Play Musical Statues

What You Need:

• CD player
• Recordings of songs that inspire a variety of movements
• Ribbon streamers, chiffon scarves, or hula hoops (optional)

What You Do:

1. Invite your child to move around (dancing, hopping, skipping, running) while the music is playing and to freeze into a statue when the music stops.
2. Tell him to remain like a statue until the music starts again.
3. Randomly stop and start the music by pressing and releasing the pause button on your CD player. Surprise your child by varying the amount of time you play and pause the music.
4. You can also give your child a streamer, scarf, or hoop to manipulate as the music is playing!

Using a different style of music (a march, a waltz, an orchestral piece) every time you play the game, or during each game, will give your child to experience a variety of musical elements. You’ll also be amazed at how it changes her movements!