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How to Refresh Your Classroom Space
Summer’s here! The new school year will start in August or September for most of us. Ready for a new and fresh space? Start with a mental inventory of your [...]
A Comfortable Outdoor Writing Surface for Students
Mrs. Val Seath was teaching her 2nd grade class outside when she noticed her students having a hard time comfortably writing. Their papers and clothes were getting wet from the [...]
4 Active Learning Activities for College Students
While the 10-minute limit on attention span for college students has not been effectively evinced, we do know there is an inverse relationship between the length of lecture and retention [...]
Teacher’s Perspective: How Elementary Students Actually Respond to Active Classrooms
Teachers often fall along a continuum of integrating movement in their classrooms, ranging from fully comfortable to extremely hesitant, for a variety of reasons. It’s my goal, as a teacher [...]
4 Types of Classroom Spaces
Creating different spaces in your classroom is a great way for students to unwind and collect their emotions throughout the day. Calming corners, mindfulness zones, and sensory spaces are just [...]
April Daily Brain Breaks
Use this calendar as an easy and fun way to incorporate movement and brain breaks into your class! Below are the instructions to each brain break idea. Download Calendar Animal [...]
Use Creative Brain Breaks for Easy Transitions
Miss Docheff gives her students the 2-minute countdown to let them know they will move to the next activity soon. She rings her bell three times, so they know to [...]
Incorporating Students with Special Needs into Movement Breaks
All students are special in their own ways. Some have more difficulty listening and following directions while others may struggle to move their bodies the way they want to. When [...]
Fighting the Winter Blues with Classroom Physical Activity
Are “winter blues” really a thing? According to the NIH, it is a general term and not a medical diagnosis, however, winter blues may be connected to something specific such as the stress [...]