Looking to refresh your bag of tricks? Here’s a really fun movement activity that is highly adaptable, and helps your students develop crucial brain skills. Watch the video to see how easy it is!
The series of movements in this exercise are based on our human primitive reflexes. Moving through these patterns helps connect the left and right brain, promoting successful learning, behaviors, and emotional states. Not only that, it’s fun!
This six-page lesson plan includes:
8 elements of the Brain Dance
9 ways to use the activity in drama class
A list of action words
11 themed Brain Dances already scripted for you
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