Feel like you’ve been talking non-stop for hours? Has everyone’s energy gone down the drain? Are you struggling to get anyone’s attention? Might be a good time for a physical and mental breather! To help you get started, check out this list of first grade brain breaks!
1. Pizza Man
Cheesy, good fun!
2. Dinosaur Stomp
“Pick up your foot and stomp it!”
3. The Cat Came Back
Thought he was a goner!
4. Get Yo Body Movin’
“Everybody here, let me see you bounce!”
5. Grey Squirrel Song
“Swoosh your bushy tail” with one of our fave first grade brain breaks!
6. Shake Yo Foot
Shake, shake, shake!
7. Animals In The Ocean
“The sharks in the ocean go chomp, chomp, chomp!”
8. Slow Motion Machine
Let’s sloooooow it down…
9. Banana Banana Meatball
“Patterns made of shapes, patterns made of grapes!”
10. Hopscotch (Dance-A-Long)
“We’re going hop, hop, hop!”
11. The Pirate Life
Climb aboard a pirate ship!
12. This or That
What will you choose?
13. The Sid Shuffle
Learn the moves to the coolest dance craze in the Ice Age!
14. Cat Party
“P-A-R-T-Y — it’s a party, hey!”
15. Would You Rather?
Zero equipment needed for this quick energizer game!
16. Do The Yeti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9T5fJDy_ig
Move with Migo from Smallfoot!
17. The Ants Go Marching
Boom, boom, boom!
18. KIDZ BOP Shuffle
To the right, to the right, to the left, to the left!
19. All I Eat Is Pizza
“I’ve got cheese on my fingers!”
20. Clap It Out
“Count, count, count some syllables!”
21. Positivity
“Gotta dream, you’ll do anything to make it happen!”
22. Move Your Legs
Move them all around with this first grade brain break!
23. Get Up to Get Down
“I like to feel the beat!”
24. Rainbow Breath
Recharge with mindfulness.
25. I’m Talkin’ about the Weekend!
Those precious days at the end of the week!
