As a brain break, Kahoot is excellent.

It is a simple, energizing, loud and motivational quiz system.

I alternate between content and fun quizzes.(The kids don’t realise that sometimes I am getting them to review work, or that I target children’s interests to ensure the ‘weakest’ kids become experts too.)

To use Kahoot, you sign up for no cost. You use public quizzes or make your own.

In the class I have 7 groups of 4 kids and one group of 5 children.  In the middle of the day, while the children are working, I place Kahoot on the smartboard/appletv. Suddenly, the children are out of their seats and each group has an ipad.  They wait for the login code and then work furiously to answer the quiz. They shout and argue and LOVE it.

Note: My winners get raffle tickets. I occasionally change the groups around. I always preview the Kahoot first(Often the night before.) to ensure the content is appropriate. In the middle of the Kahoots, I call out that the ipad must be passed along. The first Kahoots I did took 15-20 minutes but now, they are a quick and valuable classroom tool.