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Website Address: https://www.gonoodle.com/
Description: This is a website that I've seen several teachers use for brain breaks. It has mini workout videos, dance videos, and songs that students may recognize. The only drawback is this website, from what I could tell, is a membership based website.
Activity: Blazer Fresh
This is one of the videos that I saw students dance to in the second grade classroom that I was in. Students studies the lyrics in read to self time and were able to move/dance while they sang along with the lyrics.

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Website Address:
https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/classroom-physical-activity-breaks/
Description: This website has both articles and videos with ideas for brain breaks. It also provides helpful tips for teachers while including brain breaks in your daily routine.
Activity: Olympic Brain Breaks
This would be a series of brain breaks where students would learn about an olympic sporting event (track and field was the example used) and complete a mini version of that even. So, students could learn about the shot put and use a softer ball to practice this movement.

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Take Action

Schools and teachers looking to integrate physical activity both in and out of the classroom should start with a few initial steps and considerations before implementing a new or enhancing an existing program.

Engage and leverage your school health team to identify key opportunities for student physical activity as well as any significant barriers to successful implementation.

Understand your local school wellness policy and how it supports or enhances opportunities for brain breaks and classroom energizers.

Develop your elevator pitch to describe to your different audiences why physical activity is important and how it links to academic achievement as well as other positive outcomes.

Get your principal's approval! A supportive principal is essential to your efforts.

Make this activity inclusive for all abilities:

Empower students to suggest and choose which activities, games and movements they find enjoyable and accessible.

Get to know your students and find out about their abilities, limitations, and interests. Encourage them to be a part of the learning and lesson planning process.

Demonstrate modifications of simple and complex movement skills such as jumping jacks, squats, and push-ups. For example, show students a wall push-up, a kneeling push-up, and a full push-up. Give students the opportunity to choose which option is best.

Adapt the game or activity rules. Some simple suggestions include reducing the number of players on a team, modifying the activity area, eliminating time limits, and lowering or enlarging targets or goals.

Try creative or team-building games where success is only possible when the whole group works together.

Integrate various types and sizes of equipment such as tactile balls, juggling scarves, numbered spot markers, and foam noodles.

Vary body parts used, the speed of movement, and number of repetitions to adjust for mobility limitations or low fitness students.

Mobility adaptations: Some activities may be done from a seated position allowing mobility challenged students to participate with peers or doing similar motions with hands/arms as others are doing with feet legs.

Sensory adaptations: Students with deafness, speech, self-management or cognitive problems may be able to participate fully in a follow the leader manner. These are very short periods of activity and done in groups of fewer than thirty so students are able to keep up to peers.

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Classroom Physical Activity Breaks - Action for Healthy Kids

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Physical activity doesn't have to be in a recess or PE setting to be effective.

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Website Address: https://healthpoweredkids.org/lessons/brain-boost/
Description: This website has lesson plans and shorter activities that involve movement in the classroom. It is teacher focused and has a wide range of content.
Activity: Concentration
In this activity, students use a combination of clapping a rhythm and saying numbers/names. A movement adaptation could be having the students walk in a circle instead of sit.

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This lesson helps young people understand what they need to do to protect and help grow their brains. They will learn about activities and habits that help their brains develop and function at their best.

Introduction

The brain is a very important organ. Without it, nothing else in a body can function. Scientists are learning more all the time about how brains grow and develop, and how we can best care for them.

Guide young people through the Brain Basics online learning activity. The main points are also listed below.

1. Nutrition: Brains need lots of fuel. What you eat can have short-term impacts on things like concentration and focus, as well as longer-term effects on how your brain grows and develop. A balanced diet that includes lots of whole foods rich in vitamins and minerals, healthy fats, and proteins, is your best bet. It's also important for kids to to eat throughout the day...especially breakfast.

2. Sleep: Specific sleep needs vary, but children and teenagers need more than adults do. Some general guidelines are:

ages 3 to 10: 10 to 12 hours each day

ages 11 to 12: about 10 hours each day

teenagers (ages 13 to 17): about nine hours each day.

3. Stimulating thinking activities: People of all ages need to use their brains in lots of different ways to keep them sharp and effective. This means mixing it up with different activities that involve logic and problem solving, concentration and memory, reading, making plans, being silly and creative, and working hard on something.

4. Physical activities: Exercise and movement are critical. Playing sports, free play, running, hiking, jumping, skipping...all of this and more promote health brain development.

