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Video Game Brain Break Free Printable

The Video Game Brain Break Free Printable gives kids nine quick movement challenges that support gross motor skills, balance, and coordination. Each box has a video game inspired name, so children can pick a move, complete it, and level up. It is free to download at the bottom of this post.

What’s Included in This Video Game Brain Break Printable

This one page printable is a sample from the complete Video Game Sensory Motor Packet. Each of the nine boxes shows a child demonstrating the move next to a video game icon, and the directions tell kids to choose a box, try the move, then choose another.

  • Coin Reach and Star Stretch have children reach up high 10 times and hold a wide star for 10 seconds.
  • Power Squats and Dragon Stomps call for 5 slow squats and 10 foot stomps.
  • Rocket March and Race Car Run add energy with 20 marching steps and 20 counts of running in place.
  • Cross-Body Taps asks children to tap each opposite knee 5 times.
  • Balance Quest has children stand on each foot for 10 seconds.
  • Freeze Mode ends the break with a 10 second statue freeze.
Video Game Sensory Motor Packet

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Video Game Brain Break Skills This Activity Supports

These movements work on a range of skills in just a few minutes.

A strong core and steady balance support the sitting posture children need for handwriting and classroom tasks. Crossing midline and bilateral coordination help with skills like dressing, cutting, and reading across a page. Short movement breaks also give students a chance to reset before returning to learning.

How to Use This Video Game Brain Break Activity

This printable is flexible enough to fit many settings.

  • Occupational therapy sessions: use it as a warm up or a transition between table tasks.
  • Physical therapy sessions: practice balance and strength with clear rep counts.
  • Classroom use: try it for brain breaks between lessons, early finishers, or indoor recess.
  • Home use: add a quick movement break after homework or screen time.
  • Choice or circuit mode: let children pick any box, or work through all nine for a full routine.

Tips and Variations

For younger children, demonstrate each move together before starting and choose only three or four boxes. Lower the counts if needed, such as 3 squats or 5 marching steps.

For an added challenge, ask children to complete each move slowly and with control, or hold the balance and star poses for longer.

Slip the page into a sheet protector and use a dry erase marker to check off each box as children finish. Treating all nine boxes as a game to complete adds a fun sense of leveling up.

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Download your FREE Video Game Brain Break Here

The Video Game Brain Break Free Printable is a free PDF you can print and use right away in therapy sessions, classrooms, or at home. This low prep activity offers a simple way to support gross motor skills and balance with a video game design. Enter your email below to download the free printable.

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