If you teach young kids, you understand how much energy they have. It makes me jealous...can I have just a bit of that energy to help me get going in the mornings? Seriously, they have about 10x more energy than me. While all of that energy is great, I'm sure you also know that it makes it hard for them to stay focused sometimes. Enter...the brain break!
My kiddos love when we do brain breaks. It even helps if some of us are feeling grumpy (teacher included!). Somehow dancing just makes the grumps float away! I've pinned several videos on my pinterest page and loaded it on our computer desktop. That makes it easy for the kids to pick videos, too. A couple of our favorites are "What's That You Say" by Koo Koo Kangaroo, and "Ants in Your Pants" by Eric Herman. Check those out and all of the other videos we use on my pinterest page!
-Abby
P.S.- Sorry for the really long blogging break! I changed jobs (twice!) and got married, so needless to say, I've been a bit busy! :]
I love brain breaks, too- Just Dance! videos are some of my favorites. With 3rd graders, some of the Just Dance Kids ones don't really get them moving enough, but our favorite (Super Mario Just Dance) they're actually getting really good at now that we've practiced it a few times!
ReplyDeleteWe also use motions for each vocabulary word and play Scoot every couple of weeks (and I let my kids dance when they're done with the math)- getting up and moving REALLY helps with the wiggles! :)
Congrats on getting married and the new job- I hope you are LOVING it! Are you still in 1st grade? :)
Jenny
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