Musical Cushions
What you need
- four or five big cushions
- music on a phone or speaker
How to do it
- Scatter the cushions round the floor and put the music on.
- Dance around the room, and when the music stops, everyone jumps onto a cushion.
- Take one cushion away each round. Nobody is out: you all squeeze onto the cushions that are left.
- Finish with everyone squashed onto the very last cushion, holding on to each other.
Why it matters
With nobody ever out, each stop turns into a scramble to share a cushion, and the listening game stays giggly to the end.
What they're learning
- Listening for the stop
- Ears on the music while dancing.
- Quick feet
- Onto a cushion in a hurry.
- Sharing space
- Squeezing up to fit everyone.
What to look for
Notice them shuffling over to make room for someone on their cushion.
A tip
Use big floor cushions on a carpet or rug so nothing slides when they jump on, and clear away sharp corners first.
Make it easier or harder
Easier: keep every cushion and simply freeze on one when the music stops
Harder: when the music stops, call a body part to touch the cushion: an elbow, a knee, a nose
