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Using Interactive Music & Movement Activities to Introduce Dance Concepts to Children
All songs by Nick Young & Jen Stillion-Young * Interactive music and videos available at teachers.playmotionmusic.com Providing the Hip Hop Jen’s Kids Dance Party! foundation: Hip Hop Jen is in the house with her high energy and interactive Kids Dance Party! In this module we use fun dance beats and catchy rhythms to get everyone up and DANCING! Teachers and students alike will have a blast as they learn easy to follow along dance choreography to Hip Hop Jen’s high energy dance music. These songs combine DANCE catchy beats with interactive elements like imaginative movement and directed movement. These dances are perfect for creating a dance party in the classroom and also PARTY! great for recitals and performances. Embrace the joy of dance with a creative, humorous and positive message.
• Hip Hop Jen’s Kids Hip Hop Jen combines her catchy dance beats with Dance Party! interactive directed and imaginative movement songs that will have your whole classroom moving and dancing in • Embrace the joy of creative ways. dance with a creative, humorous and positive With simple choreography and easy to follow along dances, message. you will be guided through high energy activities with a focus on fun and creative movement. Other areas of development: • Understanding of Language These interactive music and • Responsiveness to Language movement activities don’t • Phonological Awareness just help children • Comprehension of English (Receptive English) enjoy dancing… • Knowledge of the Natural World
There are many other • Perceptual-Motor Skills and Movement Concepts important areas of development that are • Gross Locomotor Movement Skills addressed when children participate in these fun and Fine Motor Skills engaging songs, stories • and rhythm games. • Active Physical Play
• Music, Dance and Drama ______* Hip Hop Little Bunny adapted from Hop Little In addition children get a boost in their Bunny (traditional) academic performance and school readiness! Magic Freeze Dance Magic Freeze Dance
Okay friends, this is Lyrics & Choreography: just like freeze Let’s Dance! Let’s Dance! Freeze Dance! And Freeze! dance, so when you (free style dance) (have kids fy around like a super hero!) hear it say, “Freeze!” A little magic added in, because I’m Hip Turn into a Super Kid! make sure you Hop Jen Super super super kid fy! freeze your body! every time you freeze, your’e gonna be Up up up in the sky! With big red cape and fy Also, the song will A new friend A new friend And fy all around all around the sky! tell you what to do Fly friends! And Fly! with your body and Now Freeze! you will turn into And Freeze! many things! Here (have kids act like a rockstar and do (have kids drive the race car all around!) we go! whatever they want!) Turn into a Rockstar! Turn into a race car driver! Rockstar! Rockstar! Race car driver Play some air guitar! Driving in the race, zoom zoom zoom Helpful Tip: This is a Jump so high, jump so far, because you are You get frst place fun variation on the a rockstar! Race car driver! classic freeze dance Now Freeze! And Freeze! game. It’s a great (have kids fy like butterfies all around) game to get the Turn into a Butterfy! children moving Flap those wings, so gracefully The most beautiful thing, I could ever see and dancing in Fly Friends creative ways. Super Exercise Dance Super Exercise Dance
Lyrics & Choreography:
It’s Hip Hop Jen with the It’s the totally cool! (show Friends, who likes to exercise? Show Super Exercise Dance muscles and wiggle!) me your BIG MUSCLES! Now stand Rockin’ like a fool! Stand up tall up tall, stretch out your arms, run in Super Exercise Dance! Stretch out your arms place, touch the foor, and jump jump Show me Your BIG jump! Here we go! Stand up tall! MUSCLES! Stretch out your arms! Stand up tall You’re ready to move Stretch out your arms your body! Helpful Tip: This song is great for You’re ready to have Your muscles are strong! warming up the children. The song some fun! (show muscle poses) tells you exactly how to move your Your muscles are strong You’re ready to move! body, so just follow along and be (show muscle poses) Today’s your exercise prepared to get some good You’re ready to move day! exercise! Time to jump and run
Running in place! One, two, three! Touch the foor! Now jump, jump, jump! Chug Some Water Chug Some Water
Lyrics & Choreography:
Beginning: bounce your knees (Hands on knees bob up & down to Who likes to drink water? each side and add hands out to the Water is so so good for you (Hands on knees bob up & down to side) each side) Water gives you what you need to especially after you dance and I’m Hip Hop Jen and I want to say get up and go exercise! Let’s practice! Take a I drink lots of water everyday Playing with friends let the water I fll up my glass and take a big sip fow pretend cup and chug it down And drink it all down and don’t When its hot and sunny there’s leave a drip nothing better and say, “gulp gulp gulp!” But water is good in any kind of Now rub your tummy and say, chorus weather (Pretend you are drinking water, then “mmmmmm!” rub your belly) chorus Let’s Chug Some Water Chug Some Water (Put your heels out one by one and Chug Some Water Friends add the arms by pumping them down) Chug Some Water So take your glass and fll it up Helpful Tip: Watch the video When you are thirsty have a big cup to learn the choreography. (Put your heels out one by one and Share it with your friends they need On the chorus, “mime” add the arms by pumping them down) water too The best drink in the world is clear Water is good for me and you (point holding a glass of water and and fresh to yourself and then point out) drinking it and then rubbing If you spill it on the ground it won’t your belly with a mmmmm make a mess chorus Its not sticky just pure and clean sound! Drink some water and you know what I mean
