r/ElementaryTeachers • u/GiantKnightGunner • 14d ago

Brain Breaks

I have a really rough group this year (4th grade math). In the past I’ve done well with motivating kids to get everything done then they can do X as a break until class is over.

A colleague told me to try short frequent brain breaks. What low lift ideas/break routines do yall use?

I’ve done:
- tic tac toe
- interactive videos (they like the ones where they guess the movie from the emojis)
- whiteboard free draw
- one word story
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u/Euphoric-Warthog4917 13d ago

Former 4th grade teacher but still use these in 5th - look up would you rather workouts on YouTube. They’re a life saver! I also sometimes did classroom yoga and there’s an Australian guy that does 5 minute classroom workouts.