Summary
“Brain Breaks (Following Directions)” is a Jack Hartmann song-and-movement video that teaches patterns on Earth — weather, seasons, and taking care of our planet. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or review.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Earth follows patterns we can observe — the weather, the seasons, and cycles like water moving between sky and ground. People's choices affect it, too.
- What pattern or cycle does this song describe?
- What changes from one part of the cycle (or season) to the next?
- What is one thing you could do to take care of the Earth?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: weather, season, cycle, pattern, Earth.
Try it: Draw the cycle or the seasons with arrows and label two stages.