5. Mindfulness/relaxation/rest: Even little kids can get worried and stressed out. Too much of that isn't good for how we feel in the moment or how our brains change over time. Everyone needs to find ways to quiet and calm their minds. Learn more through other Health Powered Kids lessons or the Change to Chill web site: changetochill.org.

6. Protection: Our skulls, which surround our brains, are fairly hard and tough and do a good job of keeping our brains safe. But our brains are actually pretty soft and they can be sensitive and sometimes when we're doing more rough activities, like biking, skiing, or skateboarding, it's good to have even more protection than usual. And if our brains get injured, we need to rest and following a doctor's instructions for healing.

Activity: Brain Drawing Worksheet

1. Hand out the Brain Basics Drawing Worksheet (see What You Need).

2. Explain that our brains are very important because they keep the rest of our bodies working, including things we don't ever have to think about like our lungs breathing and our hearts beating. While we're sleeping we don't realize it but even then our brains are working hard to keep everything running smoothly.

3. Explain that since our brains take such good care of us, it's important for us to take care of them. Point out the sections on the worksheet and say that they each represent things we can do to take care of our brains. As a class, brainstorm some ideas for the sections. In the Protect Your Brain section, for example, young people could draw a picture of themselves wearing a helmet while riding a bike. For the "What Else?" category, choose another method that was discussed in the Brain Basics online learning activity, such as sleeping, meditating, or doing stimulating thinking activities. Have the youth draw pictures of things that help boost their brains.

Activity: Concentration Game

After giving students a bit of time to work on their activity sheets, play a game of concentration. There are lots of variations of this game, but here's one: Players sit in a circle cross-legged and take a number each, starting with number one.

Students start chanting the following while slapping their thighs twice then clapping their hands twice:

Concentration (slap slap clap clap)

Are you ready? (slap slap clap clap)

If - so - (slap slap clap clap)

Let's - go! (slap slap clap clap)

Then player one, continuing the rhythm, says their own number twice followed by another number in the circle.

For example: 1, 1, 4, 4 (slap slap clap clap)

Player 4 then does the same, starting with their own number and following with someone else's:

4, 4, 7, 7 (slap slap clap clap)

Anybody who makes a mistake or doesn't keep the rhythm is out but remains in the circle, making it more difficult for the other players, who must remember not to use the numbers of the people who are out.

Conclusion

After playing the game for a while, explain that games like concentration help your brain by forcing it to do more than one thing at a time (make your hands move, remember the pattern, think of a number, say and number, and so on). Ask if anyone has examples or ideas of other things that could help strengthen your brain. If anyone has an idea of a game give it a try if you have time.

If the youth did not have time to finish the activity sheets, encourage to finish working on them at home.

Continuing the Conversation

Hand out the Healthy Families Newsletter in English or Spanish so that families can continue discussing brain health at home.

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Lesson Overview This lesson helps young people understand what they need to do to protect and help grow their brains. They will learn about activities and habits that help their brains develop and function at their best. Introduction The brain is a very important organ. Without it, nothing else in a body can function.

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Website Address: https://www.focusedfitness.org/software/brain-body-boosts
Description: This website is teacher focused and has several videos that could easily facilitate a brain break while in transition between activities.
Activity: Fast Fitness-Mirroring
In this activity, students are in group of two where one student completes a motion (ex. jumping jack) and the other mirrors them.  Then, the second student adds another movement and they continue for as long as the video plays/teacher wants.

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The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts module is a collection of videos to allow children the movement breaks they need to increase cognitive performance, concentration and fitness. These high-quality educational videos and teaching resources provide an engaging and dynamic learning environment for all students.

The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts is designed to assist in the delivery of classroom activity breaks through the following categories of videos:

FAB 5® Classroom Activity Breaks: Boost Your Brain Moves
Activity Break videos to provide academic fitness and health content, intentional fitness development and opportunities for basic motor skill movements. This program is designed to be used in a classroom setting with minimal guidance. Activity break videos are four to six minutes

FAB 5® Classroom Activity Breaks: From Moving To Learning
Brain-activating movements, rhythms, aerobic and muscular strengthening exercises stimulate and prepare students to transition to their next classroom lesson. Each of the four 5 to 7 minute videos is designed to help classroom teachers weave more planned activity into their students' day.

