Physical Activity Resources for the Classroom
The following links are different resources that include activities the educators can include in their daily lessons. By doing so, lessons become more fun for students and they are more engaged, more motivated, and retain information better. So just do it! You'll be pleasantly surprised.
http://energizingbrainbreaks.com/
Energizing Brain Breaks is a variety of short YouTube videos that educators can use to quickly implement brain breaks into their classroom. These have proved beneficial for a variety of people, including those that have physical and mental disabilities. These are easy for students to do and short enough that there is still plenty of time for the traditional lesson.
http://ntprs.org/2013/brain-breaks.pdf
This handout not only discusses when to implement brain breaks, and the importance of them, but has a list of activities that educators can use. These are fun activities that students may have played in the past, such as Telephone, which makes them easy to integrate in the classroom.
http://www.cvschools.org/webpages/lcoaches/strategies.cfm?subpage=34119
This school district's website provides a list of activities to do in the classroom, and also has videos that teachers can simply play for students to follow, making it very easy for any teacher to include. Seeing as this is a school district website, these activities work or they wouldn't have included them.
http://www.coloradoedinitiative.org/resources/teacher-toolbox-activity-breaks/
The Colorado Initiative introduces a Power Point presentation that educators can use to include short physical activities into their classroom. These are simple to follow and do not require much preparation on the part of the educator.
http://teachtrainlove.com/20-brain-break-clips-fight-the-fidgeting/
This website offers videos for teachers to use. They are unique in that they have a holiday collection which would be fun to implement during the winter months, as students tend to get "Holidayitis" around the time before winter break. I especially enjoy the name "Fight the Fidgeting" as this something teachers see everyday.
http://community.lessonplanet.com/t/brain-breaks-to-liven-up-the-school-day/570
Lesson Planet introduces a list of brain breaks for teachers to use in the classroom. For older students, they present stress relievers, which benefit the high school students we educate. Use this list and the links they provide to benefit your students.
http://www.teachertube.com/video/brain-break-say-21-and-win-62074
Teacher Tube provides many brain break videos that teachers have used to energize students. This video is just one of many. By clicking it, educators will be provided with many links to additional videos on the right hand side of the page.
https://prezi.com/hoj8vfnlwgdb/energizing-brain-breaks/
This Prezi presentation is a useful tool for including in professional development workshops. It includes some information about David Sladkey, a high school math teacher at Naperville Central High School, who wrote a variety of energizing brain breaks that he presents in this presentation. Educators can use this in their classroom, and administrators can use it for professional development at the beginning of the year and throughout the year as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4an7UC3wA
This YouTube video can be used as a warm-up for students at the beginning of the lesson. This six minute video will get them warmed up and ready to learn. The video is simple enough to follow that many students should be able to follow it.
Energizing Brain Breaks is a variety of short YouTube videos that educators can use to quickly implement brain breaks into their classroom. These have proved beneficial for a variety of people, including those that have physical and mental disabilities. These are easy for students to do and short enough that there is still plenty of time for the traditional lesson.
http://ntprs.org/2013/brain-breaks.pdf
This handout not only discusses when to implement brain breaks, and the importance of them, but has a list of activities that educators can use. These are fun activities that students may have played in the past, such as Telephone, which makes them easy to integrate in the classroom.
http://www.cvschools.org/webpages/lcoaches/strategies.cfm?subpage=34119
This school district's website provides a list of activities to do in the classroom, and also has videos that teachers can simply play for students to follow, making it very easy for any teacher to include. Seeing as this is a school district website, these activities work or they wouldn't have included them.
http://www.coloradoedinitiative.org/resources/teacher-toolbox-activity-breaks/
The Colorado Initiative introduces a Power Point presentation that educators can use to include short physical activities into their classroom. These are simple to follow and do not require much preparation on the part of the educator.
http://teachtrainlove.com/20-brain-break-clips-fight-the-fidgeting/
This website offers videos for teachers to use. They are unique in that they have a holiday collection which would be fun to implement during the winter months, as students tend to get "Holidayitis" around the time before winter break. I especially enjoy the name "Fight the Fidgeting" as this something teachers see everyday.
http://community.lessonplanet.com/t/brain-breaks-to-liven-up-the-school-day/570
Lesson Planet introduces a list of brain breaks for teachers to use in the classroom. For older students, they present stress relievers, which benefit the high school students we educate. Use this list and the links they provide to benefit your students.
http://www.teachertube.com/video/brain-break-say-21-and-win-62074
Teacher Tube provides many brain break videos that teachers have used to energize students. This video is just one of many. By clicking it, educators will be provided with many links to additional videos on the right hand side of the page.
https://prezi.com/hoj8vfnlwgdb/energizing-brain-breaks/
This Prezi presentation is a useful tool for including in professional development workshops. It includes some information about David Sladkey, a high school math teacher at Naperville Central High School, who wrote a variety of energizing brain breaks that he presents in this presentation. Educators can use this in their classroom, and administrators can use it for professional development at the beginning of the year and throughout the year as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4an7UC3wA
This YouTube video can be used as a warm-up for students at the beginning of the lesson. This six minute video will get them warmed up and ready to learn. The video is simple enough to follow that many students should be able to follow it.
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This document has a variety of activities that can be printed on 3 X 5 cards and then hole punched and ringed together so that educators can have a quick, accessible resource they can use in their classroom.