- Check the space and the kit.
- Get your child's attention first.
- Show it from two sides.
- Say one thing only.
- End on one that works.
Put the phone down where you can see it. Tap Next with your thumb, or use the arrow keys.
Is the space marked?
A music track with a clear beat. An empty floor.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Play the track and clap on each beat, counting "1 to 8" aloud, then start again.
- Stand in the hip-hop posture: feet apart, knees slightly bent, leaning a little forward.
- Bounce in the knees on each beat for 8 counts, then step side to side for 8, then forward and back for 8.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Stand in the hip-hop posture.
- 8 counts of a bounce in the knees.
- 8 counts of a step side to side.
- 8 counts of a step forward and back.
- Repeat all three, 6 times.
How much: the three patterns 6 times
Listen for the one
Music freeze
The rules
When the music stops, freeze in an angular shape, then start again on the beat.
- The dancers bounce and step on the beat
- Stop the music at a surprise moment
- Everyone freezes in an angular shape: sharp angles, such as bent elbows and bent knees
- Start the music again; the dancers start on count 1. 10 stops
Fair play: For a younger child, say "freeze" as the music stops.
- Points
- 1 point for freezing within a second; 1 point for starting again on the beat.
- Fouls
- No point: still moving a second after the music stops; moving during the freeze; starting again off the beat
- Win
- The most points after 10 stops.
- 8
- 13
- 18
16 counts in time with the music, twice.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
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