Feel the Beat; Move Your Feet
Darva Campbell – NW Regional NAfME – Friday, Feb. 17, 2017
Motorcross Speedway
One person is the car, the other is the driver. Move to the beat, the driver
Steering the car. When ready, the car turns off it’s lights (closed eyes). If the
music stops – you’re at a stoplight.
Make it BIG
Start by making a circle with a finger. MAKE IT BIG!
Tap your toe. MAKE IT BIG!
Flick your finger. MAKE IT BIG!
Nod your head. MAKE IT BIG!
Blink your eyes. MAKE IT BIG!
Pass the Ball
The ball might be light or heavy. Big or small. It can change as you
will it…
CAT and MOUSE
Students stand in groups of 2 or 3 around the room. These are the
mouse holes. When the mouse stands on one end of a group, the
person on the other end becomes the new mouse.
Two students are pulled out to be the cat and mouse. The cat chases
the mouse – in time to the music. If the mouse stands by a group of
children, the student on the opposite side becomes the new mouse.
If the mouse is caught, the mouse becomes the cat, the cat becomes
the new mouse and immediately chooses a group to stand by, thus
releasing a new mouse.
CAT and MOUSE EXTENTION
The “game” becomes a dance in which the cat and mouse do not
CHASE, but rather move together until the cat touches the mouse, and
then chooses another dancer to join the mouse – who is now the new
cat.
2. Holding elbows... 3. Holding shoulders... 4. Holding ears... 5.
Holding ankles, etc...
Height Lines and Transition Activities
One long height line.
Two height lines facing each other.
One height line with the smallest and tallest next to each other.
Height lines with five people, as long as possible with everyone touching someone
else. As short as possible with no one touching anyone else.
Groups of 3 making a statue, high, low, middle.
Groups of 4 making a square.
Groups of 6 making a …?
Get out the flags for some great play.
Hall of the Mt. King
Get out the Beach Balls for some fun times… Pass them to the beat. Add more as they
get better. Lose a ball? Less balls the next time. How many balls can they do?