Dance of Greeting - Outcome A (K-3)-9

Teach children the steps to the "Dance of Greeting". The children stand in a circle facing the center.

Action:

• Clap, clap, bow. Repeat - clap, clap, bow.
• Stamp, stamp, turn yourself around.
• Repeat all of the above and run counter-clockwise in a circle. Turn and run back clockwise in time to the music.
• Repeat the dance.

Have the children make up other actions in a pattern to match the music.

Arrange the children in two or three smaller circles rather than just one.

This dance can be done as a partner circle dance.

These are clues that you have reached the outcomes ...

Students move in time with the music.

Students know the correct steps.

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