Freeze dance and creative movement activities are perfect for music educators to use in their classes as movement activities and as another way to help students to connect to learning goals. You can help students keep on learning, channel emotions and burn energy when you incorporate movement activities into your classroom routine. Activity Ideas included. Perfect for Preschool, Elementary, Music, P.E. and Special Needs classrooms.

RESOURCE INCLUDES:

Action Cards

5 Activities

109 Pages in Power Point and PDF format

33 Labelled Action Cards

7 FREEZE Cards

49 Action Cards

1-All-Card

1 each-Boy and Girl Cards

Number Cards for Stations 1-6

Activity Section Dividers for your Power Point or for Stations

Musical selection suggestions

USE THIS RESOURCE FOR:

Brain Breaks

Music Class activities

Reward Days

Develop Gross and Fine Motor Skills

Develop skills to control and learn about the body

Explore how the body moves.

Experience movement with music.

Experience showing how music feels.

Cross-Body Brain Connections

Team Building

Activities for Grades Pre-K to 5th Grade

Activity Ideas are flexible & adaptable to your own music selections.

Music selection suggestions are included for some of the activities.

WHY MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE IMPORTANT:

1) Provide opportunities to use large muscles to move and play games.

2) Using both hands together in activities.

3) Using arms and legs at the same time.

4) Using Right and Left hands.

5) Developing core stability and trunk rotation.

6) Moving across the midline.

7) Provide social interaction opportunities.

8) Provide opportunities for the brain and body to work together.

9) Provide opportunities to burn off stress.

10) Provide opportunities to gain strength and confidence in the body and promotes an active lifestyle.

11) Promotes balance.

12) Provide opportunities to find joy in moving the body.