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Limbo1 or more playersEquipment:
2 chairs, masking tape or
string Procedure:
Make a limbo “pole” by
placing 2 chairs about 4 feet apart andback-to-back. Next, attach tape orstring across the top of each chair.Have your child pass underneath thepole doing the “limbo.” Lower the tapeor string for each round. Variation:
If you have 3 or more
people playing, you can also use a jumprope, having 2 people hold the endswhile the other person passes under therope. Children can listen to music anddance while they play.
Scarves andRibbons 1 or moreplayers Equipment: For eachplayer—scarves orribbons thatcan be held in your child’s hand or tiedto a wooden spoon. Procedure:
Move around with scarves
or ribbons. Vary movements from slowand gentle to quick and lively. Movewith just one scarf or with several. Trymaking circles, zigzags, figure 8’s andwaves with the scarves. If you have aportable radio or tape player, trymoving to different types of music.
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Slow
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Medium
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Fast
Rhythmic Movement
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Dancing
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Shuffling
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Twisting
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Marching
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Sliding
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Shaking
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Turning
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Bending
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Stretching
Freeze Dancing 2 or more players Equipment:
music
Procedure:
Put on some music or
make your own, and let your childdance.
Explain to your child that when
you stop the music, everyone freezes.Start dancing when the music comes onagain. If you have a portable tapeplayer or radio, play outside. Tight Ropes 1 or more players Equipment:
sidewalk chalk or masking
tape Procedure:
Make a straight line with
chalk on a safe sidewalk or driveway orin the dirt using a stick. Have your childwalk along the line as if he is on a tightrope or balance beam. Let him trywalking forwards, backwards andsideways along the tight rope, or hopon and off. Inside, make a line usingmasking tape on the floor. Variation:
“Balance Trail”—Instead of
a straight line, make a trail or path withsome twists, turns and corners. Drawbrooks to cross, logs to jump on and soon.
Have your child follow the winding
path.
Moving to Music A variety of cassette tapes and CD’shave traditional songs for children withmovements. You can teach your childthe movements if you know them, oryou and your child can make up yourown. For example: “Skip to My Lou” Show your child how to skip around,pretend to fly for “Flies in thebuttermilk…,” etc. “Ring-Around-the-Rosy” Join hands with your child, circlearound, and then fall down. “Ten in the Bed” Show your child how to roll on theground or floor for “Roll over, roll over.” “Wheels on the Bus” Show your child how to circle his armsfor the wheels going around; jump upand down for the people going up anddown; move her arms back and forthfor the wipers going swish; walk or runbackwards to move on back, etc. “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes” Have your child touch his head,shoulders, knees, toes, etc. wheneverhe hears those words. Let him followyour movements if he needs help. “The Ants Go Marching” Have your child march around. Createmovements your child can follow to gowith the words:
pretend to climb a
tree, pick up sticks, or stomp feet for“Boom, Boom, Boom.”
Hula Twist 1 or more players Equipment:
large plastic hoop for each
player (to make your own, see “PlayEveryday!”) Procedure:
Let your child spin the
hoop around her waist—try it fast, try itslow. Try it high, try it low! Try it tomusic! Try it in the yard, in the house! Mirror Me 2 or more players, best with an evennumber of people Procedure:
Face one another. As one
person moves, the other person doesthe same as if they are a mirror image. Marching Band 1 or more players Equipment:
containers with lids, dried
beans, spoons, pots and pans, rubberbands Procedure:
Make some instruments
using dried beans in a closed containerto shake, spoons to bang on pots,rubber bands to stretch over opencontainers and twang. Let each childhave her own instrument. March aroundthe neighborhood or in the house.
