Materials for the classroom

3^rd, 4^th & 5^th Phase: Music and a CD- player.

Layout of the classroom

Phase 1,2,3,4 and 5. Free space for the students to move.

1^st Phase

The whole class stands in a circle. One at a time each student must try and sit down until everyone is on the floor. There is no order. The students can sit whenever they want. However, if two students try and sit down at the same time, the activity should start again.

The activity is difficult if the classroom has more than 15 students. Therefore, it is better to divide into small groups. When two groups succeed at sitting down all together the teacher brings them together. At the end, they can try to do the activity with the whole class.

2^nd Phase

In the same way, all students stand in the circle and count from 1 to 10. Now instead of sitting down in order they count up from 1 to 10. If two students say the same number then they need to start again. This is a group activity and the group should work together.

If the teacher wants to make the activity easier it is better to divide the class in 2 or 3 groups.

The teacher can make the activity a bit difficult to count from 10 – 1 or the students count while their eyes are closed.

3^rd Phase

The students are still in the circle and the teacher gives them a number from 1 to 10. Each student gets one number. The teacher asks the students to think about how the number can be in a drawing.

The teacher lets the students think about how they can draw the numbers and at the same time she or he prepares music. When the teacher starts the music the students will draw the number that she or he has with their body. The rest of the classroom can repeat afterwards.

4^th Phase

Lastly the teacher asks the students to stand in line from 1 to 10 based on the number that they get. In this case it will be probably 2 or 3 groups. When the music starts each group will draw the numbers at the same times with their body.

Tips to the teacher: The teacher can use different music to make the drawing more fun. It can be fast or slow-motion drawing.

5t Phase

The teacher finishes the activity with music and dance. All students can dance as they wish. However, whenever music stops they need to freeze and count from 1 to 10 all together.