Justin Fletcher has more fun summer holiday movement activities.
2. Land, water, sky
The second session uses familiar beach activities as a movement focus. Working with a partner, children build a sandcastle, copying each other’s movements. Hand in hand, they creep to the water and run away as the waves crash onto the beach. They imagine a floating beach ball and pass it through the air to each other. Then, in groups of four or five, the children imagine a walk through the countryside with different leaders inventing obstacles to be navigated. Vocal sound-effects cue the change in leader. After all that activity, the children can relax with an ice cream!
Resources
Download the audio for this dance session as an mp3 file.
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
Lesson summary:
Sandcastles: building sandcastles in pairs, copying each other’s movements.
Creep to the water: approaching the sea, hand in hand, then running away as the waves crash onto the beach.
Beach ball: imagining a floating beach ball and passing it through the air.
Countryside walk: in groups of four or five, the children imagine a walk through the countryside, with different leaders inventing obstacles to be navigated.
Cool down: the children relax with an ice cream!
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