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Chill Out With These Sanity Saving Indoor Recess Activities

by Brain Ninjas

Sometimes the winter weather prevents us from going outside for recess. If you're stuck inside for indoor recess, we've collected a whole list of indoor recess activities that will work even if your students have to socially distance. Come read the blog and grab a few activities for your classroom.

Every year, teachers in Canada are faced with several days in a row where the weather outside is not safe for students to go outside and play. These indoor recesses can be a nightmare at the best of times because no student wants to stay inside every recess in a row during a cold snap. We’ve collected these must-try activities for indoor recess to ease that job.

We try to let our students have a less structured recess break where they choose their own activities and aren’t micromanaged. This might not be possible depending on the situation at your school, but keep in mind that recess should be a break instead of another scheduled block of time. Come see which of these activities will work for your students.

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Filed Under: Classroom Tips Tagged With: brain breaks, Drama, Drama Circles, drawing activities, indoor recess activities, Logic Puzzles, Reading, Winter, Winter Activities, Winter Logic Puzzles

12 Simple Christmas Tree Art Projects We Love

by Brain Ninjas

Collection of simple Christmas tree art projects for elementary students

Looking for easy Christmas tree art projects for your classroom? Here are 12 we’ve tested using pastels, paint, watercolour, ribbon and recycled materials. Most take about an hour, and each one can become a card, plaque, ornament or hallway decoration.

If you are an elementary generalist who teaches your own art, it can be challenging finding projects that look great, teach skills and aren’t so complicated that YOU can’t figure them out. Don’t worry! We’ve got some great Christmas tree art projects for you. They use regular materials you’ll be able to find in your school and don’t take more than an hour or so to create.

In fact, we think you’ll probably create more than one because they are just so cute!

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Filed Under: Engaging Lessons Tagged With: Art, Art Lessons, Christmas, Christmas activities, christmas cards, Christmas Crafts, Christmas Trees, drawing activities, Holidays and Seasonal, Painting, Pastels

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