Brain breaks

Two and a Crayon is sweeping classrooms by storm. With easy set up and high engagement, here's how the brain break works.

Students need to get their wiggles out after sitting even for a short period of time! These 12 FREE Brain Breaks will give you some fun ideas to try in your 1st - 5th grade classroom.

Quick and easy middle school brain breaks will help keep your middle schoolers' brains fresh, support emotional regulation, and mental health.

Fun and easy BRAIN BREAKS for elementary students that will help classroom management

Reading and listening are the core components of comprehension based language classes. We know that students acquire language when they hear and read messages that they understand–so read and listen they will! Sometimes, we share short, easily digestible texts with students. Other times, we need to read a text of a significant length in order…

These physical brain breaks can be done at school or home, while maintaining social distancing, in short spurts.

When I moved to my current school the department chair made it clear that we should “teach bell to bell.” I understand the logic in this, and sometimes class does last exactly 50 minutes. But if EVERY teacher taught bell to bell EVERY period, students would never have time to give their brain a break. ... Read more

Want to use brain breaks to help your students stay engaged and focused? Try differentiating individual brain breaks throughout the day.

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