Games for the Classroom

Boy molds girl playing theater game and creating sculpture

Sculpture Will Make Your Kids’ Imaginations Soar

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Sculpture is the best theater game to spark imagination and literacy. Kids love molding each other (and you!) into creative tableaus. Get creative with the titles to boost literacy. Expand EQ by riffing on themes that matter to their development. Above all, have fun in a screen-free, physical and bonding way!

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18 Brain Breaks That Will Make Your Kids’ Minds Happy

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Brain Breaks are brilliant ways to energize your kids in the classroom or at home. These short movement activities invigorate kids so that they can learn with calm bodies and focused minds. They tap into imagination and word play too!

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20 Questions Will Boost Your Kid’s Mental Stamina and Focus

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20 Questions can help your kid with impulse control (hello, spring break car trips!), flexible thinking and growth mindset. Kids love it because they can get their “sleuth” on! Parents love it because it is a fun way to get kids focusing in tight spaces!

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Boom Chica Boom is that screen free game you need to play now

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This simple chant helps kids regulate their emotions and boosts their social intelligence. You can play it as a car game, while walking to school, or even at bedtime. Kids will have fun exploring “characters” and you’ll like this easy format for fostering new words to develop feelings.

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Jocelyn and group of kids playing Pass the Emotion

Kids Get In Touch With Emotions – Here’s How

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Tongue twisters warm up the voice…Yoga can stretch the body…But what about our character’s feelings? I use ‘Pass the Emotions’ to prime my students for their rehearsals in our Shakespeare productions at Child’s Play NY. In these plays, the stakes are so high that I’m constantly encouraging students to go deeper and make things matter

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Getting Into Character: 4 Games For More Compassionate Kids

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Getting into another character’s shoes is the best way (that I know) to build empathy. These simple exercises will get kids out of their own heads and into the hearts of their character. The theater gives us these essential tools to boost empathy and emotional intelligence in our young students.

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