SS-Dance Book.indd - Practical Pre-School Books

Looking for adventure
Ready to go
5, 4,3,2,1 blast off
WOOOSH away one goes
(One child jumps from the bench and fl ies into the night sky)
Four fire works...........and so on.
Movement Games
Hot potato
Sitting in a circle give the children a potato (a bean bag
will do just as well). As music is played the potato is
passed from child to child around the circle. When the music
stops the child holding the potato must lie down on the floor
where they were sitting. The winner is the last child sitting up.
Cool Down
The Mendi Tree
This is a traditional Indian story for Hindu weddings
and celebrations and is intended to be acted out in pairs.
Take red and gold of the morning skies from the leaves of the
Mendi Tree (Reach up pretending to take the leaves)
Make patterns from these special dyes (Mime stirring the leaves
into a paste)
On the hands of you and me (Point to your partner and then
yourself)
Take little hands, and decorate (Hold hands out to your partner)
With mango, leaves, and curls (Take turns to draw patterns
using fingers on each others hands)
Dance
Perform a Song
Invite children to perform the song “The Bear went
over the Mountain”, “We’re going on a Bear Hunt” or “If you
go down to the woods today” providing appropriate props and
encouragement. Don’t demonstrate too much as the idea is to
promote children’s own creativity.
Bare Necessities
Play the music “Bare Necessities” from Disney’s Jungle
Book and allow the children to create their own dance to
match the groovy beat of the music.
Movement Games
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Similar to “What’s the time Mr Wolf” Three children
are chosen to be Daddy, Mummy and Baby Bear. The bears
stand at one end of the room or garden with all the other
children at the opposite end. The children call out “Who is
home today” and the bears call out Daddy, Mummy or Baby.
The children then take a step forward. If the bears call out
“Goldilocks” they chase the children until three are caught.
These three become the new bears.
Cool Down
Pretend to be a bear getting ready for hibernation.
Gather the things you need to make a warm soft bed
in your cave. Make sure you have eaten a big supper and settle
down, stretching and yawning before you drift into a deep
sleep. Encourage the children to describe their actions, what
sort of a bear are they, what things are they gathering, what are
they eating What is the weather like
A paisley pattern of your own with Mendi shapes and swirls
(Hold partners hand and turn slowly)
Bears
Warm Up
What Bear am I
Ask the children to think of as many different types
of bears as possible including character bears. For example
Polar bears, Grizzly bears, teddy bears, Winnie the Pooh and
Paddington Bear. Invite the children to do a short performance
of how their chosen bear might move and sound. Can the
other children guess what or who they are pretending to be
Stepping Stones to Creativity 7