In the second dance session of this unit Cat Sandion is finding out about creatures that live in a snowy landscape.
2. Creatures in the snow
In this session we find out about creatures that can often be found in the snow. We experience some very cold weather and meet the robin, the snow fox and the penguin. We explore how they move and how they search for food.
Resources
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Lesson summary
Warm up: flutter your fingers up and down and bend and straighten your knees, as though the snow is falling.
A blizzard is coming: continue to flutter your fingers and move around the space, as the gentle snowfall turns into a blizzard.
Robin in the garden: puff out your feathers.
Hop as a robin: hop around the space and stop to fl utter your feathers and peck.
Robin flies away from the cat: flutter your wings and fl y up into the air.
Snow fox searches for food: creep around the space as the snow fox.
Waddle like a penguin: waddle with a partner, one behind the other.
Penguin slips over the ice: slip and slide, following your partner. Everyone waddle like a penguin - waddle together as a whole class in a long line.
Cool down: lie back and relax, imagining you are looking up at the night sky.
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