Fairy Tale Day / Film Songs Freeze Dance
Film Songs Freeze Dance
Children dance to well-known children's film songs and freeze in a character pose whenever the music stops.
How to run it
- Create a playlist of age-appropriate film and story songs.
- Explain that when the music stops, everyone freezes in a character pose.
- Pause the music at random and spot the best freezes.
- Keep everyone in rather than eliminating, and change the pose theme each round.
You will need
- speaker
- playlist
Make it easier or harderCall out a pose for younger children; older children can invent pose themes.
SafetyClear the floor of trip hazards.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 3Children enjoy active movement and practise self-regulation when freezing.
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