Brain Breaks by Howard Bartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr en-us 2022-09-22 10:04:29 UTC 2025-12-20 18:25:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Super Silent Speedball howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308476853 Students stand quietly around the room. Students throw a soft ball around the room. A bad throw or bad catch results in the thrower or catcher being out. Game continues until one person is left. 
Rules: 
No talking
No throwing it back to the person who threw it to you (until there are four or fewer players left)
No moving around the room. 

Variations:
Players must clap twice before catching the ball
Players must catch the ball with one hand only 

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The player in the middle will close their eyes and count slowly and loudly from 10 to 0.
While they are counting, all others may stay where they are or quietly move to a different corner. When the counter gets to 0, everyone must be at a corner (if not they must sit down).
After counting, the player in the middle points to corner of his/her choice and can only open their eyes after having done so.
Anyone standing in that corner must sit down.
If no one is standing at the chosen corner, all players sitting may stand up and get back into the game.
When only one player is left standing, s/he becomes the counter for the next round.


]]> 2022-09-22 10:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308479397 Heads up, Seven Up howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308480048 Seven students stand in front of the class. The rest of the students put their heads on their desks. The seven then move about and each touches a student. Once touched, a student sticks his or her thumb up. Then the seven say “heads up seven up!” The students who were touched then get a chance to guess which of the seven touched each of them. If they guessed right, they get to change places and be one of the students in the front.]]> 2022-09-22 10:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308480048 No Laughing Game howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308480488 A teacher or another student tries to get the rest of the class to laugh or smile. Kids get out if they laugh or smile. ]]> 2022-09-22 10:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308480488 Follow The Leader howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308481254 Group stands in a circle. One person stands outside of the room. A person in the circle is elected to be the leader. The leader does a repeatable motion that the rest of the group copies. The outside person enters the room and stands in the middle of the circle. The leader changes the motion ever 10 seconds or so. The person in the middle has three guesses to figure out who the leader is. Once the game is over, the leader leaves the room and becomes the guesser. ]]> 2022-09-22 10:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308481254 Count to Twenty howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308481733 Sit or stand in a circle. The idea is for the group to count to twenty, one person saying one number at a time. Anybody can start the count. Then a different person says the next number – but if two or more people happen to speak at the same time, counting must start again from the beginning. It is possible to get to twenty if everybody really concentrates – but try and be relaxed as well.]]> 2022-09-22 10:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308481733 Zip Zap Zop howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308483306 Stand in a circle. Have kids practice saying “Zip, Zap, Zop.” One person starts by clapping and pointing to someone as she says, “zip.” The person she pointed to claps, and points to someone else saying “zap.” The person she pointed to then claps, and points to someone saying “zop.”
Then it starts all over again with the next player clapping and pointing to someone saying “zip!” The game continues until someone gets out.
If a player says a word out of order, he’s out. If a player hesitates too long, she’s out. When players is out, they can stay in the game, but turn into “land mines” by crossing their arms over their chest. If a player still in the game points to one of the “mines,” he is out too.


]]> 2022-09-22 10:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308483306 Assassin howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308484193 Everyone sits down in a circle. The leader explains the rules of the game. The rules are discussed. Everybody in the circle closes their eyes. The leader walks around the circle and chooses one murderer by touching their shoulder. Once a murderer is chosen the leader tells the children that it is time to open their eyes. From there, the children stand up and start shaking hands. When they shake other kids’ hands they say, “Hi, my name is _________.” This way everyone gets to know each other’s names. The only difference between the murderer and everybody else is their hand shake. When the murderer shakes another kid’s hand they slip one of their fingers and tickle the person’s hand that they are shaking. 2 After getting tickled by the murderer the child must shake 4 other hands before dramatically dropping to the floor with an exciting fake death. After each death the other people can guess who they think the murderer is. If they guess wrong they too have to drop to the ground in a dramatic death. None of the people who have been tickled get a guess because they already know who the murderer is.]]> 2022-09-22 10:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308484193 Big Booty howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308484822  One person is”Big Booty,” the person on their left is “number two,” and so on until the last person is called “Little Booty.” Big Booty starts by hitting their knees and starting a clapping beat while saying the words “Biiiig Booty, Big Booty, Big Booty, Uh huh, Big Booty.” Then, in quick succession and on time to the beat, they say their position (in this first case, Big Booty) and then the position of someone else in the circle, i.e. “Big Booty, Number Three.” This is all said in time to the beat. Then the person who is number three says “Number Three,” and then another person’s position in the circle. The game continues until someone misses their turn when called or says the phrase off beat, at which point they skip to the last position and are the new “Little Booty.” The goal is to become Big Booty and stay in that position as long as possible, but no one actually wins.