chorus Hip Hop Walk Hip Hop Walk
Lyrics & Choreography
Walk your feet Alright friends, follow me in a big circle. This song is going to tell us Jump and clap what to do! Are you ready? Fly
Helpful Tip: This is a great Walk low directed movement song. Get the kids in a big circle and have Skip them follow you. The song tells you exactly what to do! If you March don’t have space for a circle, they can do this in a line or two. Shhh tip toe
Do the robot
And dance! Strike A Pose Strike A Pose
Who knows how to strike a Lyrics & Choreography: pose? Go ahead and show me Dance your feet to the front, 1, 2, 3 Cris cross your feet and tap your knees, Dance your feet to the back, 1, 2, 3 criss cross your feet and tap your knees, some poses! Great job! This Criss cross, tap your knees, criss cross song has a lot of fancy Here we go tap your knees and then dancing, but the music will tell Move to the front Strike a Pose! Strike a pose! And Pose! Pose! oh yeah us what to do. When the song Groove to the back says “pose”, you can choose Move to the front Now spin your body around, spin your Groove to the back body around, spin your body around, your own pose to do. Here we spin spin go! Now strike a pose! Pose! Strike a pose Now jump up high, jump up high, oh yeah Jump! Jump! Jump up high
Now bounce your knees, bounce your Let’ s put it together! Spin around and knees, bounce bounce up and down jump high! Spin around and Jump up Helpful Tip: Watch the bounce your knees high! Spin around and jump up high! video to learn the choreography. It’s a little Now criss cross your feet, criss cross Now strike a pose! Pose! Strike a Pose! your feet. criss cross your feet more challenging, but it’s Great Job friends! still a directed movement Now tap your knees, bounce bounce, song that tells you what to tap your knees, bounce bounce tap Let’s Put all these dance moves together your knees bounce bounce from the beginning! do. Kids love to do poses. Have the children practice Now let’s put it together some poses before you start the song. The Robot Dance The Robot Dance
Lyrics & Choreography: We are going to become robots! Bring your whole body upright slowly and stiffy (stand right up) Friends, what does a robot look And your arms and hands stick out (stick both arms out with fngers closed together) like? How do they walk? Can you Turn your head to the right (turn stiffy to the right) move your head stiffy from side Turn you head to the left (turn stiffy to the left) Move your right and left arms up and down( arms go up and down stiffy) to side? Good job! Can you Chop the air, chop the air, chop the air (arms going up and down) move your arms and hands stiffy (have the kids do whatever the want as a robot on this part) too? Good! Now, lay down and Do the robot dance Do the robot dance pretend your robot is sleeping. Do the robot dance Do the robot dance
March forward 4 steps, 1,2,3,4 Helpful Tip: Prepare the kids Bend forwards at the waist and power down (robot goes to sleep) Power up (robot awakes!) by having them pretend to March backwards 4 steps, 1,2,3,4 walk and act like robots. Show Put your hands by your ears Walk in a circle and chop the air, chop the air, chop the air (doing the crazy robot) them how to move slowly and stiffy. When they’re ready, (have the kids do whatever they want as a robot on this part) Do the robot dance have them lay down until the Do the robot dance song begins. The song gives Do the robot dance Do the robot dance them instructions on what to do with their bodies. Have robot go back to sleep! Hip Hop Little Bunny Hip Hop Little Bunny
Okay friends, we are going to be hip hop Lyrics & Choreography: bunnies! First, can you hop like a bunny? Look at all the bunnies moves (show your heels) There are four poses in the song. Say, I’m Sleeping all day long peace uh huh we got attitude (jump apart together with a cool (strike the pose). Peace (strike the pose). Nine o’clock, ten o’clock, I wonder what is wrong pose) What’s Up? (strike the pose). Yeah, yeah They’re so still check it and see what we can do with our fancy feet and our fancy (strike a pose). Now lay down like sleeping Are they ill? shoes! (lace your fngers, make bunnies until the song tells you to wake up. Wake up little bunnies! a giant snake with your arms (children awake and hop like and wiggle your knees) bunnies!) I’m a hip bunny hip hip hop! (hop in a circle twice) Helpful Tip: Watch video to learn the I dance all day with my carrot top! simple choreography to this song. Hip hip bunny hip hip hop! (hop in a circle twice) Hip hop bunny hop! (fold your I got two legs and I hop hop hop! The dancers will start by laying arms and say, “I’m cool!”) (hop in a circle twice) down like sleeping bunnies. The Hop little bunny hip hip hop! check out my ears bunny hip hip music will prompt them to wake up Hip hop bunny hop! (show the hop! (point to your ears) peace sign, and say, “Peace!”) and hop like bunnies. Do the four Hop little bunny hip hip hop! I’m so tired, I’m so tired, let’s take hip hop poses that are in the video. Hip little bunny hop (put your a little nap arms up to the side, and say, There is also a dance break with “What’s up?”) (yawn, fall to the foor to sleep some choreography that is on the Hop little bunny hip hip hop! and snore) video. Alternatively, you can skip the Hip hip bunny hop! (put your hand on your chin, and say, choreography and have them simply “Yeah yeah”) hop like bunnies, fall asleep and then wake up again. Come on bunny lets show our What’s Up? What’s Up?
