings. Let's say a student does well on a project. You approach the student and lower yourself to his or her eye level or even a bit lower (bringing the student's eyes down to look at you at a more kinesthetic angle). Ask a question about his or her work that includes feeling words (e.g How do you feel about how your project turned out? The answer forces the learner to access feelings in two ways: your physical position invites feelings, and the content of the question invites feelings.
You create the weather, the climate, and the long-range forecast in your class room. Affirmations and peripherals are part of the climate. If you want a positive climate, don't hope it will happen- be proactive, and make it happen. Ask students to brainstorm and create their own affirmations for at least part of the wall space available, and be sure to rotate them monthly so that the novelty will remain intact and attract the brain's attention. Affirmations help feed students' souls. The result is typically more engagement and motivation. Rethinking the blank wall