{"id":230,"date":"2020-04-13T15:42:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/?p=230"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:42:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:42:55","slug":"brain-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/2020\/04\/13\/brain-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brain breaks are exactly what they sound like- taking a break from what ever your child is focusing on (reading, writing, listening, learning, etc.)! Taking scheduled short breaks during work have proven to provide many benefits including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reducing stress\/anxiety <\/li><li>Improving focus\/attention <\/li><li>Can make homework less stressful <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grade Schoolers:<\/strong> Take a brain break every <strong>10-15 minutes<\/strong> for <strong>3-5 minutes<\/strong> <strong>Secondary Ed:<\/strong> Take a brain break every <strong>20-30 minutes<\/strong> for <strong>3-5 minutes<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brain breaks can involve <strong>physical activity<\/strong> or <strong>relaxation\/quiet<\/strong> activities. Here are some brain break examples to try out: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Physical Activity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freeze dance<\/strong>: Find your kids favorite songs. Stop and start the music throughout the song. When music plays, the kids dance and when music stops, the kids freeze! This gets blood pumping but keeps the movement somewhat focused so the transition back to work is less abrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rocket ship jumps<\/strong>: Bending down, touching toes and bouncing while counting down from 10, then blastoff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow the leader: <\/strong>Take the lead or let your kids take the lead. Work on movement you kids needs practice with- walking backwards, jumping on two feet, jumping on one foot, balance activity, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Relaxation <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stretching:<\/strong> Play some calming music or just sit in silence. Click the link for stretching ideas and demonstration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.momjunction.com\/articles\/stretching-exercises-for-kids_00385971\/\">https:\/\/www.momjunction.com\/articles\/stretching-exercises-for-kids_00385971\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3241\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-2.32.49-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3241\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-2.32.49-PM.png 449w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3241\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-2.32.49-PM-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Flower Breathing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meditation:<\/strong> Try a meditation app. Look around until you find one that is best suited for your child. Link below <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/lists\/meditation-apps-for-kids\">https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/lists\/meditation-apps-for-kids<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For more info and brain break ideas, check out the links below:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/school-learning\/learning-at-home\/homework-study-skills\/brain-breaks-what-you-need-to-know\">https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/school-learning\/learning-at-home\/homework-study-skills\/brain-breaks-what-you-need-to-know<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childsplayinaction.com\/18-brain-breaks-make-kids-minds-happy\/\">https:\/\/www.childsplayinaction.com\/18-brain-breaks-make-kids-minds-happy\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain breaks are exactly what they sound like- taking a break from what ever your child is focusing on (reading, writing, listening, learning, etc.)! Taking scheduled short breaks during work have proven to provide many benefits including: Reducing stress\/anxiety Improving focus\/attention Can make homework less stressful Grade Schoolers: Take a brain break every 10-15 minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sandera1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}