Parrot Parade
| Target: | review vocabulary, mimicary | verbal energising expression choice |
| Age: | toddlers possible & Up | |
| Duration: | 2 minutes plus | |
| Class Size: | Any | |
| Energy Level: | moderate to high | |
| Type: | Active | |
| Equipment: | parrot flag, music |
Parrot Parade works like this. Everyone lines up behind the person holding
the parrot flag who acts as a leader. Music is played. The line dances around
the room following the actions of the leader and mimicking what the leader
says and does. Whenever the music stops the leader hands on the flag to the
next in line and runs to the back. Continue until the music is over or everyone
has
had enough. With large groups it's possible to have more than one parade by
using more than one flag.
We created our own Parrot Parade music. It includes a Zarunna. When the Zarunna sounds that it the single to change leaders. Listen and it will be obvious. You can download the music below. For more on the parrot flag click here. See also the article Beyond Repetition.
