Let's make a rain cloud to calm our big feelings -- a breathing and spatial words exercise. "Let's make a rain cloud to calm our big feelings. Breathe in to make the rain cloud float up, up, up.

Grow from a small seed into a tall tree! A fun brain break to practice measurement. "Let's move our bodies by growing from small seeds into tall trees! In this brain break, kids will curl up into a ...

Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurobiology, says studies show that exercise can significantly improve many aspects of brain ...

Simple hand exercises done for just two minutes a day may support brain health, improve coordination, and potentially lower dementia risk by keeping the mind active and engaged with movement-based ...

Lapses in attention are common for adults, and the longer we are supposed to be "on-task," the more likely we are to be mind wandering (or sleeping) in class or during a meeting. Source: Stokkete / ...

Common knowledge: Exercise is good for you. A little less common, but still pretty common: Exercise is good for your brain. Not very common knowledge but should be: The cascade of beneficial effects ...