🤸 Animal Walk Freeze

Camina como Animal y Congélate

🤸 Motor Skills Emergency PE.K.1WL.K.1
🖨️ Print

Objective: Move like animals and freeze on command, naming each animal in Spanish.

⏱️ ~8 min 🧺 0 min setup · animals

🧺 Materials

None needed — just the two of you.

📋 Instructions (parent)

  1. Call out an animal in Spanish, like 'gato', and move like it.
  2. When you say 'congélate', everyone freezes still.
  3. Pick a new animal and play again.

➕ Extension ideas

  • Let your child pick the animals.
  • Make the animal sound while you move.

🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish

Español
Vamos a movernos como animales. ¡Camina como un gato! Y cuando diga congélate, no te muevas.

💬 Conversation prompts

  • ¿Cómo se mueve el perro?
  • ¿Qué sonido hace el gato?
  • ¿Cuál animal quieres ser ahora?

🔑 Vocabulary

  • gatocat
  • perrodog
  • ranafrog
  • congélatefreeze
  • saltarto jump

Other ways to do it

⚡ 5-minute version

Do just two animals and freeze.

🚗 Car version

Make animal sounds and freeze your hands.

😴 No-energy version

Move like a slow turtle, then freeze sitting down.

🎯 California standards covered

PE.K.1 Moving My Body
“I can run, jump, hop, and balance while I move my body.”
WL.K.1 Exploring Spanish
“I can say hello, count, and name colors in Spanish.”
🔄 Replace with alternatives