Movement Games for Teachers
Active Games can be used at the beginning of any lesson or at any time when your class needs a brain break. Physical activity can have a positive impact on the brain and can improve cognition, mood, attention and academic achievement in students.
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Active Games Brain Break Pack - Lower Grades
Boost brain break engagement with this active games pack, designed to help teachers quickly re-energize students.
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Shazzam! Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages teamwork.
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Place Value Review Game — "Place Value Prowl!"
Play this place value review game called “Place Value Prowl” to review place value up to the hundred thousands place.
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Would You Rather? International Women's Day Active Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions with this set of International Women’s Day-themed "Would You Rather" questions.
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Chicken Evolution Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages cognitive processing skills, physical activity, and social skills.
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Verb Charades Active Game
Practice action verbs with this fun active charades game!
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Classmate Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Build a classroom community and help your students get to know each other with a fun getting to know you activity.
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Telling Time Knockout
Practice telling time to the minute by reading analog and digital clocks with this competitive whole-class Telling Time Knockout game.
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Figurative Language Telephone Game
Play this figurative language game with a group to practice recognizing and inventing metaphors, similes, and personification.
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The Team Freeze Frame Active Game
A fun active game that encourages the development of listening skills, creativity, spontaneity, and teamwork.
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Mirror, Mirror Active Game
A fun active game that can be played by the whole class in pairs.
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Drama Game Task Cards
A set of 17 activity cards with instructions for drama games.
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Stand Up, Sit Down Game - 'Sit Down If' Icebreaker
Have your students giggling on day 1 with this Stand Up, Sit Down Game as a classroom icebreaker.
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Properties of Materials Beanbag Toss Game - Describing Matter
Explore and describe the properties of materials with an exciting beanbag toss game.
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Let's Spin - Shapes Spinner Activity
Use this colorful 2D shape spinner resource to in whole-class or small-group active learning games.
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Sing and Share - Musical Icebreakers Game
Use our Sing and Share Musical Icebreakers to get your music students up, sharing, and singing to learn more about their classmates.
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What Am I? – Music and Instruments
A fun game for students to identify various musical instruments and terminology.
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Last One Standing Active Game
An active game that allows students to build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Word Morph Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their phonetic knowledge.
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Fruit Salad Active Game
A whole class or large group active game that encourages listening skills.
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The Bean Game
A fun active game to play at any time.
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Add to the Scene - Theater Improvisation Game
An active warm-up game that every student can participate in!
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Charades Inspired - Good Behavior Game
Explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviors during the school year with a charades-inspired Good Behavior Game.
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Four Corners Icebreaker - Back to School Game
Get moving with this engaging All About Me Four Corners Icebreaker game for the beginning of a school year.
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Comparing Numbers Game — "Closer to You"
Play our comparing numbers game for a fun way to review comparing large numbers!
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The Mini-Olympics – Class Game
A fun, Olympic-themed competition you can have with your class.
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Christmas Pass The Parcel
Play "Pass the Parcel" with your students for a fun twist to the traditional classroom Christmas gift exchange!
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This or That? Christmas Edition
Take a Holiday Brain Break and play a game of This or That! Christmas Edition!
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Would You Rather? Christmas Edition
Engage your students in thoughtful and hilarious discussions in an engaging, interactive game of Christmas Would You Rather?
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Christmas Brain Breaks - Activity Slides
Add some Christmas Brain Breaks to your classroom festivities to help boost engagement and attention during the holiday season.
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Array Beanbag Toss
Engage your students with a fun, whole-class game when learning about arrays.
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Top Secret Scavenger Hunt – Estimating Decimal Sums and Differences
Join the decimal scavenger hunt adventure! Download our printable scavenger hunt and guide your students to sharpen their estimation skills by using decimal benchmark values when finding sums and differences.