Movement & Dance Music!
The songs below help kids to create some physical movement in their day,
so our brains can learn AND play!!!
PUSH THE BROWN BUTTONS BELOW FOR MOVEMENT OPTIONS!
Remember: Move your body like the music sounds and feels.
Can you label the music Fast or Slow? How about Loud or Quiet? How about Smooth or Separated?
FREEZE DANCE RULES: When the music is playing, move like the music sounds! Smooth, choppy, fast, slow, light, heavy. When the music stops, FREEZE your body. Choose one person to DJ the music, and others to dance! If you want to play OUTS, the last person to freeze is OUT!
Click HERE to find some other ADDITIONAL ways to dance and play with these songs!
Music videos that make you move! (requires YouTube Access)
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"Why does this work? Simply put, the brain needs glycogen to function.
When you move, your body pumps blood to the brain, keeping the brain healthy and happy." Mariah Rankine-Landers
When you move, your body pumps blood to the brain, keeping the brain healthy and happy." Mariah Rankine-Landers
Dr. Kenneth Wesson, Educational Consultant: Neuroscience, says, “Young, developing brains benefit most from a rich variety of one-on-one emotional, verbal, visual, physical and tactile engagements.” (2011) When we use movement to help students understand content, we are helping them encode information to be stored in their brains.
"Play and movement give kids the chance to release stress and take breaks from the rigor of schoolwork. While it’s important for children to learn how to work while sitting still, we also need to realize when our bodies are telling us to take a break—even as adults." - Marwa Abdelbary
"Play and movement give kids the chance to release stress and take breaks from the rigor of schoolwork. While it’s important for children to learn how to work while sitting still, we also need to realize when our bodies are telling us to take a break—even as adults." - Marwa Abdelbary
What does current research say about
movement and learning anyways?
DISCOVER MORE BRAIN BREAKS HERE:
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