]]> 2022-09-22 10:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308484822 Do You Love Your Neighbor? howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308485468 Arrange chairs in a circle; one chair per person playing, minus one.
2.  One person stands in the middle of the circle and approaches a person sitting in the circle and asks: “Do you love your neighbor?”
3.  If that person answers: “Yes, I love my neighbor,” the two people sitting on either side of him/her, quickly tries to exchange seats before the person in the middle sits in one of their chairs.
4.  If they answer “No,” they continue with, “But, I love everyone who… __________” (i.e. …has brown eyes). Everyone in the circle with brown eyes finds a new chair.


]]> 2022-09-22 10:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308485468 Sausage howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308486068 One person is chosen to be interviewed by another student. The interviewee must answer every question with one word: “sausage” If the interviewee laughs, they are out. ]]> 2022-09-22 10:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308486068 JellyFish howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308488079 2022-09-22 10:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308488079 howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308488953 2022-09-22 10:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308488953 Banana Camp Song howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308491971 2022-09-22 10:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308491971 howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308493671 2022-09-22 10:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308493671 howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308494253 2022-09-22 10:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308494253 howardbartlett https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308815387 2022-09-22 13:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2308815387 Math combat https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310000654 Pair ups students and have them hide a number behind their backs. On the go signal, they show their hands and to add/multiply the number of fingers up. Play as many rounds as you like. ]]> 2022-09-23 06:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310000654 Heads, Tails, or Both https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310001536 The teacher (or chosen student) has 2 coins. Before each round, students must decide if both coins will be heads (both hands on heads), tails (both hands on back), or one of each (one hand on head, one on back.) The teacher flips the coins. Anyone who chose wrong sits down. Keep playing until one student is remaining. ]]> 2022-09-23 06:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310001536 Night at the Museum https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310001808 One student is a night guard and everyone else is a statue. While the night guard closes their eyes and counts down from 10, the statues come to life and can move around the room. However, at 0, the night guard will open their eyes and try to catch any moving statues - laughing and talking count as well. the night guard must say the student’s name and the movement they caught. While the night guard’s back is turned, the statues may continue to move around, so long as they do not get caught.]]> 2022-09-23 06:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310001808 Nine Square Mind Reading Trick https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310002144 https://www.goodtricks.net/magic-square-mind-reading-trick-revealed.html]]> 2022-09-23 06:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310002144 3 hands, 7 fingers https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310003182
  • Find two other people to play this with (can be your family members or over video conferencing)
  • One of the players says, 'One,. two, three, show!'
  • On 'show', each person holds out 0-5 fingers.
  • The aim is to have 7 fingers in total.
  • How many times do you have to do it to have exactly 7 fingers?
  • Once you do, play with both hands and try to get to 11!

    • ]]>     2022-09-23 06:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310003182     Sparkle https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310004292 Students form a circle. Give them a word to spell, such as INTERESTING. Begin with one student who will say I, move to the next student who will say N, and keep going around the circle with the next student saying the next letter. After the last letter G, the next student will say “sparkle,” and the student after that is automatically out. If a student says the wrong letter, they are also out.]]> 2022-09-23 06:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310004292 Magic number https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310005751 Students decide on a magic number (preferably under 30). Students stand in a circle and take turns counting up in threes (or fours or five) max (could be 1 or 2 or 3). The student who arrives on the magic number sits out until there’s only 1 student remaining. ]]> 2022-09-23 06:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310005751 Wink Mafia https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310005857 All the students group up in a circle. One student is the guesser. They leave the room. The rest of the class decides on the winker. When the guesser returns and stands in the middle of the circle, the winker will begin eliminating students by making eye contact and winking at them. If a student is eliminated, they must die dramatically. The guesser has three tries to identify the winker.]]> 2022-09-23 06:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310005857 Simon Says https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310006054 Choose one child as “Simon.” The other children gather around Simon, who gives instructions by saying, “Simon says…” telling the kids to perform a physical action. For example, "Simon says touch your nose," "Simon says shake like a leaf." Each child must perform the action.]]> 2022-09-23 06:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310006054 Math Puzzles https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310008243 https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/math-puzzles/]]> 2022-09-23 06:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310008243 Silent ball https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310008788 Anyone who disobeys the rules will be out. First 3 rules of silent ball is that everyone should stay silent, thrown underhand, and catch with one hand. Add rules  to make it harder (everyone stand on one leg, catch with off hand etc)until only one remains!]]> 2022-09-23 06:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310008788 Im going on a picnic (or to the moon) scottda3 https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310339556 Whoever's turn it is chooses a rule. The rule can be whatever that person would like and it is up to the rest of the class to figure out what the rule is. Whoever's turn it is starts by saying "I'm going on a picnic and I'm bringing..." and then says an item that follows the rule. My favorite rule is "things with double letters" but it can be whatever the player chooses. THings that are yellow, things whose name has 5 letters, things in this classroom, etc. So you can bring anything that follows the rule, but you cannot bring things that do not. The students take turns asking if they can bring certain items, and the player tells them "yes they can bring that" or "no you cannot bring that." If they figure out the rule, they keep it to themselves, and continue to ask about different items until everyone has figured out the rule.]]> 2022-09-23 11:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/howardbartlett/ajx8deuq57sjmjvr/wish/2310339556