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Follow The Leader - Soca Style

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Here's a great warm-up activity to get your dancers up and moving. There are some very basic moves like hopping, sliding, marching, and bouncing in place. Add some hand and arm movements. Some days you could have slower music and some days you could kick it up a notch and crank up the beat.

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line dancing, dancing

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rhythm, line dance, Dance, physical education
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Modeling
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Year
2001
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