Brain Breaks with GoNoodle.com!

Have you heard of GoNoodle.com?  

Well...you need to go, if you haven't!  It's a super fun brain breaks website for your class.  It features tons of dance and kid-friendly videos to move to.  It also has relaxation videos.  You and your class can create an avatar.  This avatar grows and becomes a champion as your class accrues more minutes doing brain breaks or exercises.  My first grade students last year...LOVED it!  

Classroom management tip here:  I told them they needed to show me UH-MAZING focus during our lesson and independent work and if they did well...then...GO NOODLE!  They got to work and stayed focused ASAP...with the excitement and anticipation of a brain break in mind!  

On top of fun...it's free to sign-up!  And you know how I love FREE.  :)  

Please come back and post a comment about how your students reacted to it.  Thanks!

Enjoy!

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Transition Songs

Useful Songs: transitions

Use this trio of songs to ready youngsters for cleanup time, snacktime, or lining up.

(sung to the tune of "Head and Shoulders")

Cleaning:

It is time to clean our room, clean our room.
It is time to clean our room; clean our room!
Pick up toys and put them all away.
It is time to clean our room for the day!

Snacktime:

It is time to eat our snack, eat our snack.
It is time to eat our snack, eat our snack!
Wash our hands and say thank you for this food.
It is time to eat our snack, yummy snack!

Lining up:

It is time to line up now, come along.
It is time to line up now, come along!
Stand in line oh so very quietly.
It is time to line up now, follow me!

The Mailbox.com is so awesome!

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Dr. Jean

Dr. Jean is amazingly awesome!  She is my resource in bringing early childhood activities through songs & chants!  And we know how important music is in the early years when children are learning to talk, especially the English language learners!  Dr. Jean has two websites: DrJean.org & Dr. Jean & Friends Blog!  Check her out!

Thanks, Dr. Jean!

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