Left and Right

Dance is a good way for developing our pupils' knowledge about themselves in early ages.  Where is  their right or left side is an important issue, iven more when the choice must been done listening to the music and following the instructions sets out on the lyrics
There are a big amount of songs, traditional dances, etc, you  can use for this purpose. This year, I used this song " Left & Right Twist",  by Patty Shukla, with the third level. Children enjoyed so much that they decided performing the dance for the End of Year Party.
Previously we sang and danced  the song  many times at the end of the lessons, practising different movements individually until at last, we did it with the whole group, Finally, everyone knew the song and dance perfectly.
I have been very satisfied with the results:

• My pupils increased their vocabulary with words about actions like "twist" "turn around" "shake down" "hop" or "jump"
• They reinforced  important skills about displacements  
• They were able to present their performance to the public, improving self-esteem.

This video was taken in our End of Year Party. Its quality isn't very good but you can see how boys and girls enjoy at the stage

Resources for dancing  Left & Right Twist

Léelo en español

Moving About: Come or Go

Texto y dibujo de Antonio Márquez 5º

Players sit in a circle. One of the players runs around the circle and then touches the head of one of her/his classmates and loudly says, "COME," or "GO."

If he/she says "come," the person whose head was touched stands up and runs, chasing the other player and trying to catch him/her. However, if he/she says "go," the person whose head was touched must run in the opposite direction as the first player. The two players then compete for the empty space left by the person whose head was touched, who is now running, and the player who first arrives and sits in the space wins.

When, in the case of a round of "come," someone is caught, or in the case of a round of "go," arrives second to the empty space in the circle, he/she loses and has to sit inside the circle, "the saucepan," and wait there until another player loses.

This game is very usefull for learning and reinforcing the concepts related to both verbs and children have great fun with it.

Read it in Spanish