Great day. The first group so much more engaged and with it. We tried a "new" game (we had done it a little last week with tambourine): move and dance in all kinds of (funny) ways and when music that's being played stops, freeze in whatever position you're in. It worked well! They really got into it, dancing like crazy. Got them moving! In their own way. Having fun! Even got them to move all around the room (not staying in circle).
We start every class with passing a clap around the circle. And "boing!" And they initiate the "boing!" themselves. We don't have to tell them. They still think it's the funniest thing. Then do a little warm-up to music. Swinging and rotating shoulders, arms, legs. Shake it out (shake shake shake!). Play with contrast in movement in size and rhythm. Make yourself really big, reach up and out. Then small, teeny teeny ball, curled up. Then grow bigger and bigger and bigger! Big faces! Waaaah! Exaggerate facial expressions. Small face, scrunch scrunch, and then again, open wide eyes and mouth. Play with goofy faces. Tongue game -- out, side to side, up, in (controlled by pulling ear, etc.).
Then -- clown noses! -- and do funny movements, funny walks. And clown around with balls. Clown juggler. Drop ball and accidentally keep dropping it or kicking it away, fumbling like a fool. On purpose, of course! And practice tripping. Then practice an acrobatic roll into juggling into dropping and fumbling, then juggling again. Liz and I show. They laugh. The kids do it, and laugh. Funny -- great! Then practice a trip into an acrobatic roll into a juggling routine which turns into dropping and fumbling, then juggling again. Etc.
We also do 'rhythm orchestra' -- divide the circle into sections and each section do a specific rhythm and movement, and then all together.
October 21
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