Here are the Top 10 strategies you use to help safely incorporate more healthy physical activity into your students' days, courtesy of our latest poll.
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Incorporate movement-based games like Charades into lessons.
Encourage regular standing and stretching breaks.
Take lessons outside so students have space to move while they learn.
Use a "gallery walk" strategy to have students move around the room and review materials.
Take dance breaks.
Do a 10-minute workout. (Outside, if possible!)
Add walks through hallways or outside during the day.
Offer extra recess time as a reward.
Develop a scavenger hunt with clues about the day's activity.
Begin the day with a mindfulness minute or meditation.