Friends, throw your Lyrics & Choreography: (walk in place with high knees and hands in fsts) Repeat Chorus & Choreography hands up and say, I woke up this morning and my mom said, “hey, It's time to get ready for school today” (walk in place with high knees and hands in fsts) What’s Up?!? Now I checked the calendar and I had to say It was Christmas morning “Guess what mom, today is Saturday” (place your Dad was having his coffee march in place, put hands on your hips & shrug) I wanted to see What Santa had brought me your hands in fsts What's up (throw your hands up to the sides) I looked behind the tree What's up (repeat) And I saw the box and put them by your Throw your hands, what's up (throw your hands up to But when I opened it up sides and go up and down) All I got was some socks (place your hands on your side. Alrighty, we are When something’s not right (fold arms and shake hips & shrug) head like you’re saying no) ready to dance! You got to speak up (place one hand over your side Repeat Chorus & Choreography of mouth and lean forward) Everyone say “what's up”(throw your hands up to (walk in place with high knees and hands in fsts) sides & go up and down) My dad said “now Helpful Tip: Watch It's time for bed (walk in place with high knees and hands in fsts) Time to lay down your video to learn My mom said “hey let's go to the zoo” Sleepyhead” choreography. It’s I said “yeah that sounds pretty cool” I said “hold on super easy. Have the We get to the zoo and they said “Were sorry Somethings wrong with your timing” The animals have all gone to a party” (place your I looked out the window and the kids throw their hands on your hips & shrug) Sun was still shining (place your hands on your hips hands into a what’s & shrug) Repeat Chorus & Choreography up pose and say, Repeat Chorus & Choreography “What’s Up!” Then (walk in place with high knees and hands in fsts) I went to the party of a friend of mine What’s Up? What’s UpLyrics & Choreography: prepare them by It was a birthday we had a great time walking in place with He blew out the candles I was ready for a bite their hands in fsts by But they didn't have cake just vegetable pie (place your hands on your hips & shrug) their sides. Everyone Can Dance Everyone Can Dance
Friends, this is a Lyrics & Choreography: dance where you (Dance however you want in this Gonna dance some more can do whatever you song!) Now you spin around want until it says, You can’t slow down Everyone Can Dance! Drop! Then you Now it’s going to fast drop to the foor Everyone can dance This just can’t last You gotta take a chance You just can’t stop until it tells you to Just move your feet Until you drop dance again! Here To the funky beat (drop to the foor) we go! You gotta jump around Now take a rest To that crazy sound I think that’s best You just can’t stop To lay back down Helpful Tip: This is Until you Drop Don’t make a sound (drop to the foor) a fun dance game But pretty soon where the kids can Now fall to the foor We hear that groove spread out and Can’t dance anymore And jump up up dance however But there’s that beat (jump up and dance!) they want until it Slowly rise to your feet And we dance some more says, Drop! Then (get up and dance!) they drop to the Everyone Can Dance! Now you’re back on the foor (keep dancing until the end!) foor. Hip Hop Happy Dance Hip Hop Happy Dance
Lyrics & Choreography: doin’ the Happy Dance! wiggle and have fun Ouch I skinned my knee! rub come on give it a chance! your knee pretty soon you will see! point then got stung by a bee! to audience This the Happy Dance! Can I see point to your arm just how fun your life can be! everyone’s smiles? Show me! Yay! my dog just ate my shoe! hands up to the sky touch your shoe Let’s be Happy! This dance tells you please tell me what to do! put I’m in a happy place! hands what to do, so here we go! hands out to side and shrug out out a smile is on my face! show a big smile! (lyrics tell you what to do I can be happy ! Happy pose! Helpful Tip: This dance is a below) any time I choose to be! directed movement song that you’ve got to reach up to the tells you exactly what how to sky! (lyrics tell you what to do move you body. It’s a super fun, wave from side to side! below) high energy dance that will bounce your knees like this! then give it a little twist! instantly put you and the kids in you’ve got to reach up to the a happy mood! Have fun with it! jump and clap your hands! I sky! know that you can! wave from side to side! slide right over here! bounce your knees like this! give yourself a cheer! then give it a little twist! Interactive music and videos available at teachers.playmotionmusic.com PlayMotionMusic.com Contact Us! 562-537-4187
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