Exercise Brain Breaks SEL Movement Games and Activities for Behavior Management

Check out these "Exercise Brain Breaks Movement Occupational Therapy Games and Activities" – a versatile resource designed to enhance focus, manage classroom behaviors, and promote social-emotional learning skills. Ideal for movement or brain breaks in the classroom, these gross motor games are also valuable tools for indoor recess and occupational or physical therapy activities.

Key Features:

• Focus Improvement: Incorporate these games as effective brain breaks to get students moving and improve focus during lessons.
• Classroom Management: Utilize these activities as valuable tools to regain control and refocus the class, making them a great addition to your classroom management toolkit.
• Social-Emotional Learning: Enhance students' self-regulation skills through engaging exercises that contribute to their emotional development.
• Occupational Therapy Tip: Address difficulties such as off-task behavior, disruptions, distractions, fidgeting, and impulsivity with purposeful activities. Co-regulate, provide stress breaks, and lower anxiety to support a positive learning environment.
• Skill-Building: Beyond immediate benefits, these activities contribute to the development of skills that students can apply throughout their lives.

Included Games:

1. This or That? Exercise Spinner Game
2. Movement Spy & Find
3. Movement Word Searches (2 levels)

Customization Options:

• Exercise options with pictures provided as suggestions for creating your own spinner on the blank ones included.
• Write the words and have students find the matching exercises in the word searches.

Recommended Use:

• Classroom Brain Breaks: Use these games as engaging movement breaks to energize and refocus students.
• Occupational Therapy Activities: Incorporate into therapy sessions for a dynamic approach to motor skill development.
• Indoor Recess: Keep students active and engaged during indoor recess with these interactive games.
• Skill Reinforcement: Use word searches and spinners to reinforce exercise vocabulary and encourage active learning.

Preview: Explore the full preview to see the range of activities and customization options included in this comprehensive resource. Copy and laminate boards for continued use during therapy sessions, and use a dry erase marker for interactive elements like "I Spy" and word searches. Elevate your classroom experience with "Exercise Brain Breaks Movement Occupational Therapy Games and Activities" – a valuable addition to your teaching toolkit.