Monday Morning Messy Makers: Dance

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"This is it" by Daria Peoples-Riley

"Firebird" by Misty Copeland

"Rap A Tap Tap" by Leo and Diane Dillon

Shake Your Sillies Out

We’re gonna shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

And wiggle our waggles away.

Repeat with:

          We’re gonna clap, clap, clap, our crazies out and wiggle our waggles away!

          We’re gonna jump, jump, jump our jiggles out and wiggle our waggles away!

          We’re gonna jog, jog, jog our jitters out and wiggle our waggles away!

          We’re gonna stretch, stretch, stretch our stretchies out and wiggle our waggles           away!

          We’re gonna yawn, yawn, yawn our yawnies out and wiggle our waggles away!

                  

Do the Finger Dance

Do the finger dance

Make your fingers dance

Make your fingers snap. (Snap your fingers.)

Do the finger dance

… Scratch. (Scratch your sides.)

... Shush. (Put your finger to your lips.)

… Shake (Shake fingers freely

… Sign “I love you.” (Make the “I love you” sign.)

… Point (point a finger to a friend)

… Stretch (flex and stretch your fingers freely)

 

Craft Instructions:

1. Untangle and lay the ribbons out on a flat surface.

2. Tape one end of each ribbon to the popsicle stick.

3. Decorate the popsicle stick.

4. Spin and Twirl with your wand and it will follow behind, dancing after you.

Extra play Ideas:

·        Pick a rhyming book out or call the Library to pick one out for you. Sing the words while you read it aloud to your child. They can dance along to the words.

·        Tape a small washer to the bottom of your child’s shoes. Let them experiment and free dance with their new “tap shoes”.