MADISON, Wis. — Are you ready to dance down the hall with Bucky?
Another school year has started, which means Wisconsin student-athletes and Bucky Badger are back for a second year of Badger Brain Breaks as a part of the Wisconsin Athletics WiscFit program.
The goal of WiscFit is to promote a healthy, active lifestyle for kids across Wisconsin. However, after gaining popularity in classrooms, Badger Brain Breaks crossed state lines.
"I am a third grade teacher in Minnesota, but my mom is a Badger alum and showed me the Brain Breaks," added Kaitlin Gardner of Somerset Elementary School. "I have a math team in my room that is named after the Badgers. So when I first showed them the videos, they loved them. The kids ask to do them all the time. When we came back from winter break it was the first thing they asked about since it was a new month and there was a new Badger Brain Break."
Badger Brain Breaks, one of the main pieces of the WiscFit program, is a series of videos that feature Badgers student-athletes and Bucky Badger showing off some of their favorite dance moves.
The dances are upbeat yet simple enough for anyone to follow along with, which make them perfect for teachers, parents and guardians to use in the classroom or at home to help keep kids active, break up periods of inactivity during the day and improve overall learning. Active breaks during the school day have also proven to improve the attention spans and increase the productivity of students.
Beth Wrobel, a fourth grade teacher in Onalaska, Wisconsin, says, "My students beg for them daily, so I use a Badger Brain Break as our daily transition before afternoon reading class. It's fun, and they're ready to focus after and learn."
Visit www.uwbadgers.com/WiscFit to view the Badger Brain Break videos and fill out the survey to let us know what you think.