Fast Fitness
FAB 5® Fast Fitness is a compilation of over 100 shorter classroom activity breaks designed to increase cognitive performance, concentration and fitness. Each video is from 1-2 minutes and can be combined with other videos for a longer break.

Themed Boosts

Family and Classroom Activity Breaks built around themes including holidays, seasons and various characters.

Within the Brain and Body Boosts, teachers can play videos individually or create playlists. The playlists are customizable so teachers can design the length, order and transitions of videos to meet their instructional needs. The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts will continue to be updated with new offerings and current subscribers will have access to all updates and enhancements.

Whether creating a routine for students to follow or engaging students in content through on-screen visual aids and explanations, the WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts embraces multiple learning styles. This innovative resource will immediately enrich classrooms and prepare students for learning.

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Classroom Activity Breaks | Brain Boosts | Movement

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Website Address: https://www.merakilane.com/focus-and-control-25-energizing-brain-breaks-for-kids/
Description: This website has over 25 different ideas that teachers can use for small chunks of classroom time where they want students to be active. It breaks the content into younger and older elementary age groups. The target audience of this page is teachers.
Activity: "Animal Walk"
For this activity, students would write an animal on a slip of paper and crumple it up. Then, they would throw the piece of paper on the floor and the teacher would take turns reading an animal out loud while students walk around the room as that animal.

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Engaging your students in regular breaks throughout the day has been shown to improve attention, focus, retention, self-regulation, and so much more. We're excited to share our favorite quick and easy energizing brain breaks for kids to help children of all ages shed excess energy to reduce feelings of stress and frustration while also boosting morale and motivation in the classroom. These movement activities are fun, engaging, and calming, and double as great team-building activities and indoor recess ideas!

What Are Brain Breaks?

Also known as 'mental breaks', brain breaks offer a short break during periods of intense focus to help reduce feelings of frustration, stress, or anxiety, while also improving focus, attention, and retention. In order to be successful, brain breaks must be implemented before a child begins to struggle. Younger kids may require breaks from their school work every 10-15 minutes, whereas older kids can often work for 30+ minutes at a time. Certain learning delays and challenges like ADD, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, and autism may require additional brain breaks throughout the day - it's all dependent on the individual student and the type of material he or she is working with.

Why Are Brain Breaks Important?

Working for long periods of time can lead to feelings of fatigue, stress, and frustration, particularly for younger children and those who struggle with attention, hyperactivity, and impulse control. Proactively scheduling regular 5-10 minute breaks allows a child's brain to rest before fatigue and frustration sets in, and has been shown to:

Improve attention and focus

Increase retention of material being taught

Improve emotional regulation

Reduce behavioral problems

Increase motivation

How Often Should Kids Take Brain Breaks?

There are many factors that determine how often kids should take brain breaks throughout the day, and younger kids probably need more breaks than is realistic in a classroom setting. A child's age is a huge factor, as is the type of material he or she is working on and how easy/difficult the material is based on his or her skill set.

Much of the online literature I've read suggests brain breaks for kids should occur every 15 minutes for younger kids, and every 30 minutes for older children. Keep in mind these breaks don't need to be lengthy - 5 minutes is often enough! - and that you can find creative ways to offer breaks to individual kids without disrupting the entire class. For example, you can setup movement stations in your classroom where kids can go if they are having trouble concentrating. This may require a little prompting from teachers at first, but over time kids can learn to recognize when their attention is fading so they can proactively take a break to boost their energy.

7 Brain Breaks for Kids in Preschool and Kindergarten

If you're looking for brain breaks for kids in preschool and kindergarten, you'll want a mix of ideas you can implement quickly when you notice your students becoming frustrated, as well as some stand-alone activities you can enjoy as a class to help break up the day. Try to remember that kids in this age group can't focus for long stretches of time, and it may be unrealistic to expect them to return to a task after a brain break. You'll have much more success using these activities to help kids get their wiggles out in between lessons and activities!

1) Dance party!
A great impromptu way to help your students burn off energy is to play some music and have a spontaneous dance party. This is a great way to help children get their wiggles out to help promote focus, and it also helps reset everyone's mood.

2) Jumping jacks / jogging in place
Set a timer and see who can do the most jumping jacks and/or jog in place the longest without stopping.

3) Simon Says
Kids love this game and it's one of my favorite brain breaks for younger kids. You can make it extra motivating by choosing different students to be 'Simon' each day as a reward for good behavior, helping around the classroom, etc.

