brain games old & new: enhancing connections between movement & learning 1
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Brain Games Old & New:Enhancing Connections Between
Movement & Learning
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Brain
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Brain Function: 3 Dimensions
LATERALITY: Left & Rightread, write, listen, or speak INTEGRATION
CENTERING: Top & Bottomfeelings & emotions ORGANIZATION
FOCUS: Front & Backcomprehension (blend details for meaning) COORDINATION & FOCUS
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Exercise optimizes the environment in Exercise optimizes the environment in the brain to help cells grow & prosperthe brain to help cells grow & prosper
Growing New ConnectionsGrowing New Connections
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Can WE Can WE Change the Change the
Brains of our Brains of our StudentsStudents’’??
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YES…through everyday experiences!
The brain responds like muscles, growing with use, withering with inactivity
LEFT SIDE/RIGHT SIDE BRAIN GAMES
Face Touch & Index Finger
Thumb & Index FingerGot Cha’Letter SpotsThumb & Pinkie
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Letter Spots
A= Right Shoulder
B= Right Ear
C= Nose
D= Left Ear
E= Left Shoulder
Bead AceBadBedCab,EdDabBadeAde
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FRONT/BACK BRAIN GAMES
Pencil TopStar & the Octopus
Paper TwirlingArm Wrap
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Top/Bottom Brain Games
Circle Name
Pat Head & Rub Stomach
Elbow to Knee Tap13
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BIHEMISPHERIC LATERALIZTION
The midline is either a bridge or a barrier to learning. From the midline of the bridge, we can see the whole of the “landscape”…the midfield.
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Cross LateralizationBrain GamesNose & Ear Touch
Finger FindFigure 8
Got Cha’…AgainSlap Count
Alphabet ClapShoe Tie17
Cross LateralizationBrain Games
Finger Aerobics Ripple (cross arms)
Thumb & PinkieX Bob & WiggleSlap Count Say 21Figure EightsPretzelBizz-Buzz18
FIGURE 8 MAT
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How to Use Brain GamesWhen to use: Prior to staring lesson (Shoe Tie)
Instant Activity (Criss-Cross Clap)
Brain Break during lesson (Figure 8)
Culminating Activity (Slap Count & Say 21)
Where to Use: Physical Education (Hand Shake)
Classroom Brain Breaks (Pretzel)
Recess (Alphabet Clap)
Lunch Room (Finger Find)
Waiting (Thumb & Index Finger)
Other Resources: Brain Games for LearningNational Geographic TV: Brain Games (Mondays @ 9:00)LumosityBrain HQ by Posit ScienceFit Brain
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We know that intelligence is not merely a mental phenomenon and that the mind cannot be
educated without the participation of the body.
Marc Jeannerod
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