Brain Breaks

Brain breaks are just playtime and waste instructional time

• True

• False

Brain breaks can include both physical movement and quiet mindfulness activities

• True

• False

Brain breaks are only necessary for younger kids, not adolescents

• True

• False

Middle school students can generally focus for the full length of a 45–60 minute class without a break

• True

• False

High-achieving students do not need brain breaks as much as their peers.

• True

• False

Brain breaks can be used to model and teach students healthy lifelong habits for focus and self-regulation.

• True

• False

Only students with attention difficulties, like ADHD, benefit from brain breaks.

• True

• False

When done consistently and with structure, brain breaks can reduce off-task behavior in the classroom.

• True

• False