For those of you who had me last year as a teacher, you already know that I am completely obsessed with the website Go Noodle. It has many short fitness routines that you can do when the students are surely ready to explode from being inside for long periods of time during the the long, winter days. I have started to do it with my student's this year, and they will shortly experience a Go Noodle frenzy now that the temperatures are dropping. The kids absolutely love it, and it really does give their brains a "break". That being said, teacherpop.org just confirmed that having brain breaks and/or dance parties in your classroom when the kids are lacking energy, has been proven by science to have enormous positive effects on their learning. You can read more about it here. Thank you, Go Noodle, for helping us all survive indoor recess!
Ryann Zabielski
Elementary Director Archives
May 2015
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