🎵 Dance and Freeze

Baila y congélate

🎵 Music Rainy Day MU.K.1PE.K.1WL.K.1
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Objective: Move to music and respond to steady beat and stop signals while following Spanish action words.

⏱️ ~20 min 🧺 2 min setup · music· movement

🧺 Materials

  • a phone or speaker for music
  • open floor space

📋 Instructions (parent)

  1. Play a fun Spanish song and dance freely together.
  2. Pause the music and shout the Spanish word for freeze.
  3. Everyone must freeze in their pose until the music starts again.
  4. Each round, call out a new movement in Spanish like spin or jump.
  5. Let your child be the one who pauses the music and calls freeze.

➕ Extension ideas

  • Freeze in specific shapes like big, small, or wide each time.
  • Take turns being the DJ and choosing the next song together.

🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish

Español
¡Vamos a bailar! Cuando suene la música, mueve todo tu cuerpo. Pero cuando yo diga '¡congélate!', te quedas quietecito como una estatua. ¿Listo para bailar conmigo?

💬 Conversation prompts

  • ¿Cómo quieres bailar ahora, rápido o lento?
  • ¿Puedes congelarte como una estatua?
  • ¿Qué parte del cuerpo movemos ahora?
  • ¿Te toca a ti decir congélate?

🔑 Vocabulary

  • bailar — to dance
  • música — music
  • congélate — freeze
  • girar — to spin
  • cuerpo — body
  • estatua — statue

Other ways to do it

⚡ 5-minute version

Play one song and freeze just two or three times.

🚗 Car version

Do a seated dance freeze with hands and arms to music in the car.

😴 No-energy version

Sway gently to slow music and freeze softly while seated.

🎯 California standards covered

MU.K.1 Listening to Music
“I can listen to music and tell if it is high or low, loud or soft, fast or slow.”
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.”
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