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Mirror Exercise

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Kids get up and act! To promote inventiveness, timing, and clowning, they pair up and act as though they are looking in a mirror. Child A does a move while child B attempts to mimic it as closely as possible. This is a fun activity that could be incorporated into theater arts or into a variety of other lessons. 

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acting, movement, teamwork

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acting, clowning, movement, team building, inventiveness, mimicking, timing, visual and performing arts
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K - 6th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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