More dance and movement activities exploring our food and where it comes from.
2. Healthy harvest
We begin with fruit-picking actions from last time, then change levels for vegetable picking and to juggle imaginary fruit and veg - try not to drop them! A famous Russian tune makes an energetic accompaniment for preparing and cooking borscht soup, getting faster and faster.
To a lively early English tune, the children practise a healthy-eating routine (focusing on teeth, brain, heart, power-walking, jogging, stretching and the whole body). We then travel to India and Bangladesh, for a class circle harvest dance, including rain sprinkling, food gathering, spinning and hopping in and out. The journey ends in the herb garden again, among the parsley, sage, rosemary and basil, making salads and fruit salads galore.
Resources
Download the audio for this dance session as an mp3 file.
Guidance on using the dance sessions in this unit with your group (pdf)
Download extended music sequences for this unit (without presenter instructions)
Movement focus:
Action: Stretches, twists, wiggles, turns, bouncing and hopping. Chopping, slicing and pouring actions.
Dynamics: Dramatic gestures. Changing speeds.
Space: Varying levels (low, medium and high). Clockwise movement in a circle.
Relationships: Self-awareness of parts of the body. Group co-operation. Moving freely within a group circle.
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