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SEE ALL Would You Rather Spring and Easter! ~~FREE~~ FREE Search This Site Go Task Cards! Over 100 TimeSaving Sets! More on TpT 20 ThreeMinute Brain Breaks Wednesday's guest post about why kids need to move from pediatric occupational therapist Loren Shlaes was so popular that I decided to follow it up with a list of Brain Breaks you can use with your students. These are great to use anytime your students are feeling restless and are struggling to pay attention. Most of these will only take a few minutes, and then you can get back to the lesson with your students ready to focus on the lesson at hand. 1. 54321. In this simple game, students stand up and the teacher (or leader) has them do five different movements in descending order. For example the teacher would say: "Do five jumping jacks, spin around four times, hop on one foot three times, walk all the way around the classroom two times, give your neighbor one highfive (pausing in between each task for students to do it). 2. Trading Places Have students stand behind their pushedin chairs. Call out a trait and everyone who has that trait must change places with someone else (students who do not have the trait stay where they are). Examples: "Everyone with curly hair." "Everyone who ate cereal for breakfast." Everyone who is wearing stripes." 3. Six Spots Number six spots around your room from 16. Have students each go to a spot of their choice. Choose a student to roll a die (if you can make a big one out of foam, it adds to the fun). All the students at the number rolled must go back to their seats. Students that are left go to a new spot and the die is rolled again. Continue until only a few students are left. 4. Mingle, Mingle, Group! In this game students mill about the classroom saying, "mingle, mingle, mingle" in soft voices until the teacher says "Groups of 5," at which point the students must quickly group themselves into groups with the correct number of people. Students who are left over must do three jumping jacks before the next round starts. The teacher can call out any number for the group size. You can also add rules such as: as soon as a group is complete, all members must sit down in a line. 5. Dance Party! Put on some rockin' music and dance! If you can make the room semidark and have a black light or other special effect, your kids will love it! 6. Freeze Dance! Similar to Dance Party except that every so often the music stops and students must freeze and hold the position they are in until the music begins again. 7. Name Moves Students stand behind their chairs. In turn, each student says his or her name accompanied by a special movement. For example a student might say, "Kayla!" while dramatically dropping to one knee and doing Jazz Hands. After the student does his or her move, the rest of the class says the students name in unison and imitates the move. Then it is the next student's turn. 8. Keep it Up: Students must keep a beach ball from hitting the ground. Add two or three balls to make it even more fun. 9. Simon Says An oldie but a goody! 10. Movement Songs Sing a song with wholebody movements such as, Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, Father Abraham, ToeKnee ChestNut, Shake Your Sillies Out (Raffie), Grand Old Duke of York, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean Let's Con Subscribe Get the N NAME * Email Add Subscribe Free Ebo Popular P Brain Brea Teaching Keep their Random R Email addre

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    Wednesday'sguestpostaboutwhykidsneedtomovefrompediatricoccupationaltherapistLorenShlaeswassopopularthatIdecidedtofollowitupwithalistofBrainBreaksyoucanusewithyourstudents.Thesearegreattouseanytimeyourstudentsarefeelingrestlessandarestrugglingtopayattention.Mostofthesewillonlytakeafewminutes,andthenyoucangetbacktothelessonwithyourstudentsreadytofocusonthelessonathand.

    1. 54321.Inthissimplegame,studentsstandupandtheteacher(orleader)hasthemdofivedifferentmovementsindescendingorder.Forexampletheteacherwouldsay:"Dofivejumpingjacks,spinaroundfourtimes,hopononefootthreetimes,walkallthewayaroundtheclassroomtwotimes,giveyourneighboronehighfive(pausinginbetweeneachtaskforstudentstodoit).

    2. TradingPlacesHavestudentsstandbehindtheirpushedinchairs.Calloutatraitandeveryonewhohasthattraitmustchangeplaceswithsomeoneelse(studentswhodonothavethetraitstaywheretheyare).Examples:"Everyonewithcurlyhair.""Everyonewhoatecerealforbreakfast."Everyonewhoiswearingstripes."

    3. SixSpotsNumbersixspotsaroundyourroomfrom16.Havestudentseachgotoaspotoftheirchoice.Chooseastudenttorolladie(ifyoucanmakeabigoneoutoffoam,itaddstothefun).Allthestudentsatthenumberrolledmustgobacktotheirseats.Studentsthatareleftgotoanewspotandthedieisrolledagain.Continueuntilonlyafewstudentsareleft.

