How it works
These brain break dances in the classroom are read from the page, with no video to copy and no song named. Each works to a clapped beat or any music you have: freeze dances, partner dances and steps to learn.
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A clapped beat is all it needs
Clap a steady beat, or put on any music you already have, and read the line aloud: it gives the moves and the counts. In a freeze dance, stopping the clapping is the signal. The timer over the dance runs for the length its line opens with.
Movement brain breaks for a full room
Whole-class dances, one of five kinds in the menu, are active brain breaks that keep every child moving at once: Conga line, Echo dance, Circle of eights. When there is no room to stand, Seated, no space needed holds dances for hands and feet at the desk.
- Slow when it stops is the one to use when a normal freeze dance has stopped being a surprise.
Questions and answers
What is a freeze brain break?
The class dances while a beat plays and stops the moment it does. Freeze dances holds four kinds: freezing in a called shape, by number, as a copy of one statue, and one where the stop means slow motion.
Which brain break dance for kids needs no dancing skill?
Find the beat asks only for a knee bend on every clap, and Dance under the desk hides everything but the feet. Steps to learn teaches one step at a time, such as Box step or Jazz square, with the counts to say aloud.
Do dancing brain breaks need music?
No. Every line works to a beat the teacher claps. If you have music, any track with a steady beat will do. The page names no song and plays none.
Are these brain break movement activities on video?
No. Each dance is written out with its counts, so the teacher reads and claps. That also means a step can be slowed down for a class that is still learning Box step or Jazz square.