O… Saya by M.I.A. (feat. A.R. Rahman) (KIDS)

Coaching Notes:

This is playful and dramatic track. You will be coaching or commanding them to do 4 moves, Run, Creep, Freeze and hide. Tell them right off the back and show them what the four movements look like. It does not matter when or where you do a specific move.
Set the scene – “you are in a jungle or rain forest and exploring the space”.

First – get them to start exploring by creeping- coach them to use their levels, directions and arms.
Then pick up speed and turn into in to a controlled run.
When ready say “FREEZE –now camouflage yourself by turning into a tree” coach them to lift a leg or move an arm to make a creative tree.
Go back to a run or creep then add a “Hide, find a way to hide yourself”.
Have fun with this – help them add creativity by giving them options for creeping – low, high, on the floor, freezing by sticking different body parts out, using the space to hide (walls, objects).

OPTION 2 – split the group in to 2 groups by splitting them down the middle of the room .
Give each group one command at a time, “1’s run, 2’s stay hidden, 1’s freeze, 2’s creep – 2’s creep around the 1’s”.