    4. Mingle,Mingle,Group!Inthisgamestudentsmillabouttheclassroomsaying,"mingle,mingle,mingle"insoftvoicesuntiltheteachersays"Groupsof5,"atwhichpointthestudentsmustquicklygroupthemselvesintogroupswiththecorrectnumberofpeople.Studentswhoareleftovermustdothreejumpingjacksbeforethenextroundstarts.Theteachercancalloutanynumberforthegroupsize.Youcanalsoaddrulessuchas:assoonasagroupiscomplete,allmembersmustsitdowninaline.

    5. DanceParty!Putonsomerockin'musicanddance!Ifyoucanmaketheroomsemidarkandhaveablacklightorotherspecialeffect,yourkidswillloveit!

    6. FreezeDance!SimilartoDancePartyexceptthateverysooftenthemusicstopsandstudentsmustfreezeandholdthepositiontheyareinuntilthemusicbeginsagain.

    7. NameMovesStudentsstandbehindtheirchairs.Inturn,eachstudentsayshisorhernameaccompaniedbyaspecialmovement.Forexampleastudentmightsay,"Kayla!"whiledramaticallydroppingtoonekneeanddoingJazzHands.Afterthestudentdoeshisorhermove,therestoftheclasssaysthestudentsnameinunisonandimitatesthemove.Thenitisthenextstudent'sturn.

    8. KeepitUp:Studentsmustkeepabeachballfromhittingtheground.Addtwoorthreeballstomakeitevenmorefun.

    9. SimonSaysAnoldiebutagoody!

    10. MovementSongsSingasongwithwholebodymovementssuchas,Head,Shoulders,Knees,andToes,FatherAbraham,ToeKneeChestNut,ShakeYourSilliesOut(Raffie),GrandOldDukeofYork,MyBonnieLiesovertheOcean

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    11. RecordedMovementSongsOlderstudentsmightenjoyasimpleZumbaroutine,YMCA,ortheMacarena.LittleroneswillloveSesameStreet'sAVerySimpleDancetoDo.

    12. AnimalPretendYoungerchildrenwillenjoypretendingtobevariousanimals(orevenobjectssuchaslawnmowersorairplanes).Calloutafewinsequence.

    13. WouldYouRatherAskawouldyouratherquestionandhavestudentsshowtheirchoicebymovingtooneendoftheroomortheother.Haveafewkidssharewhy.Hereare20freeWouldYouRatherQuestionstogetyoustarted.

    14. FinditFastCalloutacolororothertrait(somethinground,somethingmadeofwood),andstudentsmustfindanobjectintheroomthatfitsthetraitandgettoitquickly.

    15. PhysicalChallengesChallengestudentstodosomethingphysicallydifficultsuchasstandingononefootwitharmsextendedorthisone:grabyournosewithlefthandandgrabyourleftearlobewithyourrighthand,thenquicklyswitchsothatyourrighthandisonyournoseandyourlefthandisgrabbingyourrightearlobe.Yogaposescouldalsobeagoodvariation.

    16. PlatesGiveeachstudentapaperplate.Studentsmustwalkaroundtheroombalancingtheplatesontheirheads.Ifastudentdropshisorherplate,thestudentmustfreezeuntilanotherstudentpicksitupandplacesitbackonthestudent'shead(whilekeephisorherownplateinplace,ofcourse).

    17. LineUp!Havestudentslineupusingaspecificcriteriasuchasage(usedayandmonth,notjustyear),height,alphabeticallybymiddlename,hairlength,etc.

    18. LimboAllyouneedisalongstickandapairofkidstoholdit.Musicisnicetoo.

    19. HumanKnotDividestudentsintogroupsofabouteightstudents.Havestudentseachgrabrighthandswithsomeonewhoisnotdirectlynexttothem.Thendothesamewithlefthands.Thechallengeistountangleandbecomeacirclewithoutreleasinghands.

    20. JumpSkipCountingHavestudentscountbytwos,fives,tensetc.whilejumpingwitheachcount.Youcouldalsopracticespellingwordsthisway.

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