- STEP 1: Have students stand and stabilize their feet, legs and hips but move the top half of the body. Then have students stabilize their hands, arms, necks, heads, and shoulders, but move only the bottom halves of their bodies.
- STEP 2: While standing have students stabilize the left side of their body and move the right side of their body. Then have students reverse the action by stabilizing the right side of their body and moving the left side.
- STEP 3: Use these movements:
- Clap, clap, stomp right foot 3 times (4 counts)
- Clap, clap, stomp left foot 3 times (4 counts)
- Clap, clap, stomp right foot 3 times (4 counts)
- Clap, clap, stomp left foot 3 times (4 counts)
- STEP 4: Have students move to hands and knees (table pose) on the floor. Then, students can extend their left arm out straight in front of them.
- STEP 5: Finally, students can try balancing and extending their right leg straight behind while their left arm remains extended in front. Reverse and have students try this on the opposite side.
LESSON IDEA:
This warm-up allows students to strengthen movements that utilize both halves of their brain. Try using this as a warmup to a lesson surrounding possible careers in STEAM. What careers require using both sides of your brain simultaneously?
EXTENSION:
Ask students if they can think of styles of dance that predominantly utilize one half of their body. (I.e. : Irish step-dancing, Traditional African Dancing, etc.). Consider: what are some other activities that include one portion being stationary and the other is active?
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