Ep. 33 SLAyyy Micro-Breaks for Student Attention
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SLAyyy: Second Language Acquisition for Everyone Website
Gaslight
Talking Yourself Out of Them
Brain Breaks vs. Games
Focus vs. Energize
Perception of Brain Breaks
Gatekeep
Sharpe, B. T., Trotter, M. G., & Hale, B. J. (2025). Sustaining student concentration: The effectiveness of micro-breaks in a classroom setting. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1589411.
Do students perform better on quizzes and tests if they get regularly microbreaks during class time?
Girlboss
Meditation and Box Breaths
Games with Patterns
Simpler!
References
Social Accounts:
Bluesky
Headspace - meditation app, free for educators!
Calm - Breathe Bubble (for quick mindfulness in class)
Say the Word to the Beat Examples - Spanish, German
Heads Up, 7 Up - Spanish, German
Category Clapping from Claudia Elliott