EYFS – Shapes
Explore
Shapes
Using your whole body or individual body parts, explore actions to represent the following shapes: –
- Circle
- Triangle
- Square
- Rectangle
- Consider the size of the shapes
- What level are they on? Low/medium/high
- Can you draw they shapes with your body?
- If you have someone at home to dance with how can you create the shapes with 2 or more people?
Patterns
Listen to the instructions and have a go at the patterns of movement.
- Kick kick reach reach Kick kick reach reach
- Spin spin jump jump Spin spin jump jump
- Slide Slide Balance Slide Slide Balance
Try as many different ideas as you can and think about different levels and sizes of actions and the speed with which you dance them.
Shape and Pattern Motif
From the exploration we will select shapes and actions to put them into a motif
Still shapes:
- Circle
- Square
- Triangle
- Rectangle
Patterns:
- Hop hop jump
- Twist jump twist
- Roll kick kick
- Reach turn reach
Have a go at following our motif or respond in your own creative way.
TASK
Using the motif, we created or the words/ideas on the Shape and Pattern PDF (embed link) create your own Shape and Pattern dance.
You can: –
- Keep the order of the motif the same
- Change the order
- Pick out only 3 or 4 words to create your own shape and pattern dance
- Add a starting and finishing position
- Create your own patterns