This week we moved like toys! We had to move like a robot, toy soldier and jack in the box. We thought about how each movement would need to be precise and well timed. Once we mastered the movements standing we tried moving around the room. 

We also played a few games from a different parts of the world.

The first game was from a Portugal called Jogo do Lenchino. It is similar to duck, duck, goose but instead of using words the person walking drops a handkerchief behind one of the seated players. If the person notices they must get up and chase the other person before they reach the empty space and sit down.

The second game we played was from West Africa called Ampe. A player stands in the middle of a circle as the leader. The leader will then choose an opponent, both players clap their hands and then jump and land with one foot forward, if they land with the same foot forward the leader is out, if they have different feet forward the leader stays in the middle and chooses a new opponent.  

Game from Portugal: Jogo do Lencinho

Toy Soldiers

Robot

Ice Dance

We have been working on moving our bodies to different ways to different kinds of music. This week we had Let it Go from Frozen as our music choice. We had to move in sharp, fast movements or slow floaty movements to represent ice and snow falling.