Stepping on Sesame Street

Your 5th and 6th graders say they’re too cool to sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes?
Sigh, kids these days…..
But okay, we understand.
Have you introduced them to the world of stepping yet?

A whole bunch more can be found online, and you might find resources in your own community. Check them out!
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Pillow People

You’re *still* looking for a Halloween costume?
Okay…..thinking thinking thinking….
How about Pillow People?

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See, I didn’t forget!

Roller Babies

Do you remember the Evian babies ad from a few years ago? The one where they’re swimming in the pool?
Cute, yes?
This ad is much much cuter (oh the boombox!) , and you really need to have that song stuck in your head.*

(I know I know: drink regular tap water, not bottled [...]

Shall we dance?

Awwwwwwwww……..
As soon as your little one outgrows one size, order the next size up. Ages 6-24 months, made in Finland.
Awwwwwwwww……..
Is your little one already too big for these? That’s okay. I still want you two to dance together.

Soran Bushi

No matter how exciting you think your lesson is going to be, when your 5th graders run into the classroom and start dancing ソーラン節 (soran bushi), a fishermen’s dance from Hokkaido, really the only sensible thing you can do is to stuff your lesson plan in the back pocket of your pants and sit down [...]

Walking Walking

Find all the adults and kids in your neighborhood or school or both.
Give everyone 5 minutes to think of a new way to walk, pirouette, swim, crawl, roll, hop, jump, skip, dance, etc. Individually is fine, as a group is funnier. Show the video below for inspiration (heads up: the quality isn’t great).
Grab a pile of [...]

Centraal Station Antwerpen op zoek naar Maria

Well now, I completely agree: if you’re going to do a casting call for a new Maria, don’t place a tiny ad in a small newspaper where only newspaper-reading people will find it.
No no no, you properly round up about 200 happy dancing people, find a nice large open space – a train station will [...]