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Shakers Around the Body

About:

Movement is vital to learning. [Why]
Using the shakers gives a focus to the movement and much proprioceptive input.
Using a shaker connects movement and sound.

Purpose of this lesson:

Develop more body awareness Develop sound awareness Visual awareness Activate movement and spacial awareness Begin to organize more random movements into rhythm patterns.

Prerequisites:

Ready
Asleep

Directions:

Rules Agreements and Parameters - shakers should not be thrown, OR shakers can only be thrown as high as the top of you head.

Define physical space boundaries. You have to stay in you chair or stay on your mat. Do your best to follow the leader.

"Do what I do."


Call, "Shakers Ready"


Play shakers UP and Down

Play shakers Side to Side

Play shakers Around in a circle

Play shakers Rotating Hands

Pass shaker behind the back (reverse direction)

Pass shaker behind the neck

Pass shaker behind one knee

Pass shaker in figure 8 between the knees

Balance on the head  (Note: these balancing pieces help ito bring the students into their 'salience systems'. The focus and feedback helps to to pay attention to the body posture, and position.)

Balance on the back of the hand

Back and Forth between the hands

Hold between the feet

Hold between the hands

Stand and hop up and down playing the shaker

Call "Shakers Asleep"

Call attention to actions that were done well. Both the quality of movement and the quality of how students followed the lead.
Celebrate and anchor the life fullness, participation that is happening.

"Celebration Rhythm"


Glitches

Needs Met:

Safety and Connection by doing activity together.

Novelty by trying and learning new movements

Significance by creating new movements.

Neuroscience and Psycho-Physiology Basis:

importance of proprioception
integrating hearing and moving

Metaphor to Explore:

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Extensions:

Play Shakers around the Body standing on a Balance Board.

* Shakers Around The Body Student Led