Performing Arts

Choose a body part and then try to touch another part with it; hand to heel, nose to knee, or heel to bottom.

Ask your child to describe the characteristics of an elephant: size, strength, weight, and shape.

This dance activity will teach your child about her body parts in a fun way.

In this dance activity, your child will try to simulate the ways animals move.

Have a discussion with your child about the shapes and sounds of fireworks, and about his reactions to fireworks displays.

Show your child how a face can "dance" by moving your features in time with the music.

In this fun activity, your child will march to a steady beat. It's great for a rainy day indoors!

Teach your child to master fine motor skills with this movement activity.

For this activity, children represent the sun, moon, and planets, and imagine they are in space above and around Earth.

Have one person read a poem while the other moves to the rhythm of the words.

Here's a great rainy day activity. Turn on some music and create a dance with a balloon.

This fun activity will help to build your child's vocabulary. Call out verbs and have your child perform the action.

Aerobic dance is an excellent fitness activity that can get kids moving.

In this field-trip activity, children watch a rehearsal of a local performance.

This activity experiments with shapes using an elastic band that kids move with their entire body.

This activity describes how to get children dancing creatively, using pages from a newspaper.

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Players must follow instructions and use their imagination as they act out animals, songs or even objects!