Creative movement to music helps children use energy constructively and develops their abilities to use their minds creatively. Sing, play a piano or other instrument, or use recorded music for the children to move to.

To involve children in movement to music, you could:

• Direct the children in running, jumping, bending, whirling, tiptoeing, crawling, leaping, or stretching to music. Let the children take turns leading the group’s actions.
• Play or sing songs with different tempos and let the children run or walk as the music suggests.
• Have the children wave colored scarves or paper streamers as they move to music.
• Use action songs when the children need a change of pace. If the children have been sitting for a long time, an action song using the large muscles and large movements would be appropriate. If they have been moving and need to be calmed, an action song using the small muscles as the children sit might be effective (see Primary 1 Manual, xviii).