Brain break definition
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Using Brain Breaks to Restore Students’ Focus
Brain breaks are planned learning activity shifts that mobilize different networks of the brain. These shifts allow those regions that are blocked by stress or high-intensity work to revitalize. Brain breaks, by switching activity to different brain networks, allow the resting pathways to restore their calm focus and foster optimal mood, attention, and memory.
The Neuroscience of Brain Breaks
For new information to become memory, it must pass through an emotional filter called the amygdala and then reach the prefrontal cortex. When students’ brains become anxious, highly confused, or overwhelmed, the activation of the amygdala surges until this filter becomes a stop sign. New learning no longer passes through to reach the prefrontal cortex and sustain memory. Even if students are not stressed by the pace or content of new learning, a point arises when the amygdala exceeds its capacity for efficient conduction of information through its networks into memory.
Brain breaks can be planned to restore the emotional state needed to return
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Description
Give those tired brains a rest, with this entertaining book of reproducible activities. Each activity has music-related subject-matter, but it is presented in an amusing way that engages students without adding to test anxiety and academic fatigue. Teachers and students will laugh (and groan) together at the clever jokes, and their rested brains will be ready to tackle learning again after enjoying a much-needed "brain break." ContentsGuidonian Hnad Classical Tongue Twisters Haydn's Wig Bonus Bach Wig Very Difficult Crossword Puzzle Musical Flipbook Music Symbol Melee Unfinished Symphony Really Hard Drawing Activity Find the Famous Composer Instrument Rebus Color by Number Color by Number, Take Two Standardized Test Famous Facial Hair Find Your Musical Nickname Unusual Music Facts Handel Must Be Hiding Haydn Seek Instrument Matching
Specifications
| SKU | 863448 |
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| Author | Burrows, Mark |
| Publisher | Heritage Music Press |
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Brain Break Moments
A Theatre Activity Toolbox for Teachers and Parents
These short 3–5-minute videos have been designed by Berkshire Theatre Group’s (BTG) education team as brain breaks moments. These activities are drawn from the social emotional learning work BTG does with students as part of our theatre curriculum in school and after school programming. These activities have proven to be effective in engaging and creating a space where students feel encouraged to take positive risks, spark creativity, and handle transitional moments with ease.
These activities incorporate breathing warmups to calm, focus, and energize; movement to get the blood flowing, and activities to focus on active listening and quick thinking on your feet. These versatile activities are designed to be done virtually in the “Zoom room,” in a classroom, outdoors, or from the comfort of your home.
Activities to Get Moving and Thinking on Your Feet:
Presented by Allison Rachele Bayles, Travis Daly, Kathy Jo Grover, Lillian Colvin and Alexa Hilts
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