4) Tightrope Walking
All you need is a bit of masking tape and a little imagination, and you can make all kinds of tightrope obstacle courses around your classroom. Leave the tape in place for spur-of-the-moment brain breaks for kids when you need a quick option to calm frustrated children.

If you need calming brain breaks for kids in preschool and kindergarten, yoga is a great option to consider. We love this YOGI FUN Kids Yoga Cards Kit as it has illustrated cards to teach kids how to perform each pose.

9 Brain Breaks for Kids in Elementary School

If you're looking for brain breaks for kids in elementary school, there are tons of fun ideas you can try! Children in this age group have the capacity to focus for longer periods of time, and a 3-5 minute break can make a huge difference not only in their ability to see a lesson through to completion without getting frustrated, but also to retain the material they are learning. When transitioning from one lesson to the next, it can be really helpful to engage your class in longer, more involving brain breaks for kids to help them switch gears.

1) Planks
While boring as a stand alone activity, get the whole class involved to see who can hold a plank the longest. You can do this periodically throughout the day and hold a running weekly tab to make this more interesting and motivating!

2) Wall squats
Have each student stand with their backs against the wall with their feet a foot or so in front of them, and have them slowly slide down the wall so they're 'sitting' without a chair beneath their bums. See who can hold the position the longest!

3) Leg lifts
Have each child stand sideways behind a chair and, using the chair for support, have them lift their legs up with their knees at a 90-degree angle. Try varying the length of time it takes your students to raise and lower their legs (5 counts up, 5 counts down), and then see if they can balance for a count of 10 without holding onto the chair.

4) Animal walks
Animal walks are another one of my favorite brain breaks for kids as you can make it as serious or silly as you want. Write a bunch of different animals on different pieces of paper, throw them into a hat, have each student choose one, and then have him or her walk across the classroom while pretending to walk like the chosen animal and see how long it takes the rest of the students to figure out what the animal is. If you're looking for quick brain break for kids, have one student pick an animal per break and organize it such that every student gets a turn over the course of a few days.

6) 5-4-3-2-1
Choose 5 actions (sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks, etc.), write them on the board in the order you'd like them completed (5 sit-ups, 4 push-ups, 3 jumping jacks, etc.), and have your class get out of their seats and get moving!

7) Four Corners
If you're looking for longer, more involved brain breaks for kids to help them transition from one lesson to the next, the next 3 ideas are great options. To play Four Corners, number each corner of the classroom with a 1, 2, 3, or 4 and choose a student to be 'IT'. This person must stand in the middle of the room, close their eyes, and count to 10 while everyone else in the room chooses one corner of the room to run to. The person who is 'IT' calls out a number (1, 2, 3, or 4) and everyone who is in that numbered corner is out. The game continues until only one person is left, and then that person becomes 'IT' for the next round (or the next brain break).

8) Heads Up, 7-Up.
Choose 7 students to come to the front of the room, and have the rest of the students sit at their desks with their heads down and one thumb raised in the air. Next, ask each of the 7 students to tap one student on the back (or thumb) before returning to the front of the room and then say, 'HEADS UP, 7-UP!'. Each student who was tapped must stand up and has one chance to guess who tapped them. If they guess correctly, they swap places. If they don't, they sit down.

9) Spontaneous recess!
Sometimes one of the best brain breaks for kids is to get outside. If your classroom is extra rowdy, surprise them with an extra recess, walk around the neighborhood, or other outdoor activity to get them away from their desks.

9 Brain Breaks for Kids in Middle School

Finding brain breaks for kids in middle school can be a bit challenging. Middle schoolers can focus for much longer periods of time, but they can still benefit from breaks to help avoid frustration and improve motivation and retention. Of course, kids in this age group are unlikely to be interested in engaging in egg races, animal walks, and a game of Simon Says (lol), but there are still tons of options to consider. Here are some of our favorites!

2) Plank and/or push-up challenge
Divide your class into groups of 4-5 students and see who can hold a plank the longest and/or who can do the most push-ups in a row.

3) Choreographed dances
Create a special class dance, or spend the time learning a fad dance like The Floss, and make it a rule that each time you play a certain song from your smartphone, your students are to get up from their desks and complete the dance until you turn the music off.

