Freeze Dance
Dance while the music plays, freeze when it stops, and the coach calls how to dance: big, tiny, fast, slow, one arm, sitting. Works in a classroom with desks pushed back.
Overview
You need
Music player
Skills developed
- Rhythm: moving to a beat
- Body control: stopping on cue
- Creativity: inventing moves to a prompt
NEL Framework: Motor Skills Development.
Set up
1Step 1
Push furniture back. Children spread out.
2Step 2
Coach by the music with a clear view of everyone.
ChildTagger / team BCoachHoopSpotConeBallBeanbagRope or lineMarked areaWhere they move
How to play
- Music on: dance. Music off: freeze.
- Each round, call a style: giant dance, mouse dance, robot, jelly, slow motion, sitting dance, one-arm dance.
- Nobody out. Wobblers do a spin and rejoin.
Tips for explaining
"Use the whole room." Stop them clumping.
"Freeze like a photo." Hold it.
Make it easier / harder
EasierTwo styles. Long music, short freezes.
HarderFreeze in a called shape. Freeze on one foot.
Safety
Nothing on the floor. Moderate volume.
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