Rhythms & Dance
The Bear Went Over the Mountain - USA Popcorn
The Old Brass Wagon The Hustle
The Water Dance Seven Jumps
Square Scramble Toss to the Beat!
Talking Drum Make it Up
Pop Goes the Weasel-Great Britain Tokyo Dontaku- Obon
The Bunny Hop - USA Rocking the Jukebox
The Mexican Hat Dance - Mexico Add-on Line Dancing
Agadu-International/Israeli Whoomp Dance
Sevivon-Israel (Hanukah dance) Soul Walk
Bongo-Trinidad and West Africa 5, 6, 7, 8 Line Dance
Paddle Dance/French-Canadian Stayin' Alive
The Rhythm Sticks The Rebel Strut
The Storm Bus Stop
Fly, Butterfly, Fly! Celebration
Shape Up! Syrtos Dance
Barnereinlender- Norse Dance Tinikling
Santa in a Red Canoe-Hawaii Tsakonikos Dance Ancient Greek
Hula-Hula-Hoopla! Electric Slide
Move With Me! Men in Black Line Dance
Streamers Galore Shortenin' Bread Shuffle
The Heat is On The Rise
Yan Petit-Southern France 6 Tush Push

PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School: Dunham School
Activity Grade Level
Shape Up! 1
Equipment Needs Any music you like
Facility/Playground Needs Gym or blacktop
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

Students will develop an awareness of all body parts and explore the different shapes those parts can create.

Teaching Hints:

Give students locomotor movements to do in between shapes. It is a good idea to stop the music while announcing the next shape. Students may be encouraged to work in pairs or groups, but it is not required. Posters with pictures of the shapes can be used to give students visual cues as to what the shapes/objects should look like.

Description:

Have students spread out and find a space, but they must move there in an unusual wau. Ask them to "show me a way I've never seen before." Once they are in that personal space, have them do that same movement, but remain stationary as they do it. Now they should assume a body shape using their hands for balance and hold that position. The teacher should have a signal for when to find a different position. Students are to walk around the general space until the teacher calls out a shape or object to imitate. Some suggested shapes/objects are circles, triangles, squares, trees, flowers, giraffes, monkeys, blanket, giant, bridge. Students now move around in the general space until you give them a new shape.

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