5) Fingertip hula hoop
Before you put your hula hoops away, here's another brain break to try. Split your class into teams of about 6-8 students, have them stand together in a circle with their arms raised above their heads, and then place a hula hoop on their finger tips. Using nothing but their fingertips, each team must work together to lower the hula hoop to the ground without dropping it.

6) Human knot
If you're looking for brain breaks for kids in middle school that don't require any setup time or props, this is a great one to consider. Divide your class into groups of about 5-6 students, have each team stand in a circle, and ask everyone to raise their right arm before reaching forward to grab hands with someone opposite from them. Next, ask everyone to raise their left arms and do the same thing. Be sure no one is holding hands with someone standing directly next to him or her. The object of this activity is for the group to find a way to detangle themselves without letting go of anyone's hands.

8) Would you rather?
Present your class with a series of 'would you rather' questions, and indicate which side of the room they are to run to as an indication of their response. You can make this serious (would you rather it be summer or winter?) or as silly (would you rather eat a cockroach or drink sour milk?) as you want!

9) Birthday line up
My final idea for those who are specifically looking for brain breaks for kids in middle school is a class activity called 'birthday line up'. The idea behind this activity is to get your students to line up in order of their birthdate from January to December. To make this extra difficult, and to promote additional teamwork, tell them they cannot, under any circumstances, talk during the activity! Consider setting a timer, and then working together as a class to make corrections before challenging your students to do this a second (and third) time!

I hope this collection of brain breaks for kids inspires you to find new and engaging ways to improve attention, focus, retention, and self-regulation in your classroom!
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Focus and Control: 25 Energizing Brain Breaks for Kids

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Engaging your students in regular breaks throughout the day has been shown to improve attention, focus, retention, self-regulation, and so much more. We're excited to share our favorite quick and easy energizing brain breaks for kids to help children of all ages shed excess energy to reduce feelings of stress and frustration while also boosting morale and motivation in the classroom.

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This site provides a place to find resources that can be used in the classroom as tools to increase cognitive performance, fitness, and concentration among students.  These are typically used to simply engage the brain and body so that a student is ready to learn.

Activities: Fast Fitness Mirroring, other aerobic activities

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The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts module is a collection of videos to allow children the movement breaks they need to increase cognitive performance, concentration and fitness. These high-quality educational videos and teaching resources provide an engaging and dynamic learning environment for all students.

The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts is designed to assist in the delivery of classroom activity breaks through the following categories of videos:

FAB 5® Classroom Activity Breaks: Boost Your Brain Moves
Activity Break videos to provide academic fitness and health content, intentional fitness development and opportunities for basic motor skill movements. This program is designed to be used in a classroom setting with minimal guidance. Activity break videos are four to six minutes

FAB 5® Classroom Activity Breaks: From Moving To Learning
Brain-activating movements, rhythms, aerobic and muscular strengthening exercises stimulate and prepare students to transition to their next classroom lesson. Each of the four 5 to 7 minute videos is designed to help classroom teachers weave more planned activity into their students' day.

Fast Fitness
FAB 5® Fast Fitness is a compilation of over 100 shorter classroom activity breaks designed to increase cognitive performance, concentration and fitness. Each video is from 1-2 minutes and can be combined with other videos for a longer break.

Themed Boosts

Family and Classroom Activity Breaks built around themes including holidays, seasons and various characters.

Within the Brain and Body Boosts, teachers can play videos individually or create playlists. The playlists are customizable so teachers can design the length, order and transitions of videos to meet their instructional needs. The WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts will continue to be updated with new offerings and current subscribers will have access to all updates and enhancements.

Whether creating a routine for students to follow or engaging students in content through on-screen visual aids and explanations, the WELNET ® Brain and Body Boosts embraces multiple learning styles. This innovative resource will immediately enrich classrooms and prepare students for learning.

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Classroom Activity Breaks | Brain Boosts | Movement

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https://www.pinterest.com/caylegirl/brain-boosts/

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Website Address: https://classroomsinmotion.com/activities/

Description: This website contains activities for creating active students who are engaged learners.

Activity Burst: The activity is titled Move and Mull. This is similar to walk and talk, but would be done in groups of 3-5 students. Each student will share their thoughts and walk around in a circle. Then the class will come together and discuss. This could be used when discussing a book that was read or talking about a science concept.

