This time of year (St. Patrick's Day) we dust off the old song and line dance called, "Rig a di jig." We line up the chairs in two rows facing each other and one person walks down the lane to the song that I am playing on the accordion. They lyrics to the song give the directions on what should be done next in the dance sequence. For example, it starts with a classmate asking another classmate to dance and then the two hold hands and sashay down the lane back and forth to the music while the others clap along. I let the students know that the expectation is that when someone asks you to dance, you will say, "Yes." This encourages all students to interact with all the other students in their group and encourages consideration of their feelings. It also helps to develop patience, body control, turn-taking, and group appreciation - not to mention just having a good old time with other live human beings like they used to do before TV, computers and video game consoles existed. Comments are closed.
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