The best brain breaks should include some sort of movement. So, I’ve listed and linked some ideas below for you to bookmark when looking for a brain break or to add to your current collection of brain breaks.
1. Fun Fitness Routines
Select one student from the class to be the fitness instructor. Everyone else has to follow their moves. Put a timer on that suits your break needs. I recommend a minimum of 5 minutes for this.
To make move ideas easier for kids, run them through yourself the first few times with your class. Then you can start to assign students to be the fitness instructor while you get ready for your next lesson.
Choose a mix of any of the moves listed below to create a high-energy fitness routine for a short amount of time:
jog on the spot
Hopping on one foot
Sit-ups
Arm rolls forward and back
2. CLASSROOM YOGA
Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos. The stories that goes along with them always keeps my kids engaged while moving at the same time, and keeping everything calm.
These videos are a bit longer and may not suit your time requirements in the classroom. Ranging between 10 minutes to 40 minutes, you may need to break a single video up into shorter blocks throughout the day instead.
There’s a large range of short and long videos you can find. I’ll post some of my kids favorite yoga videos below:
Arnold the Ant (Under 10 minutes)
Popcorn and the Pirates (16 Minutes)
Mike the Cosmic Space Monkey (11 minutes)
The Wizard of Oz (24 Minutes)
Betsy the Banana (11 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/featured
3. DANCING
The Sid Shuffle
Banana Banana Meatball by GoNoodle
Baby Shark
The Maxarena Maximo GoNoodle
Just Dance Kids – Crocodile Rock
The benefits of brain breaks are huge! So, let’s collaborate and share brain break ideas to use at home or in the classroom in the comments section.
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