Dance like animals

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 15 minutes

Read together

Hop like a frog. Stretch like a cat.

Fly like a bird. Stomp like an elephant.

Do it

1. Clear a safe space. Play quiet music or a steady drum beat.
2. Call out an animal and move like it: frog, cat, bird, elephant, snake, carabao.
3. Move slowly and quickly. Freeze when the music stops.
4. Finish with a calm animal: a sleepy bear curling up to rest.

Talk about it

• Which animal was your favourite to be?
• How does a snake move?

For the grown-up

Moving like animals is imaginative play and exercise together. It also supports balance and body awareness.

Mark as done

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