Dancing to the beat

Description

This activity can use any coding environment for a fun and interactive way to learn about directions. Any type of movement counts as dancing in this activity whether it is stepping, jumping, wheeling, blinking, head movements, or hitting a single switch.

As a starter, you can try…

For younger children:

• Weavly Pre-built Program
• Dance music

For youth

• Weavly Pre-built Program
• Dance music

Steps

• Select a short song or music that learners prefer.
• Use Weavly to build a sequence of actions.
• Line up your players.
• Ask them to follow each step of the program that is announced.
• Play the music and your program at once and let the fun begin.

Tips

• Announce every step of the program as it is being played/executed.
• For longer songs, you can replay the same program.
• Try to keep the players focused on following the running program and correcting their movements.

Skill Development

• Gross motor movements
• Dancing
• Directions
• Sequencing

Level Up!

Once your players are familiar with this activity, get them to write their own programs. You can also pair them in teams and make them create a dance competition.