ABSTRACT
Movement breaks can support children when they need to regulate their emotions or burn off excess energy, and help them to return to their original activity calmer and readier to engage. Movement break activities can be written out on cards or paper and then laminated. They can then be put on lollipop sticks, or in jars, or on a key ring. Just ensure they’re accessible, and use them accordingly. How long a child needs for an active break and how often depends entirely on what works for the child, and may be trial and error to begin with. Use readers imagination, get the child involved, and try to come up with some new and unusual ones, the wackier and more fun, usually the better for the child.
