Drive, build, and clean your way to focused learning! This Community Helpers Gross Motor Brain Break Cube is the perfect tool for turning wiggles into purposeful movement.

From building houses to driving a taxi, your students will love pretending to be real-life helpers while practicing gross motor skills, following directions, and getting the sensory input their growing bodies crave.

Perfect for brain breaks, transitions, indoor recess, OT sessions, and even sub plans, this gross motor activity cube keeps kids active and engaged while learning about important community jobs.

What’s Included in the Community Helpers Brain Break Cube (Set 2):

Each set includes two cube styles for maximum flexibility in both color and black and white:

• Photo Cube Inserts that fit inside soft differentiated instruction cubes
• Build-Your-Own Cube Template that you can print, cut, fold, and tape—no fancy tools required!

Gross Motor Movement prompts include:

• Pickup the garbage
• Drive a taxi
• Fix the car
• Stop the traffic
• Carry the food
• Build a house

These easy-to-act-out motions encourage movement, imagination, and joyful learning.

Skills Covered with the Community Helpers Brain Break Cube:

Primary Skills:

• Gross motor coordination and body awareness
• Following one-step directions with movement cues
• Action word comprehension and vocabulary expansion
• Encouraging transitions through active engagement

Secondary Skills:

• Imaginative and pretend play skills
• Executive functioning like self-regulation and impulse control
• Visual scanning, focus, and classroom participation
• Emotional regulation and sensory input through movement
• Cooperative learning and peer interaction

How to Use the Community Helpers Brain Break Cube:

1. Print and prep your choice of cube: use the full-color or black-and-white inserts in a soft cube, or assemble the printable DIY cube.
2. Roll the cube and read the prompt aloud with your students.
3. Act it out! Encourage full-body movement and let kids have fun pretending to be helpful heroes.

Perfect for circle time, brain breaks, gross motor centers, or calming corners!

How to Implement the Gross Motor Brain Break Cube:

In the Classroom:
Sprinkle this into your daily routine to keep kids focused and smiling. It’s perfect for adding purposeful movement during circle time, center rotations, or those tricky transition moments when attention starts to drift.

Therapy Sessions:
Whether you're working on motor planning, core strength, or sensory input, this activity gives therapists an easy and playful tool to engage kids. It’s a fun way to support IEP goals while keeping things fresh and motivating.

At Home for Learning or Play:
Perfect for a homeschool reset or after-school energy burn, this cube adds joy and movement to any home routine. It’s a quick way to spark imaginative play, get those wiggles out, and reset focus for the next task.

In Small Groups:
Encourage cooperation and giggles with group cube rolls. Whether you're leading a small center or circle group, kids will love taking turns rolling and acting out the moves together.

As a Sub Plan Favorite:
Toss it in your emergency sub folder for a no-prep lifesaver. It’s simple to explain, easy to manage, and brings smiles to even the most unpredictable sub days.

Standards Alignment:

✨ SEL Competencies:

Builds self-regulation, body awareness, and responsible decision-making through movement and imaginative expression.

✨ Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:

Supports Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development with a focus on coordination and active participation.

✨ Virginia ELDS (2021):

HPD1.1a, HPD1.1b: Children demonstrate coordination in large muscle activities like jumping, stretching, and balancing.

✨ Texas Pre-K Guidelines:

III.A.1: Children use a wide variety of vocabulary to describe physical actions and motions during play and structured activities.

✨ Common Core Speaking & Listening K.1:

Encourages participation in collaborative conversations by promoting active listening, turn-taking, and expressive language.

Check out what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Suzanne S. wrote, “I make Brain Break cubes to leave with my sub plans- subs appreciate these and my students love that I leave something different than the norm for them to do.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Melanie Z. wrote, “Love to use as brain breaks in the afternoon or when we have 10 minutes of extra time during the day.

Ready to move like a builder, a driver, and a helper?

This Community Helpers Brain Break Cube Set 2 is the perfect blend of movement, imagination, and learning.

With no prep needed, you can bring purposeful gross motor activity into your day... without adding extra work for you.

Add to your cart now and bring more fun, focus, and flexibility into your classroom or therapy space!