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We are going to give 1000 Energizing Brain Breaks books away to needy schools. Schools that have a free or reduced lunch program of 40% or more qualify to get the books. See below for more details. 25% of the profits of Energizing Brain Breaks Book are going to underprivileged schools. We have given over 1000 books away to schools all over the United States. We need to give another 1000 away. We will give 25 books (a $375 value) to each school that meets the criteria. There will be no shipping and no cost involved. All you will need to do is fill out the form and send it in to get the books. Energizing Brain Breaks are 1-2 minute brain and body challenges to help your students refocus in class. More info at www.energizingbrainbreaks.com

OMG I love this!

Brain Breaks are excellent for students to get refreshed in just 1-2 minutes. Students of all ages are being helped by having a Brain Break every 30 minutes. Teachers are seeing the need to give students a little break to help them refocus. The DVD has 50 videos of students in action doing Brain Breaks. The DVD follows the Energizing Brain Breaks book page for page. There is also a link to http//brainbreaks.blogspot.com which has many video examples available.

Energizing Brain Breaks help students to refocus in the middle of class. They only take 1-2 minutes. Teachers love them because they help get the jitters out of students. They are work well for any student K-12. There are links to websites with videos of students in action doing a brain break.

Brain breaks are the only way my students made it thru the state testing window. It made me realize how important it was to take the pressure off and let them relax a bit.

This site has video examples of students taking "Brain Breaks" in the middle of class. "Brain Breaks" help students to focus in class and also they are fun and engaging. Many of the activities cross the midline to help engage both sides of the brain.

Give a Brain Break every 30 minutes in your class. This Brain Break has the students tapping toes together to a pattern. It takes about 1-2 minutes and then they are done and ready to get back to the class material. There are video examples of the Energizing Brain Break in action.

During Boot Camp last week, Sheryl turned me on to Phillip Schlechty's newish book "Leading for Learning: How to Transform Schools into Learning Organizations" and I had a chance to get through a chunk of it on the cramped, smelly plane(s) to Melbourne. In it, he makes a pretty compelling case that "reform" is really not going to cut it in the face of the disruptions social Web technologies are creating and that we really do have to think more about "transform" when it comes to talking about schools. There are echoes of Sir Ken Robinson here, and I've still got Scott McLeod's NECC presentation riff on Christensen's "Disrupting Class" on my brain as well, especially the "the disruption isn't online learning; it's personalized learning" quote. And while there are others who I could cite here who are trumpeting the idea that this isn't business as usual, I think Schlechty does as good a job as I've seen of breaking down why schools in their current form as "bureaucratic" structures will end up on the "ash heap of history" if we don't get our brains around what's happening.

Energizing Brain Breaks are 1-2 minute activities to help your students refocus. Now they are available in PowerPoint and SMARTBoard Versions

1 or 2 minute activities to energize the brain and refocus

This article is pretty cool! Good find!

With summer in the southern hemisphere, long days combined with school holidays for school teachers create the perfect opportunity to relax with a good book. Here are five great reads that might spark some curiosity and keep the brain working over the break.

Great 3-5 minute long brain break activities!

GoNoodle is a wonderful tool for movement breaks in the classroom! It's fun and the kids LOVE it!!