Scarves & Rhythm Play
Using lightweight scarves while listening to various types of music to encourage free-form dancing, shaking, and movement exploration.
- Takes
- 20–40 min
- Your setup
- 1 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 1–2
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Put on music with a strong, simple beat.
- 2Give the child one or two scarves.
- 3Demonstrate how to shake the scarves fast, make them float slowly, hide them, and wave them overhead.
- 4Encourage the child to move their body in reaction to the music and the flowing scarves.
What they're practising
- Expressive Movement
- Auditory-Motor Connection
- Following Tempo
- Creative Self-Expression