Kim Brooks

Get your Pre-K and Kindergarten students up moving and grooving while learning the letters of the alphabet with the beginning sounds for each letter. This fun interactive Brain Break will have students reciting the letters of the alphabet and keywords in no time. The movement and chants help to make it fun and exciting for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, to practice the letters and beginning sounds of the alphabet. Your students will ask to do this Alphabet Brain Break all the time! Each slide

Help refocus and calm a chatty or distracted class/student with an Engaging Brain Break! This slide show includes movement and calming strategies to help students regain focus and calm. There are 17 color slides. The Slide Show starts with slide #4. Students should practice the movement or calming Strategy for the duration of the slide until it transitions to the next slide. This resource could also be used for a whole group, small group, or virtual Setting and as a calming strategy for an indi

Teaching students about Parts of Speech can be repetitive and boring, but NOT with this Action Verb Brain Break! This Brain Break has plenty of action verbs to get your students moving, grooving, and learning at the same time. This slide show includes the following action verbs: run, jump, stomp, skip, clap, wave, hop, Dig, swing, laugh, sway, Stretch, and stand. There are two “your Turn” slides where a student can generate an action verb. There are 17 color slides. The Slide Show starts with s

Reinforce Antonyms with A Brain Break activity that is sure to get your students moving and learning! Have students act out each slide for some kinesthetic Learning fun. This slide show includes the following Antonyms: fast, slow , up, down, talk, listen, loud, your turn, back, front, sad, happy, Run, your turn, stand, and sit. There are two “your Turn” slides where a student can input their own antonym. There are 17 color slides. The Slide Show starts with slide #4. Students should practice t

A fun interactive Differentiated way to practice addition with a snowy winter theme. The same activity is offered for each level but is differentiated by Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced skills. The Emergent level is for students that are acquiring the skill, The Proficient level is for students that are practicing the skill, and the Advanced level is for students that are approaching mastery of the skill. It is possible to have an Emergent and Proficient student move to the next lev

A fun way Differentiated way to practice numbers 0-20 with a holiday theme. Count each Christmas ornament and type the number in the white text box. This color activity is the same for all three Differentiated levels, Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced but is Differentiated by; Emergent LevelEach ornament is labeled with a number0-20 for a visual cue and the student types the number in the white text box.Proficient Level: Only numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, and 19 ornaments are labeled with

Engage your students with a Differentiated needs and wants activity that results in a letter to Santa. There is a generic letter included for students that don’t participate in the Santa tradition. There are 7 pages with color and 13 B/W pages. This activity is differentiated into the Emergent, Proficient, and Advanced skill levels. There is an E, P, or A at the end of the copyright to designated the Differentiated level. The activity begins with a poster that defines needs and wants. A Dif

Take your Kindergarten students on a trip around the world to India to celebrate Diwali. Kindergarten students will learn about the Diwali holiday, while they practice rhyming skills. They will also practice simple map skills to help identify where India is and even color a bookmark with graphics that depict important aspects of the Diwali holiday. There is a simple summary of different aspects of the holiday on the differentiated activity sheets. This Diwali Holidays Around the World resource