The following testimonial was submitted by teacher Nick Baskwill as part of Classcraft’s series on promoting physical activity in the classroom.
We are a pretty active class as a whole. We use alternative seating, so many students are on the go all day, switching seats and making new partners and groups on the fly. We use Classcraft to help manage behavior in the room, and the kids love it. They especially love random events that get them up and moving! We have added custom ones that include GoNoodle brain breaks, stretch breaks, and fun physical challenges.
We also add Classcraft “bounties” that work as bonuses and allow students to add AP, HP, XP, or Gold Pieces. We have been expanding our list of bounties to get us moving more in the room. We have ones for designing and dancing our own brain breaks, and, as the girls in the photo are demonstrating, for some stretching and relaxing. They were searching for calmness and peace of mind (and of course, enough AP to use Favor of the Gods — a reward of listening to music for us), and so some stretching and meditating was just the way to do it.
Thanks for sharing, Nick! Stay tuned for more entries in our series on promoting physical activity with Classcraft.