1. Brain Games Old & New: Enhancing Connections Between Movement & Learning 1

2. Make A Brain 2

3. Brain Function: 3 Dimensions LATERALITY: Left & Right read, write, listen, or speak INTEGRATION CENTERING: Top & Bottom feelings & emotions ORGANIZATION FOCUS: Front & Back comprehension (blend details for meaning ) COORDINATION & FOCUS  3

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8. Exercise optimizes the environment in the brain to help cells grow & prosper Growing New Connections 8

9. Can WE Change the Brains of our Students’ ? 9 YES…through everyday experiences ! The brain responds like muscles, growing with use, withering with inactivity

10. LEFT SIDE/RIGHT SIDE BRAIN GAMES  Face Touch & Index Finger  Thumb & Index Finger  Got Cha ’  Letter Spots  Thumb & Pinkie 10

11. Letter Spots A= Right Shoulder B= Right Ear C= Nose D= Left Ear E= Left Shoulder Bead Ace Bad Bed Cab, Ed Dab Bade Ade 11

12. FRONT/BACK BRAIN GAMES  Pencil Top  Star & the Octopus  Paper Twirling  Arm Wrap 12

13. Top/Bottom Brain Games  Circle Name  Pat Head & Rub Stomach  Elbow to Knee Tap 13

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15. BIHEMISPHERIC LATERALIZTION The midline is either a bridge or a barrier to learning. From the midline of the bridge, we can see the whole of the “landscape”…the midfield. 15

17. Cross Lateralization Brain Games  Nose & Ear Touch  Finger Find  Figure 8  Got Cha ’ …Again  Slap Count  Alphabet Clap  Shoe Tie 17

18. Cross Lateralization Brain Games  Finger Aerobics Ripple (cross arms)  Thumb & Pinkie  X Bob & Wiggle  Slap Count Say 21  Figure Eights  Pretzel  Bizz-Buzz 18

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21. How to Use Brain Games When to use: Prior to staring lesson (Shoe Tie) Instant Activity (Criss-Cross Clap) Brain Break during lesson (Figure 8) Culminating Activity (Slap Count & Say 21) Where to Use:Physical Education (Hand Shake) Classroom Brain Breaks (Pretzel) Recess (Alphabet Clap) Lunch Room (Finger Find) Waiting (Thumb & Index Finger) Other Resources: Brain Games for Learning National Geographic TV: Brain Games (Mondays @ 9:00) Lumosity Brain HQ by Posit Science Fit Brain 21

22. We know that intelligence is not merely a mental phenomenon and that the mind cannot be educated without the participation of the body. Marc Jeannerod 22