![]() PREVIOUS: Faith In Action: Showing Our Appreciation - Long-Termĭownload all of Creating Home (Word) ( PDF) to edit or print.If you plan to use the drums you made, don't use paint to decorate as the paint will not be dry in time. Or, you could play a beat on a drum constructed in Activity 4: Making a Log Drum. You could play recorded music on a CD or tape player and hit "Pause" or "Stop" when it's time for dancers to freeze. Everyone will dance or move when the music starts and freeze when it. You can make music in a couple of different ways. Let students know you are going to be mindful of movement by playing freeze dance. The music makers will take turns playing the music for freeze dance and deciding when to start and stop. If any part of your body moves after the music stops, you become a music maker. This popular freeze dance video has music for children. The music may end when you are in an awkward position. Freeze Dance for Kids - Dance to the music and freeze when it stops with this action song for kids. Discover The Kiboomers (Childrens)s top songs & albums, curated artist radio stations & more. Once all children have found a spot to stand, tell them that when the music plays, they should dance. Everyone find a space on the floor to stand where you have enough room to dance without bumping into other children. Here is a game called Freeze Dance where we can dance together. Build coordination, self regulation, learn Hebrew and have fun with this tune, a spin on the many very popular freeze dance type of songs. If dancing together occurs in your congregation, give specific examples. Dancing is another activity that sometimes we do alone, but sometimes people like to do it together: at celebrations, like weddings or in staged performances.Īsk children for examples of when they have danced in a group with other people. ![]() The guests at Hare's party not only got to make music, they also danced. Can they use the CD player? How many children do you want to play their drums at one time? How will you decide whose turn it is?Ī group game helps children build community. Decide in advance how you will allow children to be the music makers.Make sure you have enough room for children to spread out and "freeze dance" safely.Drums the children made in Activity 4: Making a Log Drum, or music to play and pause on a CD or tape player.I now end all of my 7- to 11-year-old classes with five minutes of this exercise.Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity It was such a hit that the kids started requesting it every class. This game encouraged the kids to be expressive, confident, and creative. The entire class danced with complete abandon. Their natural expression and creativity flowed. I responded, “How do you think the color blue would dance?” When I said, “the color blue,” the students looked at me, puzzled. Next were all jumps, all turns, favorite animal, giraffe, anger, sadness, happiness, etc., with freezes after each. After 20 seconds, I told them to freeze and changed the rule to only floor work. With challenges inspired by Yanford, I first asked them to dance with one arm behind their back. Then stop moving briefly before calling out another animal. “OK,” I said, “I am going to play the music and you can dance any way you want to. Then dance with your little one, hopping about like a rabbit. ![]() I recalled the improvisation class I’d taken from Derrick Yanford at the 2011 DanceLife Teacher Conference, and it came to me: improvisation freeze dance. Then I remembered my days teaching 5- to 6-year-olds and it hit me: freeze dance! I needed to create an older version of this kindergarten hit, on the spot. “What am I going to do for 15 minutes?” I thought. One day I had 15 minutes to spare at the end of a beginner jazz class for 7- to 11-year-olds.
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