St. Patrick’s Day Freeze Dance, Brain Break, P.E. Exercise, Movement Activity

St. Patrick’s Day freeze dance movement activity for preschool activity for elementary students will keep your students hopping throughout the month of March. This energetic and diverse as well as multi-use activity will have your students hopping, marching, clapping, and spinning with Leprechauns and friends to fun Celtic Themed music. Video, Flashcards, coloring sheet materials provide many movement and music as well as learning opportunities for physical exercise, brain breaks. Station activities for music class so that students have a learning & creating movement experience. This resource is not just about moving- there are coloring pages for each action you can use in your literacy centers and 6 activities for P.E. as well as a sample lesson plan for music and movement teachers.

Students will have so much fun moving to 16 different actions! Coloring sheets of each action give students an opportunity to write the action words. Flashcards provide a variety of teaching opportunities for students to create their own patterns and read the words.

This complete package is perfect for SUB TUBS.

MUSIC, ELEMENTARY TEACHERS, P.E. ALL CLASSROOMS Move and Freeze can be an anytime movement activity and brain break for your students. And this resource has a variety of diverse teaching materials to reach all of your students and meet learning goals. The teacher guide includes worksheets, flashcards as well as the materials you need. Help student learn ACTION VERBS by tracing the words and coloring the worksheets for each action in the video.

Music Class LESSON PLAN, 6 ACTIVITIES & COLORING SHEETS!

RESOURCE INCLUDES:

Move and Freeze Video Flash cards of each action in 2 sizes

Teaching presentation PowerPoint and Pdf files.

Coloring pages for each action and FREE CHOICE/FREEZE with all actions.

6 Activities teachers can use as whole group or in stations.

Sample lesson plan for a movement activity in music class.

HOW TO USE: Six Activities: 6 activities that a Music or P.E. teacher can use as a whole class or in stations. All Classrooms: This resource is perfect for all classroom teachers from grades Pre-K through 3rd grade. Video with Music: The video is the complete activity. You can use the coloring sheets and flashcards in extension activities. Substitute Activity: Put the video on a thumb drive, print the coloring pages and flashcards and activity task cards. Place these activities in a SUB TUB. Indoor Recess: Put the video in your lesson folder. You’ll have it ready for snow/rain days! Brain Break: Use this activity for a winter brain break any time. Perfect for mid-morning or late afternoon between other activities.

MOVE and FREEZE ACTIONS (ACTION VERBS) Here are the MOVE & FREEZE actions that you’ll find in this video. The coloring sheets have the word and pictures that represent the action. HOP CLAP SPIN ROLL ARMS JOG WIGGLE WAVE JUMP TAP TOES STOMP GLIDE MARCH DANCE REST FREE CHOICE

WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE: STATIONS OR CENTERS- Students love to create things and play games. In this resource you’ll find 6 activities you can use in Stations and Centers that provide these opportunities for student engagement.

BUILD CLASSROOM COMMUNITY- As students play together, they will develop relationships. Freeze dance is an “individual” activity where everyone can do their own interpretation of the movements and there’s no right or wrong way to do them. This kind of activity creates a fair playing ground for everyone. You can compliment and point out how each student is doing the actions. You can play copy cat or have some students showcase their groovy moves. Use this activity as part of your class meetings and then talk about how everyone moves differently, but we’re all having fun and doing it together.

TEACH THE ACTIONS- Scroll through the video and teach the actions. When I scroll I mute the music so that it doesn’t bother students ears or make them giggle. That way you can use the video to teach the actions. You may want to demonstrate how you want students to move and help them define their personal space. TIMING- Use the video for a minute of for the full length.

TRANSITION- Have students finished their work? Use 1 minute of the video as a transition activity. Or, use the activity to help students move from desks to going to the library. Have them stand up 2 minutes early and play freeze dance- then line up to go to lunch or other activities. BRAIN BREAK- Have students been sitting and need a brain break? You can use this freeze dance activity to help students stay focused. Students need brain breaks especially if they’ve been sitting for a while or testing. You can start the video at any time and let it run for the length of time you want the kids to have a brain break. REWARD ACTIVITY- I use games and freeze dance activities right before a holiday. You can use them during the weeks you know students are more distracted and need help channeling their energy.

Overall, you’ll find that MOVE AND FREEZE ACTIVITIES can be a great addition to your teacher tool box.

St. Patrick’s Day freeze dance activity for preschool and elementary students has your students hopping, marching, clapping, and spinning with Leprechauns.

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