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Brain Breaks: Strategies to Boost Student Engagement, Focus and Learning!
Research states that doubling students’ chronological age is comparable to their attention span. Too much, too fast, won’t last.
A brain break (or ‘mental break’) is a short period that allows students to break away from their classroom work and recharge.
Brain breaks allow students to revitalize their minds and unblock regions in their brains that aren’t functioning optimally due to stress and high-intensity work.
Brain breaks are structured breaks using physical movement, mindfulness and emotion regulation exercises, sensory activities and ‘low cognitive load’ tasks.
The research-tested benefits of brain breaks are many:
- Improving blood flow to the brain
- Enhancing mood and learning
- Increasing engagement and cognitive functioning
- Improving focus, attention and retention
- Strengthening teacher-student relationships.
- Supporting brain maturation
- Increasing students’ perceived competence
- Improving classroom behaviour
- Reducing stress, anxiety, and frustration
- Helping kids learn to self-regulate.
This workshop will examine the WHY, WHAT and HOW of brain breaks and the VALUE of incorporating REGULAR brain breaks into the teaching and learning process.
It will provide examples of various types of brain breaks you can implement in classes across all year levels so you can start tomorrow!
