We’ve all been there. You look around the room and for whatever reason, it’s not happening. The kids are acting like bumps on a log or they’re a bit too wound up.
For these unplanned movement breaks, I usually refrain from using video brain breaks. Instead, I opt to do a quick & focused teacher-led movement break.
All students stand and we start by marching in place while we count to 10 in Spanish. Then we do another action and count to 9. We work our way down to one, which is always “give yourself a big hug.” Actions I like to include are stomping, tip toes, jumping, clapping, big claps, tiny claps (just pointer fingers), crocodile arms in various sizes. I also do silly voices along with the sizes (low voice for the big crocodile or the stomping feet and high voice for the baby crocodile and tippy toes).
This kind of movement break doesn’t disrupt the timing of our lesson too much. I find it allows the group to refocus together and get back on track.