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    BRAIN

    BREAKS
    Brain Breaks

    WHAT ARE BRAIN BREAKS?

    Brain breaks are mental breaks designed to help students re-energize their brain to begin focusing again. The brain
    breaks get students moving to carry blood and oxygen to the brain. They can either energize or relax students,
    and they provide processing time for students to consolidate their learning. Young learners can focus for a length
    of time that equals their age plus two minutes. Therefore, during a 100-minute class, two or three quick brain
    breaks will suffice to help students refocus.

    WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN BRAIN BREAKS

    The following are some of the features we should look for in brain breaks. A brain break does not necessarily have
    all these features at once; however, this is a good starting point for what works well.

    • The activity doesn’t require a lot of space. Students should be able to do it in the same space in which
    they have just been working. They shouldn’t have to move around a lot of furniture or leave the room.
    By staying in the same spot, teachers can cut down on those sometimes difficult “transitions” thereby
    making the brain breaks practical, efficient, and repeatable.
    • It requires no props, gadgets, or gizmos. One or more senses can be stimulated while students are on
    their break.
    • Blood flows, and their heart rate goes up.
    • Students exercise coordination, balance, and gross motor muscle groups.
    • Children can use their voice. A great release of energy is to talk or sing.
    • Students can take turns leading the activity.

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    BRAIN BREAKS – SOME IDEAS

    Out on the teacher’s cue


    Students do things according to the teacher’s
    command.

    Head Roll
    Students roll their heads around clockwise a few
    times and then anticlockwise.

    Arm and Leg Stretch


    Students stretch their arms and legs.

    Back Stretch
    Students sit at their desks and turn around grabbing
    the back of their seats, then they turn the other way Dance Party
    grabbing the back of their seats. The teacher plays a song and students dance to it.

    Arm Circles Follow the leader


    Students make circles with their arms. The teacher The teacher moves in front of the camera, and
    can give alternate commands of making big and students have to copy the teacher’s movements.
    small circles.
    Freeze the dance
    Foot Circles During the break, the teacher plays students’ favorite
    Students make circles with their feet. The teacher songs learned throughout the course. Students
    can give alternate commands of making big and dance to the music as the teacher plays it and freeze
    small circles. when the music stops. This gets the blood pumping,
    but keeps the movement somewhat focused so the
    Seat Running transition back to work is less abrupt.
    Students remain seated and move their legs as if
    they were running. Storytelling
    The teacher finds a video of a story and plays it bit by
    Seat Swimming bit during the brain breaks.
    Students remain seated and move their arms and
    legs as if they were swimming. Head, shoulders, knees and toes
    This is a great exercise in a contained space. Variations
    Rhythm Repetition are great while doing the activity, like not name the
    The teacher claps to a rhythm, and students repeat body part.
    it over time. The teacher can create more and more
    complicated rhythms for students to follow. My bonny lies over the ocean
    Every time there is a word starting with “B”, students
    Wiggle It either sit or stand according to the teacher’s
    Students move as if they were snakes. command.

    Simon Says Breathing


    The teacher or one of the students takes the role Some breathing exercises are lion’s breath, a breath
    of “Simon” and gives commands (usually physical of fire, alternate nostril breath, and deep belly
    actions such as “jump in the air” or “stick out your breaths. The teacher can ‘play’ this breath game of
    tongue”) to the other students. The commands “Follow the Leader” to start a breathing practice with
    should be followed only when they start with the their students.
    phrase “Simon says”.

    Source:
    https://www.childsplayinaction.com/18-brain-breaks-make-kids-minds-happy/

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