Classroom Activators: More Than 100 Ways to Energize Learners

A handy guide that will put a new twist on your teaching and classroom practices!

Learn how you can stimulate and invigorate learners using state-changing activities—engaging techniques that refocus the brain and create a receptive state of mind for learning.

Classroom Activators illustrates how simple changes in delivering instruction or designing the classroom environment can help capture student interest and keep learners focused. Each section presents specific state-changing activities supported by the latest studies on how the brain learns. Activities that can be adapted across all grade levels are divided into four categories

• Energizing the Environment: ways to keep the learning environment fresh
• Getting Your Students' Attention: ideas to help students focus on the task at hand
• Energizing Your Students: techniques to use when students may need to refocus their attention in the middle of a lesson
• Building Teams and Community: activities to build community, teams, and rapport within the classroom