1. “Refreshener”, “Energizer”, “Bewegungspause”

2. “Da bin ich, da sind wir und sieh mal, es gefällt mir hier
“Da bin ich, da sind wir und sieh mal, es gefällt mir hier.” “Here I am, here we stand, do what I do and clap your hand.”

3. Structure Advantages of using energizers in your classroom
Basic examples of energizers
A list of some specific energizers

4. Advantages of using energizers in your classroom
Energizers play an important part of teaching in school and especially in “Cooperative Learning”:
Opportunity to start learning and to refresh after a cooperative lesson
Useful in giving a structure to a usual day of learning (ritual, break etc.)
Very supportive in “doing things with a smile on your face”

5. Handy in creating a comfortable learning atmosphere because achievement and success is not the main goal
Support your self-awareness and therefore improve your cognitive performances since your body acts in an according way
Make new links of knowledge possible since more channels of perception (sound, touch, speech, social world) are stimulated
Create positive emotions to install a perfect setting in your classroom

6. Basic examples of energizers
If you and your pupils like to sing – sing as often as possible
Sing while the class is standing and everyone has enough room to move the body
Young pupils enjoy moving themselves according to the words and the rhythm of a song
The exercises also help them to remember the song

7. Spoken rhymes combined with exercises like clapping hands and other movements;
Short games that require concentration. Especially games during that talking is prohibited;
Relaxing exercises in combination with stories, rhymes and imaginations

8. List of some specific energizers
At the beginning of a lesson or school day
Yawning
Stretching
Knock off your body
Give a morning greeting to each other accompanied with some gestures
Singing a morning song with exercises
Praying with gestures

9. More Energizers As interruption / break
all games using hand and feet with rhythm and fun
Examples:

10. Fischers Fritz English text: Fred is stepping into cellar (1)
Fetching gerkins, this good fellow. (2)
Suddenly he sees some mice, (3)
You can hear him how he cries.
Haha hehi hohu (4)
(Change of places)
German text:
Fischers Fritz geht in den Keller (1),
Saure Gurken für den Teller (2).
Plötzlich sieht er eine Maus (3)
Und er lässt den Urschrei aus: Hah hehi hohu (4) - Sitzplatzwechsel

11. silent post Hands on the lap of neighbours (pic 1)
One time clapping means same direction (pic 1)
Two times clapping requires a change of direction
If you clap at the wrong time you have to take the hand out of the game (pic 2)

12. I am so fit Explanation: “I” – touch your feet (pic 1)
“am” – touch your knees (pic 2)
“so” – cross your arms an touch your shoulders (pic 3)
“fit” – stretch your arms in the air

13. horse race Explanations: Children sit in a circle of chairs
Simulate a typical horse race (leaving the stable, trot to the box, start, left corner or right corner, greetings to relatives, finish, trot back to stable)
Children stamp their feet, wave their arms, move their bodies according to race situation

14. You will see energizers will refresh yourself, your students and your lessons.