Seasons and holidays
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Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Monster Dance Moves
The monster party needs dance moves! Draw four, name them and teach one to the class.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- drawing movement, naming, giving instructions
What kids do
“Draw a monster doing four different dance moves. Give each move a name!”
- Four monster moves
- How to do my best move:
How to run it
- Play music and let kids dance first.
- Use action lines to show the moves.
- Each kid teaches the class one move.
Talk about it
- Which move is the silliest?
- How did you show movement?
- What song would the monsters dance to?
Take it further
Make a monster dance video storyboard.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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