Movement skills/concepts
Creative Walking, walking in different ways with expression (space and body awareness).
Set-up
A variety of music (e.g. classical, pop, children’s). Children are spread out in a defined hard or grass area.
Activity
Ask children to walk to a variety of music, moving in the way it makes them feel, using arms and facial expressions to help. Ask children to walk like they are:
- in a graveyard at night
- walking a dog
- wearing a tight miniskirt
- wearing gumboots
- in thick mud
- moving along a narrow ledge
- happy, sad, excited, angry
- a toddler with nappies on – whoops!
- a waiter carrying a tray of drinks
- a woman in high-heeled shoes
- someone who has won Lotto
- someone who has a hole in their pants!
Variations
Vary equipment: Use ribbons, scarves, poi, or ribbon balls.
Create a movement story: For example, base it on the storybook, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
