My students love this game!
What do you need: students play in pairs, each pair has a cup or a stuffed animal....something they can grab, and a chair

Set up: object they will grab is placed on top of the chair and students stand on opposite side of the chair.

How to play: Teacher calls out body parts and the students touch the correct body part. When the teacher yells, “Taza, or vaso, or animal” or whatever you are having them grab, the student who grabs the object first wins the round. The loser of the round sits. Students readjust to find a new partner and a new round begins. If there is an odd number, the extra student sits out until the following round. You play rounds until you get to the final 2 and play the final round to determine the winner.

This game goes fast, gets the wiggles out, is a lot of fun and is a great review! I have been playing it for a few years now and have always played it with body parts, but I saw someone else share a post the other day and they play it with classes and call the game Cape! (Latina Hilara http://www.latinahilara.com/kinetic-activities-get-em-out-of-their-seats) but they played the game using a wide variety of vocabulary words and signs....WOW! What an awesome new way to play an old favorite! I have gestures/signs for all of my verbs and many vocabulary words. This game has so many more possibilities than what I originally was able to see!....I am loving it! It is like I have a brand new game all over again! I hope you and your students enjoy it!

Higher or lower is a great and easy game that probably takes 5-6 minutes to play. All that you need is a deck of cards. You will have the cards in a stack on a table in front of you or hold them in your hand. You will show the top card (face up) and the student has to guess higher or lower (Ace is always low and king is always high. If a student guesses and it happens to be the same value card when you flip that you just showed them, then you flip one additional card. ie. They are looking at a jack and you flip over a jack, you then just flip another card.) You either line students up and walk down the line to each of them to have them make their guess or you can have them move around you in a circle and come to you as they pass by for their guess. As they get out, they go back to their seat to sit. Last one in the game wins.
I have not had problems with the kids who are out not remaining involved. They are usually competitively supporting someone who is still in the game and cheering each other on. They get very excited!
ENJOY,

Cara o Cruz means heads or tails in Spanish and is a great quick brain break that can be done in one minute ... or more if your students love it and want a few rounds.

The teacher has a coin and students stand. They are instructed to choose either cara (grabbing their head) or Cruz (grabbing their bum). Teacher tosses the coin. Whoever chose the correct side of the coin will remain standing and whoever was wrong will sit. The teacher continues to toss the coin until one person remains. I usually give out a candy to the winner. It is possible for no one to win, but I usually insist that when we get down to two people they must choose opposite sides of the coin.

My kids love this and I love it because it is so easy and it is super fast with no set up. I hope you enjoy it!

This game falls under the no outbut, quick brain break category. This is quick, easy and fun! This takes max 2minutes to play a round once students know how it is played.

1. Students put their DOMINANT HAND on top of their head (this makes the shape of a banana....the name of the game.) so, if they are left handed they put left hand on head, right handed right hand goes on head..
2. Have students spread out as much as possible. *Note: I play this in a deskless classroom.
   
3. When you say go EVERYONE IS IT! 🤪 kids tag each other with the hand that is not on their head.
4. The last one in is the winner.
5. I tell students that if they tag hands with another student, no one is out and it is a do-over.