1. Brain Break
GET MOVING! :)

2. Brain Break
Go find someone else who shares the first letter of your first name or first letter of your last name.
Hint: This is to help you get to know names in your class.
Ask each person: what is your full name?

3. Brain Break
stimulate left-and-right brain
connections between versus within left-and-right hemispheres
Ear-nose switch

4. Brain Break
Rub tummy
Pat head

5. Brain Break: FISH AND SNAKE Fish both arms up and down
Snake both arms sides in and out
CHALLENGE:

6. Brain Break
Lap
Clap
Miss
Lap, Clap, Miss, Clap, Lap

7. Brain Break Flamingo -> Hands together -> Right hand to left hip
-> Left hand to right hip
Faster!

8. Brain Break: Numbers Countdown… count from 20 backward
Count up… count even 2, 4, 6,
Count up… count odd 1, 3, 5, ….19
Countdown Challenge…
count backward from 20 with 2s!

9. Brain Break
Give me a pinky!
Thumb!
Pinky!
Opposite pinky and thumb!

10. Nucleus Game Look at a periodic table
Whatever element the teacher calls out, get into a group the same number as the atomic number
For example, if teacher says “Helium” get into pairs
You are young adults, it doesn’t matter what group of people you are in, so don’t exclude anyone. This is a kinesthetic learning strategy.

11. Brain Break
Handshake

12. Brain Break
Number spots

13. Brain Break: Crab 1. Stand Up
2. Put your arms out in front of you and match your fingers from each hand together and then match your thumbs together.
3. Now put lower your middle fingers so that the knuckles touch. Keep them flat against each other.
4. Now un-touch and retouch your thumbs.
5. Now un-touch and retouch your index fingers.
6. Now un-touch and retouch your ring fingers.
7. Lastly, un-touch and retouch your pinkies.

14. Brain Break
1. Stand Up
2. Use your index finger and write a large "A" in the air out in front of you and at the same time say out loud the number "1".
3. Now use your index finger and write a large "B" in the air out in front of you and at the same time say out loud the number "2".
4. Continue writing the letters in the air and saying the numbers out loud as far as you can go or until the end of the alphabet.

15. Brain Break: Partner Lean
How far back can you step without falling?

16. Brain Break Put your fingers and thumbs together
Bend down your middle fingers
Pull apart thumbs, then index, then pinkie
Can you pull apart ring fingers?

17. Brain Break Stand face-to-face with a partner
Put out your right feet and touch toes once
Switch and touch left feet two times
Right once.
Left twice.
Repeat.

18. Brain Break Wink your left eye, snap your right fingers
Wink your right eye, snap your left fingers

19. Brain Break: Gratitude Exercise
Write down 2 things you are grateful for
Did you know? Gratitude decreases stress!

20. Brain Break

21. Calm.com
Brain break: 2 minute mindfulness time

22. Mingle Re-cap Activity
Hold up 1 to 5 fingers
Go find someone else in the room with the same amount of fingers (you MUST get out of your seat)
Tell your partner two things you just learned

23. Brain Break Do your best impression of “peanut butter jelly time”
If you don’t like this option, do 2 air squats or “head-shoulders-knees-toes”

24. Brain Break
Chair yoga
Breathe in deeply counting to 5, pause, exhale counting to 5
Sit sideways in your chair and turn back
Reach up toward the ceiling
Stretch your legs and reach toward your toes

25. Brain Break: Chair Yoga

26. Brain Break: Flip a Pen 1. Stand Up.
2. Take a pen and flip it ONE REVOLUTION. (ballpoint tip to ballpoint tip)
3. Now do the same thing with your other hand.
4. Now get a pen for both hands and try to do both pens at the same time.
5. If you really are good at that, then try to throw the pens up into the air and catch them in opposite hands. This is tough.

27. Brain Break
Move around
High five 5 people and say you’re awesome