Brain Breaks Part 19: Number game!
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Brain Breaks Part 19: Number game!

There are so many benefits to using Brain Breaks in your classroom! The most obvious are: increased student engagement, culture building, and JOY... one less obvious benefit is that Brain Breaks can be vocabulary builders. The parts of the body brain break is one of the first I used to "teach" parts of the body…
January 26, 2020Posted inBrain breaks, Videos
Brain Breaks Part 18: Obstacle Courses!
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Brain Breaks Part 18: Obstacle Courses!

Many of y'all who stalk my blog (THANK YOU! GRACIAS! MERCI! DANKE! XIE XIE!) have already read this Brain Breaks blog (or one very similar) so it will feel like dejavu!... I wrote this several months ago but deleted it and am republishing it slightly differently! (Thank you Christopher Sutherland!) YouTube has tons of great…
September 10, 2019Posted inBrain breaks, Videos
Brain Breaks Part 17: High Fives!
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Brain Breaks Part 17: High Fives!

This is easily  one of my FAVORITE Brain Breaks because it creates such a positive atmosphere, therefore strengthening the JOY in your classroom, ANNNNND an added bonus is that it contributes to your classroom community. What is it?! Exactly what it sounds like... just high fives... plain and simple... You can tell kids to high…
June 8, 2019Posted inBrain breaks, Classroom Culture and Community, Videos
Brain Breaks Part 15: COLOR!
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Brain Breaks Part 15: COLOR!

I rarely write about Brain Breaks that are "chill" and don't involve lots of noise and controlled chaos! That doesn't mean I don't do them though! Many of you have seen me use this Brain Break at workshops but this year I stepped it up a notch in my classes and I can't wait to…
May 12, 2019Posted inBrain breaks
Brain Breaks Part 13: Chopsticks
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Brain Breaks Part 13: Chopsticks

Hello my friends! I hope you're enjoying your weekend! :) Honeymoon was wonderful and everyone, EVERYONE must visit Cuba before they die... Thank you to those of you who wished us well while you were here in NOLA for ACTFL, and thank you for all your emails and messages of love! We are so lucky!…
December 1, 2018Posted inBrain breaks
Brain Breaks Part 12: LIVE! with La Loca
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Brain Breaks Part 12: LIVE! with La Loca

I have the most fun when I get to present on Brain Breaks. Mostly because I love seeing teachers light up the same way my students do when they experience brain breaks! I also get so elated seeing the "wheels" turn in Teacher's brains because as soon as they "get it" they start creating their…
September 27, 2018Posted inBrain breaks, Live! with La Loca, Workshops/Conferences/Teacher Training