Animal Dance

• Tammy Takaishi
• Posted 6/23/21
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Movement and Play 

Suggested Grades: K-2 

National Core Arts Standards 

#7 – Perceive and analyze artistic work. 
#8 – Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. 

Objectives 

• Creative movement 

Materials  

• Animal visual cards 
• Song “How Do The Animals Move?” 
• Piano or Guitar 

Overview

Move and dance with this free creative movement lesson. Students will learn a song and freeze dance while creating animal movements.

Suggested Teaching Process

1. Teach the melody How Do the Animals Move?  
2. Display animal cards. 
3. Discuss different ways animals move with students. 
4. Ask students to demonstrate different ideas on how each animal might move.   
5. Teach freeze game: 

• Students stand in a circle 
• One student chooses a card from an array of three. 
• The student demonstrates how the animal might move. 
• The teacher plays the melody How Do the Animals Move?, then improvises emulating characteristics of the chosen animal (Elephant – heavy, Bee – fast, etc.) 
• Students imitate actions  
• The teacher stops playing, and the class freezes a couple of times 
• Repeat allowing another student to choose an animal. 

Extension ideas 

• Science: Talk about ecosystems and where various animals live. 

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