Students will practice using their bodies and facial gestures to imitate the actions in a story, song, or poem.
Materials
a book, story, or song that has a lot of action in it and/or describes a journey, eg: We're Going on a Bear Hunt (go to Bears in the Songs and Poems section)
Method
Read or sing once through the book, poem, or song, and have students just listen to it. If using a picture book, point out the facial expressions and the actions represented in the pictures.
Read or sing the through the book, poem, or song, and have the students act out the actions together as a class as you progress through the book, poem, or song. Emphasize the facial expressions and the body movements.