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Website Address: https://www.pre-kpages.com/bear-hunt-activities-preschool/
Description: Play the song "bear hunt". While the song is playing the students will repeat what the song says. They will also do actions that go alone with the song.
When I would use it:
I would incorporate it in an animal lesson or a bear book. This would be a good activity for kindergarteners.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIcu6tbEko

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Website Address: https://www.teachstarter.com/us/blog/26-brain-break-ideas-classroom-us/
Description: Find an area where you can safely toss a ball around. No one can talk or make a sound – being silent is the aim of the game. The ball is tossed between classmates. Students cannot throw the ball back to the person who threw it to them. If a player misses the ball, talks, or makes a bad pass, that student is out. The last two players are the champions.
When I would use it:
I would use this activity when the students are very loud and off topic. This will make them concentrate and be quiet.
Video Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY2sYFh6lwM

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Website Address: https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/dell/resources/APAL_Brain%20Breaks.pdf
Description: Have students spread out across the room and play one school-appropriate song. Let kids dance along until the music stops. Encourage students to hold their position until the music restarts. Repeat sequence as desired.
When I would use it:

- I would use this activity if the students needed to get their energy out

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Website Address: https://www.fueluptoplay60.com › media › files › tools-pdfs › futp-60-em
Description: This source contains many in school activity break ideas.

Activity Burst: Shake It is the title of this brain boost. This would be good for younger students who are learning their numbers. They will start by shaking their right hand 10 times, then their left hand, right foot, and left foot. They count down and repeat this until they reach 1.

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Website Address: http://www.nps.nssk12.org

Description: This is a PDF document with a variety of activity bursts and information of why they are beneficial to include in the classroom.

Activity Burst: The activity is titled Tick Tock. The teacher will say “Tick Tock it’s four o’clock.” Based on the number the students would perform that many of a certain action, such as 4 jumping jacks. This works on telling time and numbers.

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Website Address: https://minds-in-bloom.com/20-three-minute-brain-breaks/
Description: In this game students mill about the classroom saying, “mingle, mingle, mingle” in soft voices until the teacher says, “Groups of 5,” at which point the students must quickly group themselves into groups with the correct number of people. Students who are left over must do three jumping jacks before the next round starts. The teacher can call out any number for the group size. You can also add rules such as: as soon as a group is complete, all members must sit down in a line.
Would I would use it:

-This activity would be a good way to put people into groups (4th-5th grade). You could also use it as a counting game for 1st graders.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIcu6tbEko

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Website Address: http://brainbreaks.blogspot.com

Description:

Have students work with a partner. One of the students will get a small Play-Doh can. They will then bring it back to their desk and have 1 minute to make an animal, vegetable, fruit, etc (the student creating the object will not show their partner until the minute is up.) The students partner will only get three guesses for what the animal is. the Students will then switch and follow the same steps.
When I would use it:

-I would use this activity with a creativity lesson. They will be able to be creative with what they are making with Play-Doh.

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Website Name: Active Play - Active Learning

Website Address: https://sph.uth.edu link to the PDF document https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/dell/resources/APAL_Brain%20Breaks.pdf

Description: The PDF document has a multitude of activities with specific content areas.

Activity Burst: The activity is titled Over-Under-Around-Through. Students will be in groups of 3 with 2 of the students holding scarves to create a circle. The teacher will say directions like over, under, around, and through. The other group member will have to complete the task in that sequence. The academic focus is on vocabulary.

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Website Address: https://www.actionforhealthykids.org

Description: This website includes a variety of different activity ideas and additional links to resources that could be used to find other types of activity bursts.

Activity Burst: Take a song that students already know. Rewrite the words and come up with actions for the students to perform during the song. This could be used in any subject area depending on the lyrics and it adds movement to the lesson.

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https://www.gonoodle.com

Go Noodle is a great resource that has tons of videos for students to follow along to while exercising and having fun. Teachers can sign up for it and included will be several different exercising, dancing, and moving activities each lasting a few minutes that students follow the leaders on the videos to.

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Health powered kids
https://healthpoweredkids.org/lessons/brain-boost/

This activity is a great brain boost. There is also a lesson that accompanies this brain boost which teaches students the importance of their brains. One activity involves drawing a brain and different stresses held within the brain another deviation of that is to draw the brain and what functions each portion of the brain serves.
Nutrition, sleep, and other factors which increase brain productivity are also discussed throughout the lesson.

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Wrestling