Cat Sandion has the first of two dances sessions exploring life under the ocean waves.
1. Snapping claws and wriggling tentacles
The first dance session explores snapping crabs and lobsters, wriggling octopuses and the shoals of fish which swim around a shipwreck, then hide from the hungry shark.
Resources
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This programme explores snapping crabs and lobsters, wriggling octopuses and the shoals of fish which swim around a shipwreck, then hide from the hungry shark.
Lesson summary
Warm up
Skipping forwards and sideways. Energetic, happy skipping steps – travelling forwards and then sideways.
Lobsters and crabs
Walking forwards or sideways with snapping claws. Repeat with a partner.
Octopus dance
Two pairs join to make a group of 4. They stand back to back to make octopus body and then wriggle and wave their arms high, low and all around like long, wriggling tentacles. Each group creates their own octopus arm-waving pattern.
Shoals of fish, shipwreck shapes and a hungry shark!
Same groups of four travel closely through the spaces together with small, quick steps and sudden turns – like shoals of fish. Half the class link together to form a shipwreck shape in the middle of the room for the remaining groups of fish to swim around…until ahungry shark cues them to hide inside!
Cool down - Wobbly jellyfish
Shake out floppy jellyfish arms, legs, and whole body. Stretch up tall, and relax.
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