Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

Circle Dance

To bluegrass music or the song "Rocky Top," or "Dancing in the Street," teach the following moves:

  1. Face right; take eight steps; turn; take seven steps to the left.
  2. Beginning on your right foot, take four steps inside the circle. On the fourth step, turn and step back four steps.
  3. Pat pat, clap clap; partners clap clap; turn around.

The Name Game

  1. Gather students in a circle. The ideal number is 15 or less.
  2. A leader introduces the game by saying his/her first name, then calls out the name of someone else in the circle and tosses a small, soft sports ball to that person.
  3. That person calls another person's name and tosses the ball to him/her, and so on until everyone has received the ball at least once.
  4. For the duration of the game, each person throws the ball to the same person.
  5. It is fun to get several balls going at once.
  6. It is also fun to time how long it takes the group to complete the game.
  7. If you have a large numbr of students, play the game in groups, with only one group playing at a time, while others watch. Too many students in the circle are not advisable.
  8. Have fun.

Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is a program of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma State Department of Education

www.agclassroom.org/ok

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