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Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 1

Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home – Week 1

Monday Yoga Start with learning and teaching some beginner yoga poses. Here are a few to start with: Cat and Cow Pose • Begin on hands and knees --Hands beneath shoulders and knees beneath hips --Back flat, eyes looking at floor • Inhale and arch spine upward, tuck tailbone, bend neck, and look underneath body [...]

By Moving Minds|2021-04-01T18:46:42+00:00March 20th, 2020|Categories: At-Home Activities & Resources, Classroom Activities, Teaching|0 Comments

3 Simple Ways to Measure Activity Break Results

3 Simple Ways to Measure Activity Break Results

You may have tried the whole “activity break” thing and didn’t feel like it was successful, or that students acted crazier after their break than they did before. In many instances, especially if the idea of activity breaks is fairly new to the students, the novelty may excite them, and they will need strategies for [...]

By Heather Erwin|2020-03-03T20:30:01+00:00March 4th, 2020|Categories: Active Classroom Management, Classroom Activities, Teaching|0 Comments

Engaging Peers to Bring Physical Activity to the Classroom

Engaging Peers to Bring Physical Activity to the Classroom

Most classroom teachers don’t know the research surrounding how activity, such as Brain Energizers, can increase student achievement, improve behavior, and improve focus. I feel it’s our job to teach our peers the importance as well as how to implement these practices. There are so many ways to do this for our peers: Ask your [...]

By Angela Stark|2023-06-21T18:26:04+00:00January 29th, 2020|Categories: Classroom Activities, Teaching|0 Comments

Seasonal Changes and Children’s Physical Activity: How to Create Active Indoor Recess

Seasonal Changes and Children’s Physical Activity: How to Create Active Indoor Recess

As colder weather approaches for most of us, it is wise to think about ways we can still provide the activity and movement breaks that children inherently need and want, even if time outdoors is not an option during school time. Research supports the notion that children are more active during spring than winter, and [...]

By Heather Erwin|2023-06-21T18:24:58+00:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, At-Home Activities & Resources, Classroom Activities|0 Comments

Physical Activity in Secondary Classrooms

Physical Activity in Secondary Classrooms

The brain/body connection is not exclusive to elementary age students. In fact, it does not discriminate. This magnificent relationship is ongoing, extremely subtle, and critical to the teaching and learning process at all grade levels and content areas. Using thoughtful and purposeful physical activity is no less appropriate in a high school trigonometry classroom than [...]

By Mike Kuczala|2019-10-01T15:00:59+00:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Active and Flexible Seating, Classroom Activities|0 Comments

Classroom Transition Activities

Classroom Transition Activities

Smooth and timely transitions are key to a successful classroom! Oftentimes, valuable instruction time can be wasted if students can’t easily transition from one activity to the next. The biggest thing I try to get out of my transition time is that my students are calmed down quickly and ready to focus. Here are five [...]

By Jessica Tice|2023-09-12T14:24:30+00:00May 22nd, 2019|Categories: Classroom Activities|0 Comments

Using Classroom Physical Activity to Help Students with Mental Health and Anxiety

Using Classroom Physical Activity to Help Students with Mental Health and Anxiety

You hear tear-jerking stories of your students’ home lives all the time. One is being raised by grandparents who are barely healthy enough to walk because they have no health insurance. Another slept on the floor with her four younger siblings last night. Two had no dinner last night, so their last full, healthy meal [...]

By Heather Erwin|2022-08-04T20:31:54+00:00April 19th, 2019|Categories: Classroom Activities, Teaching|0 Comments

Classroom Movement: How to Increase Activity Throughout the School Day

Classroom Movement: How to Increase Activity Throughout the School Day

It is recommended that school-aged children and adolescents participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. For instance, at the intensity of a brisk walk or more. In order to achieve health-benefits, they should do this each day. The Challenge Schools have been tasked with contributing at least 30 minutes of that recommendation [...]

By Jaimie McMullen|2019-05-21T18:38:57+00:00April 3rd, 2019|Categories: Active Classroom Management, Classroom Activities|0 Comments

Winter Wakeup Call: How to Motivate Students When It’s Cold Outside

Winter Wakeup Call: How to Motivate Students When It’s Cold Outside

January and February have brought their fair share of snow days and illnesses to my classroom in Kentucky! My, otherwise, normally peppy students are starting to feel the effects of missed days, too many inside recesses, sickness, and early sunsets. The yawns start early in the day and continue throughout the afternoon. Here are some ways I’m trying to get over our winter weather behavior slump!

By Jessica Tice|2019-04-23T18:04:50+00:00February 18th, 2019|Categories: Classroom Activities|0 Comments

How Classroom Activity Improves Behavior and Test Scores

How Classroom Activity Improves Behavior and Test Scores

The first question I am asked when I present information on active seating and active classrooms is: Does it work? After teaching in a kinesthetic classroom and working at a school with four active classrooms, the answer is yes. In our school, it has shown to improve student behavior, grades, and test scores while keeping kids moving and happy.

By David Wilkie|2019-10-21T18:37:29+00:00February 5th, 2019|Categories: Classroom Activities, Teaching|0 Comments