The Complete Brain Warm Up

MCA testing continues in 3rd grade!  The kids are doing great!  I am excited to see the end results from all their hard work!  

It is been said that it is important to get up and move before taking a test.  So before each section of the test, I gave my students the opportunity to get up and move, to warm up their brains!  I found this cool video from You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4an7UC3wA that goes along with the all the different brain gym activities that I have added into my classroom! 

 Check it out!   My kids enjoyed doing it!

Brain Gym

At our spring conference, I was introduced to some brain gym activities.  Today, I tried one of them with my students!   They asked many questions on what we were doing and why we were doing them.  The activities and questions tied in perfectly with what we have been learning about: the brain!  Brain gym is to help or improve a students:

• Concentration and Focus
• Memory
• Academics: reading, writing, math, test taking
• Physical coordination
• Relationships
• Self-responsibility
• Organization skills
• Attitude

I introduced my class to the Lazy Eights before we started our writing!  The kids enjoyed the activity.  Some said that..."this is easy,"  some said "this is hard!"