Freeze Dance! Your Amazing Body Moves

Objective

To engage Pre-K students in a fun, active game that encourages them to identify and move different body parts.

Materials

• Music player
• Age-appropriate music

Instructions

1. Introduce the Game: Gather students in an open space. Explain the game by saying: "Today we're going to play 'Freeze Dance!' When the music plays, you can dance any way you like, moving your amazing body. But when the music stops, you have to FREEZE like a statue!"
   
   
2. Demonstrate: Briefly demonstrate freezing in a silly pose. You can also show how to dance freely.
   
   
3. Start the Music: Play some energetic, child-friendly music.
   
   
4. Dance and Freeze: Encourage students to dance and move. After about 10-15 seconds, pause the music.
   
   
5. Call Out a Body Part/Movement: When the music stops and students are frozen, call out a body part or a simple movement involving a body part. For example:
   • "Freeze with your hands up!"
   • "Freeze with your feet together!"
   • "Freeze with your arms like an airplane!"
   • "Freeze with your head tilted!"
   • "Freeze with your knees bent!"
   • "Freeze with your mouth making a silly face!"
     
     
6. Repeat: Continue playing for 5-7 minutes, calling out different body parts and movements each time. Keep the atmosphere light and fun. Emphasize that it's okay if they wobble or don't get the exact pose, the most important thing is to have fun and try to move their amazing bodies.
   
   
7. Cool-Down: After the game, you can lead a brief cool-down where students slowly stretch different body parts, reminding them how important it is to take care of their bodies.

My Amazing Body! Body Part Matching

Name: _________________________

Directions: Look at the body part word on the left. Draw a line from the word to the picture of the body part on the right!

Match the Words to the Pictures!

1. Eyes
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of eyes here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of eyes.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

2. Ears
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of ears here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of ears.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

3. Nose
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of a nose here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of a nose.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Mouth
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of a mouth here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of a mouth.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

5. Hands
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of hands here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of hands.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

6. Feet
   
   
   
   (Teacher: Draw a simple picture of feet here, or provide space for a sticker/cut-out of feet.)