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Brain Games Old & New: Enhancing Connections Between Movement & Learning 1
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Make A Brain 2
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Brain Function: 3 Dimensions LATERALITY: Left & Right read, write, listen, or speak INTEGRATION CENTERING: Top & Bottom feelings & emotions ORGANIZATION FOCUS: Front & Back comprehension (blend details for meaning ) COORDINATION & FOCUS 3
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Exercise optimizes the environment in the brain to help cells grow & prosper Growing New Connections 8
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Can WE Change the Brains of our Students’ ? 9 YES…through everyday experiences ! The brain responds like muscles, growing with use, withering with inactivity
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LEFT SIDE/RIGHT SIDE BRAIN GAMES Face Touch & Index Finger Thumb & Index Finger Got Cha ’ Letter Spots Thumb & Pinkie 10
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Letter Spots A= Right Shoulder B= Right Ear C= Nose D= Left Ear E= Left Shoulder Bead Ace Bad Bed Cab, Ed Dab Bade Ade 11
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FRONT/BACK BRAIN GAMES Pencil Top Star & the Octopus Paper Twirling Arm Wrap 12
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Top/Bottom Brain Games Circle Name Pat Head & Rub Stomach Elbow to Knee Tap 13
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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. 15
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Cross Lateralization Brain Games Nose & Ear Touch Finger Find Figure 8 Got Cha ’ …Again Slap Count Alphabet Clap Shoe Tie 17
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Cross Lateralization Brain Games Finger Aerobics Ripple (cross arms) Thumb & Pinkie X Bob & Wiggle Slap Count Say 21 Figure Eights Pretzel Bizz-Buzz 18
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FIGURE 8 MAT 19
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How to Use Brain Games When 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 Learning National Geographic TV: Brain Games (Mondays @ 9:00) Lumosity Brain HQ by Posit Science Fit Brain 21
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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 22
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