1. Count and Move
Let’s get started with some counting! [Make a circle or a line]
Can you count to 20? [Elicit responses from kids here, a big YEAH!!!! or just a head nod!]
Here we go! [Start marching! The march leader, teacher or student, sets the pace]
One! [Everyone responds “ONE!”]
Two! [TWO!]
Three! [THREE!]
Four! [FOUR!] ?Five! [FIVE!]
Six! [SIX!]
Seven! [SEVEN!]?Eight! [EIGHT!]
Nine! [NINE!]
Ten! [TEN!]?Eleven! [ELEVEN!]
Twelve! [TWELVE!]
[Here the music quiets down, so try singing quietly or whispering here…if you are marching, stop and crouch down]
Thirteen [thirteen]
Fourteen [fourteen]
Fifteen [fifteen]
Sixteen [sixteen]
[Back to the high energy music]
Seventeen! [SEVENTEEN!]
Eighteen! [EIGHTEEN!]
Nineteen! [NINETEEN!]
Twenty! [TWENTY!]
YAY!!!!!! [Everybody claps, jumps up and down, throw your hands up in the air and wave them like you just don’t care!]
That was fun!
