Warm Up Dance Activities for Year 2

Children create and perform their own movement sequences using 8-count structure

Learn and perform 4 different African animal movements with rhythm and character expression

Traditional African game using hoops to develop hand-eye coordination and persistence

Pairs travel together to music, then create letter shapes together when music stops

Traditional African rhythm game developing timing, coordination and turn-taking through jumping and clapping

Teacher-led warm-up featuring animal-inspired movements to develop fundamental motor skills

Teacher-led warm-up using animal movements to develop fundamental motor skills

Teacher-led warm-up using animal movements and fundamental motor patterns

Teacher-led warm-up using fundamental movements inspired by animal actions to music

Students create and develop movements representing specific small animals with character and expression

Students wake up and move like chosen animals, incorporating stretching and movement exploration

Progressive sequence activity combining animal movements with counting and memory skills

Pairs travel together then create animal shapes when music stops

Children move freely then freeze in different animal poses when called out

Students move around space and freeze in animal shapes when called out

Students move as different arctic animals responding to fast and slow rhythms played on a drum

Children explore body control by imagining themselves as balloons being inflated and bursting

Students respond to changing tempo signals with appropriate movement energy and control

Dynamic warm-up game where students move around the space and quickly form pairs or groups by touching specific body parts together in response to teacher calls

Creative exploration of how different body parts can move, developing isolation skills and movement vocabulary

Children move around space and touch cones with specified body parts when called

Students shake different body parts while counting down from 8, developing rhythm awareness and body preparation

Children learn and respond to specific movement commands with rhythm and coordination

Students imagine they're in bubbles and travel around avoiding each other while practicing different movements