It’s been universally proven that brain breaks, or brief intermissions from coursework often involving physical activity, are great ways to split up a day and are beneficial on the mental front too.
During the winter, like now, in many parts of the world, when freezing conditions make activities like recess impossible, brain breaks are even more crucial to the academic process.
Today on TeachHUB.com, frequent contributing writer Janelle Cox, also a licensed educator, sings the praises of brain breaks this time of year, and outlines some great ideas for classroom games that can serve as brain breaks, including:
- Snowball Fight
- Winter-Themed Yoga Poses
- And More!
All in all, Janelle notes that, “The best way to deal with the student wiggles in the wintertime is to just get your kids up and moving. As soon as you do that you will find that extra pent up energy that they all have will just melt away.”
Do you have any fun winter brain break ideas that students love in your classroom?
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99 Reasons Teachers Rock
Recently we posted an article designed to give educators a pat on the back: We listed out 99 reasons why educators are so cool.
A sampling:
- Teachers can eat their lunch in 4 minutes flat at 10:30 a.m. while keeping order in the hallway without thinking twice.
- Teachers can make you feel special, no matter what your age.
- In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
