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Brain Breaks for Kids

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

brain breaks for kids

It’s vital to use brain breaks throughout the school day with children. These types of activities are used to activate, energize, and stimulate a child’s brain. When you incorporate brain breaks into your day, this helps improve a child’s ability to concentrate when you go back to classroom work. Research shows that children should have some sort of brain break every 25-30 minutes. You could use songs or chants with actions, games, fingerplays exercise, and more! Just a quick 5-10 minute break … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gross Motor Skills, Music Tagged With: brain breaks, songs, transitions

10 Preschool Transitions– Songs and Chants to Help Your Day Run Smoothly

by Angela Thayer 55 Comments

10 Preschool Transitions to help your day run smoothly!

Preschoolers LOVE music. They enjoy moving, making sounds, and singing! There's something about music that draws them in and points their attention at whoever is making music. A few summers ago, I took a class on early childhood transitions with a lot of preschool teachers. The course was designed to help teachers plan out an effective schedule and transitions to help decrease the number of behavior issues that happen throughout the preschool day. After taking the class, I was inspired to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music, Preschool Tagged With: preschool, songs, transitions

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