HandClap by Fitz and The Tantrums (KIDS)

Coaching Notes:

Pre-Teach: Yes Focus: External Purpose: Rhythm connection, dance, interaction

First move: Monkey arms or pony. Get your participants to first connect to monkey arms, they should be relaxed and a little wild. If they can get the 123 pony movement, ask them to add that and start traveling around the space.

Second move: Clap with rhythm. Before the clap, you’ll hear a freeze in the music, they can make a shape and/or point to someone and then follow the music and clap with the music.

Third move: Balance and float hands to the ground. Second time around get them to do it with a partner.

Fourth move: Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle clap (high 10). These are little shuffles. Three of them, then high 10 someone. Get them to high 10 someone different each time.

Transitions: 0:06 Clap with the music 0:13 Monkey arms or pony 0:26 Freeze in a shape and point 0:32 Clap with music 0:38 Monkey arms or pony 0:53 Freeze and point 0:55 Clap 1:00 Balance and float hands to the ground 1:28 Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle clap 1:43 Monkey arms or pony 1:59 Freeze and point 2:01 Clap 2:08 Balance but with a partner (optional) 2:35 Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle clap 3:03 Monkey or pony